Memphis - Time Away lyrics

rate me

West of the valley you left

Guided by stars and the wind

Led by a volley of birds

You reach home with nothing

Each moment sleeps, left behind

The last person who saw you was kind

She said, “look to your flesh you seem cold

Take me before we get old'

The dreams that you had are forgotten

A diary left under a bed

And the light slanted in from the curtains

All the things written in there are dead

Approaching the last moments pass

And next comes the place you began

Your face is a dark map of worries

But you smile as you start to run

Drop your pack, drop your dial

And just fall for a while

And when you hit dirt you feel nothing

Sweep the floor now and take down the curtain

Let the light flood into the house

Open the doors, let the wind blow

Let all those dead hours stumble out

Watch as they run towards the sea

Until they diminish to nothing

Make your way up to the bedroom

Let the pillow collapse round your head

Sing the lullaby about when we were living

And sing the one about when we'll be dead

Sleep a sleep without dreams for ten hours

And wake up as heavy as lead

And all of what weight is nothing