Angels - Dawn In Breaking Lyrics
(Brewster-Neeson-Brewster)Remember looking at the haunted raceBowed down to the storm?Remember searching for a familiar faceWith no one there to mourn?Staring eyes, silent screensPlastic tubes to carry fading dreamsPreacher servant in the hallWarm blood on the palace wallThose who dine alone in hell-Wearing grief in their lapelDrop small change in wishing wellThe haunted tears that never fellSomeone's draggin' a ball and chainLooking for you in the pouring rainWhile those who care give silent prayerFor lovers going homeIf there was a brickwork surrounding the New York dreamIf there were secrets locked in steelIf there was a button you could press on the luck machineIf there was a place for wounds to healIf you were born in the barbwire of your mother's wombIf you were hungry before you diedIf you say you left your bath all clean and whiteYou know I'd know you liedRemember the poet who said it first?He was speaking of you and your difficult birthAnd how you care and say your prayersFor lovers going homeDrinking from an empty cup, waiting for a rock to growWhispered sounds that can't be heard, and no one knowsChildren who don't mind the rainYet have no wish to dieWhatever you are, were or could have beenYou'd feel better if you could cryDawn is breaking in the graveyardPeople massing in the streetsTrampled heads beneath their feetChildren playing with the deadSilver spoon stained with redWatching through a widows veilAs Caesar desecrates the Holy GrailYou sit all alone in your front row seatYou look so small and frailY'r the mud on the feet of the men you damnedY'r darkness came too soonYou should be selling two-bit watches and girly photographsA masterpiece in ruinY'r a pantomime of old world courtesyYou should have a degree for harlotryYou should be incarcerated in an apartment towerWith no technology!Did you ever listen to the pole opposed to you?Did you ever stop to ask?Did you ever smile and hide your wasted face?Did you ever lift your mask?Did you ever walk with your feet on fire?Dis you ever take your place in line?Did you know you look like you belongWhere wrong is right and right is wrong?Did you really think that you'll be leftWhere war is life and life is death?(From the No Exit album sleeve)
