Divine Comedy - Through A Long & Sleepless Night Lyrics
Through a long and sleepless nightI thought upon the jurys plightIf what is wrong can feel so rightThen lifes no longer black and whiteIts four oclock and alls not wellIn my private circle of hellI contemplate my navel hairAnd slowly slide into despairThis rut has fast become a trenchThis smell has turned into the stenchOf rotten dreams and stale idealsThe past is snapping at my heelsOh danny boy the pipes are blockedWith bedtime blues and future shockI know the best is yet to comeBut does it always take this long?I can put on the perfume, even wear the dress sometimesBut Ill always be the bridegroom and never the brideYou deserve to be horse-whippedBut Ive no horse, that jokes so shitAnd whips would only make it worseDont tempt the lonely and perverseThe casualties of casual sexThe child of three with x-ray specsThe conman low in self esteemThe casanova in your dreamsIll scream and scream and scream untilIve made myself critically illIn hospital, in case youre thereIn uniform, intensive careI know youll be the death of meBut what a cool death that would beId rather die than be deprivedOf wonderbras and thunder thighsI can put on the perfume, even wear the dress sometimesBut Ill always be the bridegroom and never the brideBored of normality?Why not go daft?Its easy to do if you trySlide right back down that self-confident pathYouve just so laboriously climbedPickle your liver and addle your brainLive the bohemian lifeDie young and penniless somewhere in spainThen again you could try just to live your own lifeIn the way that you find most amusingI dont really care!I can put on the perfume, even wear the dress sometimesBut I will always be the bridegroom and I will never be the bride
