Empty Me Lyrics - Clark Anne

Now that all is stilled and silenced 

that the rushing roaring daylight 

has lost itself - its hysteria 

in the all-amassing night - 

I too gently lose myself 

beyond the open window 

where a journey unfolds 

into the city of rain 

Music's never made such living sounds 

absorbing the night's rythem 

the walls resonate with a thousand tiny drums 

soft shards of liquid glass dance on metal pipes 

mixing dust and dirt and grime 

into a shining lubricating all-consuming oil 

some drop away barely making contact 

each bursting on impact 

into a fountain in the air 

dribbling off the lips of window ledges 

splashing silver splinters in the blackness 

scales of lifted paint turn to almost living flesh 

smearing - it slides and streams into a opening 

in the underworld below 

revealing secret routes 

where the trappes earth breathes 

yellow streetlight breaks its beam across the water 

electric currents hum, steaming in the dampness 

cascades carry me away 

wash away the tiredness 

cool the fetid air 

I turn to where you're sleeping 

gently swimming through these hours 

on to morning - unaware 

and even though i know 

all of this rise and disappear 

with the dawn into the sky 

tonight everything glistens - 

like a jewel under the rain 

tonight the city is silenced - 

lost under the storm.