Summer Mourning Lyrics - Legerdemain - Duncan Sheik

summer mourning, I resolved to slip away 

there is nothing, there is no one who would have a word to say 

I venture off down some suburban London lane 

there is nothing, there is no one to whom I need explain 

I turn, I turn and the houses fall behind 

who would have thought that I'd be one who would so hope to find 

these pale green fields, their vibrating repetition 

the slight change from the morning to the afternoon edition 

so long 

so long 

moving on 

moving on 

the road it narrows and head high flowers appear 

thick with some toxicity, unsolved but certain fear 

and in this grove, a channel cuts a small divide 

I expect to find Ophelia drifting calmly by 

so long 

so long 

moving on 

moving on 

so I continue, I alight upon the town 

admiring the people moving purposely around 

in the market there's a woman so elegantly veiled 

perfect darkness of her fabric, at description I would fail 

do I imagine or do I catch her gaze? 

does she smile for a moment within the summer haze? 

it hardly matters. did I forget to say? 

I'm a spectre, I'm a shadow across a perfect summer day 

moving on 

for leaving off 

away away away