Black Dress Lyrics - Ed Harcourt

For days I've searched for the words 

So I don't make a mess of this 

I'll trade my eyes for a fleeting wish 

I woke at 7am 

The cold air was not becoming 

This tune I started humming 

And you lay there so still 

With dark eyes shut and whiskey breath 

You hadn't taken off your black dress 

The curtain fell from it's rail 

I shut the window so it wouldn't shatter 

But it was nothing it didn't matter 

To me our lives are barely built to last 

How did you creep up on me so damn fast my dear? 

I sat in the kitchen and thought 

I've had a few knocks here and there 

Was mostly my fault so I don't care 

You said I have a bad side 

It comes when all the clocks have stopped 

I feel my heart begin to drop 

To me our lives are fast approaching death 

So lets go out in my suit and your black dress