The Great Escape Lyrics - Singles - Marillion

Heading for the great escape 

Heading for the rave 

Heading for the permanent holiday 

Heading for the winter trip 

Heading for the slide 

Heading for the dignified walk away 

Heading for the open road 

Goodbye to all that 

Heading for the automatic overload 

Standing in the open boat 

Standing in the swing 

Waiting for the ringing and the bright light 

Waiting to be recognised 

Quiet applause will do 

They shower you with flowers when they bury you 

You're holding on, you're holding on ... 

I. The Last of You 

Just when I thought I'd seen the last of you 

You come here scratchin' at my door 

Your pain and anger's in the howling dark 

Of every corridor I walk 

So tell me more about the love that you rejected 

Tell me more about the trust you disrespected 

I still don't know, why did you hurt the very one 

Why did you hurt the very one 

That you should have protected? 

II. Falling from the Moon 

Don't ask me why I'm doing this 

You wouldn't understand 

You're asking the wrong questions 

You couldn't understand 

A bridge is not a high place 

The fifty-second floor 

Icarus would know 

A mountain isn't far to fall 

When you've fallen 

When you've fallen from the moon 

There's murder on the street 

I'm ashes on the water now, somewhere far away 

I have fallen, fallen from the moon