Faded Flowers Lyrics - Singles - Shriekback

This is the sound of poisons 

The sickness no one knows 

No one is crying for us this time 

Our shapes are blurring 

Under miracles of snow 

Weave a circle 'round him three times 

You have to plan your moves at these times 

Our hearts are breaking 

One more song to go 

These eyes are blind 

This is a pure thing 

These hands I kiss 

Tragic as anything 

These eyes are blind 

This is a pure thing 

All splash and hiss 

Beyond my measuring 

Only the anacrucis 

The main event remains 

Shameful and naked, out there 

In the great cold outdoors 

We have to learn these things again 

Bathe in this incandescent glow 

The leap to something I don't know 

There is no doubt upon us when 

The greasy men come back again 

These eyes are blind 

This is a pure thing 

These hands I kiss 

Tragic as anything 

These eyes are blind 

This is a pure thing 

All splash and hiss 

Beyond my measuring 

These faded flowers 

Precious as memory 

A veil of cloud 

Correct as energy 

We had some good machines 

But they don't work no more 

I loved you once 

Don't love you anymore 

These eyes are blind 

This is a pure thing 

These hands I kiss 

Tragic as anything 

These eyes are blind 

This is a pure thing 

All splash and hiss 

Beyond my measuring 

These faded flowers 

Precious as memory 

A veil of cloud 

Correct as energy 

We had some good machines 

But they don't work no more 

I loved you once 

Don't love you anymore