Act Five Lyrics

THE CHORUS The chorus has often an unenviable role to play, often a distasteful task to perform; summoned as witness to uncounted crime, she's the silent accomplice...Read Full Lyrics

I stretch my hands, clutch vacant laughter in silence and sweet, sweet pain; without demand, but with a longing for what will never come again. I smell your perfume on the sheets i...Read Full Lyrics

I stand on the tallest building And stare down at the grey runway And the tail-smoke of the Boeing jet That's taking you so far away. Believe me, I don't want you to leave me; Look...Read Full Lyrics

CHORUS Three endless days of bitter grief passed and Montresor abandoned any attempt to cheer his friend. Then came a sudden change in Usher's demeanour, whose sig...Read Full Lyrics

So here we are, alone - Our children have grown up and moved away, Living their own lives, they say... It all seems very strange to me. I don't understand their ways: Our children ...Read Full Lyrics

I've got something to say, And it ain't the usual sob-story That you hear every day, I've got something to ask, And I know that now's the time, Now all the rooms of the party are d...Read Full Lyrics

Been alone so long That I've forgotten what it's like To feel somebody next to me And hear her breathing peacefully When I wake up at night. Been alone so long That I've forgotten ...Read Full Lyrics

When I began I was full of altruistic dreams, Believed in princes and princesses, kings and queens - Now I find they're all human inside, All bitterness and pride, So why shouldn't...Read Full Lyrics

The visitors find the children gone from school: Aged relations sling their guns across the desks... There'll be no break-time for them unless They talk about tomorrow As thoug...Read Full Lyrics

Look at the candle, as it's life is bought, As the wick just rolls of and dies; Look at the wax-drops as they cease from their goal And the game they were playing loses its joy And...Read Full Lyrics