Cosmetropolis (London Swings) Lyrics

Oh what tangled sheets we woveOpen the oven door, heat from the stove fills the kitchenStanding barefoot I listen, the lady upstairs fills the bath.You left earlier on your ownTurn...Read Full Lyrics

Black sunglasses, singlet, skirtYour wet hair close against your headYou smile, I squint in a blue T-shirt my swimming shorts are white and redI’m smiling too, right hand on hipl...Read Full Lyrics

Closer to dawn than you want it to beFound yourself some dangerous safetySweet and difficult to eraseA friend’s hair falls on your faceIt’s been so far and so longyou know that...Read Full Lyrics

I kick the sand on your beach and shout into spaceTruth sucks lies out like a leech and leaves scars in its placeNever loved or hurt someone as I have youTonight beginning has begu...Read Full Lyrics

Somewhere my body holds the memory of our tactile poetryAll those sonnets, sketched in finger-paints, the songs of you and meHow our skin hummed, electric, sparked like wires in th...Read Full Lyrics

Four white smoke stacks saw you standing aloneOn a platform in miserable weatherI can hear through the cracks in your voice on the phoneWe're no closer to being togetherJust the th...Read Full Lyrics

Sugar on cereal sunlight sifts downThrough late autumn leaves to the crunchy brown groundI hold my arm like an 'L' with your hand at the cornerThe autumn air is freezing and your h...Read Full Lyrics

Sailing above the mess we're inOh my love, your face is a faraway placeHow do we love? Here's a place to beginCome and go take and giveSand goes out wave comes inThis is how we're ...Read Full Lyrics

in a rush to get things doneyou cancel all your plansepisodes ages old will beg to resolvedand just the same we move awaythat just the same we've turned away,we move awaycruise con...Read Full Lyrics

Have you forgottenAll this beauty around you?All your worriesCould easily fade behind youWho is pulling you back?The end is nearWith suchWith her strength...Read Full Lyrics