I didn’t think that this could be
All that unto death do we
‘Til you managed the lock and magicked the key
After a night of hard drinking and ecstasy
It’s softer than words that are spoken
Blackened on paper that’s shredded and torn
Or carved into stones lying shattered and broken
Branches beckoned along the wrong path
Winding up in the past
And this dark and velvet night that surrounds us
This dark and velvet night I will wrap around us
It’s softer than words that are spoken
Or painted as slogans and flung to the lions
Written on slips as the punters wait smoking
A leap of faith, the odds sky-high
Said goodbye to your place or mine
Don’t like to make promises that I can’t keep
Don’t want to hurt this old heart or wreck my sleep
Thinking how will we part?
Will I hold your hand or you be left holding mine?
Between this breath and then
There’s this airlock of time
This airlock of time
And this dark and velvet night that surrounds us
This dark and velvet night I will wrap around us
It’s softer than words that were spoken
In the towers of great cities that toppled and drowned
Engraved on gold rings or some other love token
No walls, no bells to sanctify this dark and velvet night
Other lyrics by David Gilmour:
A Boat Lies Waiting
Something I never knew In silence I’d hear you And a boat lies waiting Still your clouds all flaming That old time easy feeling What I lost was an ocean Now …
A Pocketful Of Stones
He’s sending stones skimming and flying Circles spinning out his time Though the earth is dying his head is in the stars Chances are this spark’s a lifetime …
A Single Spark
These days of wild uncertain times I ask the empty skies Who will keep things rolling? Who to sing Hosannas to? The temple calls But I can’t see what use my prayers …
All Lovers Are Deranged
It takes a fool to phone a fool When both have said it all We make the rule, bemoan the rule That neither one should call But love that was Is love that is Demands to …
Between Two Points
Broke an early promise Put trust in an unknown Fell headlong into the arms Of the first that stirred me Unsteadied a steady heart And took me to a place I’ve never …