Lyric

I’ve half forgotten life’s own face

The other half wore silk and grace

With ruby lips and eyes so bold

She passed me by — no time to hold

She smoked alone in rooms unknown

No one cared to ask her name

I tried to catch her in my hands

But freedom slipped beyond my claim

For all I was

Is lost inside a bar

In half a glass of gin

With morphine traces near the rim

Oh, my love, don’t be afraid —

The night is still unswayed

I spoke with angels in the street

Their shoes were made of concrete cold

They said no words, but what they bared

Was like a long-forgotten song told

I laughed alone beneath old hats

I kissed in darkness, cold and blind

And if they called me by a name —

I simply left it all behind

For all I am

Is caught between the lines

A song of smoke and flickering lights

But my true voice won’t sing tonight

Oh, my time, it stands aside —

With weary gloves worn thin and wide

I’ve half forgotten life’s own face

The other half

Now wears my dress