《The Wall’s End》歌词

[00:00:09] she says that they're nothing but chancers where i come from.

[00:00:12] that she doesn't know how i've survived it without being beaten or killed or worse.

[00:00:16] she says she heard on the news about all those guns they found in that pub,

[00:00:20] and how that gunman was from there, and how she's seen them on that waste ground by the shops drinking cheap cider and swearing at the tarts who walk past.

[00:00:29] and when i tell her i've never even seen a gun, she's says she's connected and could get one.

[00:00:33] but she wouldn't recommend that school i went to for her niece.

[00:00:37] and i don't ask which one because i already know. they tore all the others down.

[00:00:41] but then i just read one of those annoying comedy emails you get at work and nod like i'm listening.

[00:00:48] and when i get off the bus on bonfire night the high street is like a breeched hive.

[00:00:53] i can only tell the difference between the firework smoke and the clouds by which is green and which is purple.

[00:00:59] and there are still pops and flashes in the distance, and dogs barking beside me.

[00:01:04] in the subway the tiles are still twisted and the ceiling still black from the fire last week.

[00:01:09] even though they've painted the side walls there is still the smell.new smoke mixed with the constant of piss.

[00:01:15] but at the end of the passageway there are huddled shapes crouching on the floor.

[00:01:19] and i know i can't turn back, i know that this is the only way home, so i put my head down and try not to look.

[00:01:25] but as i pass, i can't help but be drawn to a metallic flash.

[00:01:29] a silver claw prizing up the floor tiles. and as my heart drowns out the noise from my headphones i feel hands on me. i feel them grab me and turn me.

[00:01:38] and as i raise my eyes and my hands and prepare for the claw and the smoke and the piss,

[00:01:43] one of them holds a greetings card in front of my face and asks me if i know how to spell appreciate.

[00:01:49] there is a vase of pink flowers and the countryside on the front. it says, "birthday greetings."