Pram Lyrics

Helium

Gravity

Once I thought I was in love
But that was a mistake
For it was a warm feeling
Wrapped around me like a shawl
Learn to love the corners
And the angles of the world
To not love them you'll never live
The only peace is death

Love isn't a glow or a song in the heart
It's bony fingers tugging through your hair
It's sharp hipbones bruising blue your thigh
It's saying something softly that goes unheard

Love snarls up the patterns
Of everything you know
It doesn't send you off to space
But buries you instead
Love holds on to gravity
And gravity is love
To love another human is
A puzzle for the head

Dancing on a Star

Oh my darling, let's join hands
Go swooping through the air
And at night we'll safely land
And fold our wings with care
We'll have the sun and moon as friends
And wrap ourselves in the silver sky
And there'll be no more to doubt
No more to cry about

One of these days I'll be up in the heavens
Live my life in the clouds
And you'll put aside all your fears of flying
Dance with me on a star

Nightwatch

When you sleep at night
I like to watch your face
I would not close my eyes
For fear you might not breathe

And I'll always be here with you
To keep the nightmares away
When they come through your window

I'll always be here
An angel for your dreams
A hollow golden frame
To keep what's worst at bay

Things Left on the Pavement

There's no moon today
Because of the yellow light
That hovers live a faint fur
Over the rooftops
Blocking the sky from sight
If you're never left in the darkness
Then you never feel alone
And the things that are left on the pavement
Means that you're never ever alone

I could sing a lullaby to them all
Nighttime over the tannoys
Wish them safely home

Outside my bedroom window
The night will never fall
It stays outside the city
Like a glove waiting to be worn
If you're never left in the darkness
Then you never feel alone
And the noise that thickens up the air
Means you're never ever alone

My Father the Clown

My heart is heavy as I help you
Into the costume in which you learn to fly
Always chained to somewhere
In case I might hurt myself
Sitting in the sawdust
That's stained by the animals

Twisted leg in iron and plaster
Dragging 'round and 'round
While I dance with my father the clown

While she's in lace and feathers
I'm the one in clumsy shoes
Always being told I damage what I touch

Can I ever be unfettered
Free as she is front of them all
Or must I stay and eat my own skin
Like the lion in the cage

Blue

In the hum of time you stand
Frozen like a stopped clock's hands
Wrapped in the things you wear for comfort
Only your eyes show your terror
Your chalky skin is thick but frail
Like Egyptian paper
And pent blood deafens your brain
Till you think you've let the outside world in

And you're like a star in the heaven
That's cold bright and beautiful
And just like a star in the heaven
You're so unreachable

You imagine yourself a statue
To be looked at with a price
Around your neck to show how much you're worth
And how you shouldn't be touched
But you're made of flesh and yearnings
Like all the rest of us around you
No statue ever cried like you
When your mother weaned you

Little Angel, Little Monkey

Where are you going?
Come back here I'm helpless without you
I wave my tiny limbs in useless gestures
I need you I am dependent
And when you leave me terror darkens
My mind like crows wings
I can't even form words to tell you
How I need you and how I resent
It that I need you so

I run towards light
Maybe the glow of people
Something warm and enticing
My heaven is other people

Sometimes I would like it if
Everyone did the same thing
I could get a grasp gain control over events
I would bite you but
What would hurt you once would hurt my twice
I have a dark force in my head
Could be used to smooth things over
But wood is full of splinters
And people are nevr doing quite what
You want them to

Shadows

If I could record the moment
Just before you leave I'd never
Let it go
To never have to recognize that
I live in the boundaries of my own
Skin and bones

When I'm on my own I hear
My heartbeat like a clock's ticking
Filling the room
And the gentle dark hands of the shadows
Clasped in corners in the gloom

If I could I'd merge with you
Forever live as one as whole complete inside
But I'm afraid that you don't want that
And one day you'll poison me and leave with relief

Like a soldier when you're dressing
Going to do battle with the Town
And I lie here frightened how much
I am tempted to pin you down