The Funeral Party

Album: Faith (1981)
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  • Two pale figures
    Ache in silence
    Timeless
    In the quiet ground
    Side by side
    In age and sadness
    I watched
    And acted wordlessly
    As piece by piece
    You performed your story
    Moving through an unknown past
    Dancing at the funeral party

    Memories of children's dreams
    Lie lifeless
    Fading
    Lifeless
    Hand in hand with fear and shadows
    Crying at the funeral party

    I heard a song
    And turned away
    As piece by piece
    You performed your story
    Noiselessly across the floor
    Dancing at the funeral party Writer/s: LAURENCE ANDREW TOLHURST, ROBERT JAMES SMITH, SIMON GALLUP
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 3

  • Eliseu Carvalho from Canoas, Rs, BrazilLooks like this is the darkest, saddest, most depressing album ever, but very beautiful at the same time. Great to listen to it alone on a rainy dawn.
  • Chuck from Nanaimo, BcIve read he worte this song from memories of his grandparents funeral
  • Ali from Wine, Casad. very Faith-like too...funny how a lot of songs on the same CD are so alike.
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