@ALBUM: LC
The Durutti Column

Lyrics transcribed by R Stanzel
and Michael B. Branch
Please contact us with comments or corrections.
93/06/07

@SONG: Sketch for Dawn 1

A brightness falling through the air
Into the long grass where we lie
The lark spirals upwards in perfect pitch
The plane takes forever crossing the sky

[chorus]
In the dawn
In the dawn
In the dawn

Dreams burnt away
By the first cigarette of the day
Instincts move us into
The rhythms of love
Soaring into
An exquisite tension
Making gentle pornography together

[chorus]

A brightness falling through the air
Into the long grass where we lie
The lark spirals upwards in perfect pitch
Soaring into
An exquisite tension

[chorus]

@SONG: Sketch for Dawn 2

A brightness falling through the air
Into the long grass where we lie
The lark spirals upwards in perfect pitch
The plane takes forever crossing the sky

In the dawn
In the dawn

Dreams burnt away
By the first cigarette of the day
Instincts move us into
The rhythms of love
Making gentle pornography together
Soaring into
An exquisite tension

In the dawn
In the dawn
In the dawn

In the dawn
In the dawn

A brightness falling through the air
Into the long grass where we lie
The lark spirals upwards in perfect pitch
The plane takes forever crossing the sky

In the dawn
In the dawn
In the dawn

@SONG: Never Known

I cry in my sleep
Sometimes you stay
Sometimes you stay
You never know why
Please say my name
Don't turn away

[chorus]
The pain is black
The pain is bright
The pain is black
The pain is bright
The pain is bright

Then I awake
And in the half light
Watching my movements
Through half closed eyes
You're touching me
As a priest loves pornography
We played beneath the patterns[?]
Don't turn away

[chorus]

Kissed by the years
Caresses of time
Marking the lines
The lines of expression
The patterns of place
The patterns of youth
The patterns of love
Don't turn away
Say my name
Say my name

[chorus]

@SONG: Missing Boy

There was a boy
I almost knew him
A glance exchanged
Made me feel good
Leaving some signs
Now a legend
The dream was wrought
Where thoughts were heard
Where love is reserved
From previous times

[chorus]
Like a dead bird in the dirt
A rusty can on the ground
I don't believe in stardom
Machinery in action
Full of experts
Full of experts
Same old order
Same old order
Same old order

Watch with obsession
Some accident of beauty
Try to capture
As the light begins to fail
Shapes to compose
Shadows of frailty
The dream is better
Dissolves into softness
But the end
The end is always the same

[chorus]

There was a boy
I almost knew him
A glance exchanged
Made me feel good
Leaving some signs
Now a legend