The Twilight Hour

Album: Soul Mining (1983)
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  • Your laying on your bed - & making shadows on the wall
    It's almost too hot to move -
    Outside your window -
    People are driving home from work - for the weekend.
    But your waiting for the phone to ring -
    Your gonna tell her exactly what you think.
    You practice getting your mouth around the words
    That explain the way you feel.
    You've been scared to show your real self -
    In case she doesn't like what she sees -
    You've been a "prostitute to humility" -
    She's invaded your life & you've got to
    Live apart - in order to...survive -
    You were emotionally independent -
    But starved of affection.
    But now you've been trapped by tenderness
    & been beaten into "submission"...
    It's now way past the hour she usually phones -
    & you've decided not to tell her your little joke
    Where could she have got to.
    Why is she torturing you -
    You roll on your side -
    & run your fingers through your hair -
    Your scared of losing her -
    & facing yourself -
    A red sky at night may be a shepherds delight,
    But your cutting chunks from your heart.
    & rubbing the meat into your eyes.
    She can't leave you now - you've given up all your friends
    Your relying on her - for your independence
    She can't leave you here - alone & defenseless
    Your relying on her for your independence
    YOUR RELYING ON HER
    Thomas Leer - synths
    Zeke Manyika - drums
    Camelle G. Hinds - bass guitar
    Matt Johnson - synths, instruments, percussion, vocals
    Writer/s: MATT JOHNSON
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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