You propelled yourself into the arms of God And Christ and all the angels, Now you're high above the people Who you used to call your equals. I will stay behind and live this life You left me as a witness who Can tidy up your business and Record that someone lived here In the shade of Trellick Tower In those days of living gently Something holy used to love me Something holy used to touch me Then he heard the voice I couldn't hear He's gone to where it sent him And now I'm praying for this pain to clear He's waiting on ascension.
And now I'm praying but there's still no change You're high as Trellick Tower Throw your hair down when you let me spend My life trying to climb you And I'm praying till my knees don't fold Praying till my hands don't close Praying till my fingers close
And you've propelled yourself into the arms of God And Christ and all the saints, Now I've been walking through our house like separation made it sacred. I've been burying the books you left I treat them like they're ancient And I think relics ache for when the saint had breath They miss the thing that changed them
And I'm a relic and you're so, so high You're high as Trellick Tower Throw your hair down when you let me spend My life trying to climb you And praying till my knees don't fold Praying till my hands don't close Praying till my fingers close
And in the shade of Trellick Tower I spent a while trying to keep you Tell all the people moving on, "hey, Hey, something holy used to live here." Now I'm a relic of a life gone by, Kneeling to address the sky And I'll keep praying till the binds untie Praying but I don't know why And I'll keep praying till the binds untie Praying but I don't know why Oh, I'll pray until the language dies, Praying 'cos you're so, so high, Can I spend my life trying to climb you?
The dream that i have is always the same a foot falls like an echo of a step i didn't take and i see you coming in like you were never gone, tell me, why did i wake? Here in the world i was hiding from, they're expecting it to rain
they say that the winter clears the drains/drapes that time heals all things and they said that the thought of you would fade, well i see nothing change.
and the dream that i have, breaks just like the day i walk along the shore, i take a picture of the waves and then i throw it to the floor, i say why did i wake? Here in the world there is nothing more than your absence
now the sky is turning grey now the birds have left the bay now time is shrinking and they said that the thought of you would fade well I don't feel that way.
and hey, do you remember me the way that i remember you? and every movement of the waves, oh they replaced the train all the people went away, and i feel nothing they say that winter clears the drains/drapes well i dream lightly.. of sunshine
I remember how we met but your name I forget like the door that I have kept unopened
I remember it was wet and the swelter and the sweat and the shelter of the bed we were cloaked in
You were stroking me like a pet but you didn't own me yet and the tape in the cassette deck was choking Spat out a broken hallelujah
But I've seen the way the earth throws its aces with a curve You were waiting for the words to come to yer.
Just to say that you prefer to be lonely to be cursed and to do the very worst you can do.
Yeah I remember you like a verse that I didn't want to learn I just looked into your eyes and I knew yer.
Now the thought of you is burnt on my body from the first time you did rewind that line from Hallelujah. The original Leonard Cohen version.
Well I wish I never met you that day You said I have a room and music to play I have a room let me show you the way I wish that I'd never come
But now that I have, I would do it again I would forget like I'd piss on a grave
I would forget like I'd piss on a grave that the words as they came to my tongue were hallelujah. Hallelujah! And the sky was so much bluer Hallelujah! Hallelujah! And the world was so much newer.
You said I have a room at the top of the stairs I have a room with a view I know we all have a cross that we bear and I'd like to show it to you.
And you left me in the light and you met me in the light and we only had a night between the two.
You were waiting for the worst You were listening for a curse but the only thing I heard was hallelujah.
Hallelujah! Hallelujah! And the sky was so much bluer Hallelujah! Hallelujah! And the world was so much newer.
you said I have a room at the top of the stairs. I have a room with a view. I know we all have a cross that we bear and I'd like to give it to you.
And I won't forget how the sky was set I said I have a place to go back to. La La La I will have you yet I will carry you there if I have to.
No I won't forget no I won't. No I won't forget no I won't No I won't forget no I won't No I won't forget no.