Moving Pictures Silent Films - Great Lake Swimmers

Awake me please when this is over

Oh, when the ice is melted away

And the hunger returns

I will be the same but older

And maybe twice the man that I thought I was

Where have you been?

And what have you done?

I’ve been under the ground

Reading prayers from this old book I found

Under the ground

Saving it up

And spending it all

On moving pictures

Silent films

Moving pictures

Silent films

Oh, and is this the dream I’ve been saving?

Oh, where the heart beats slower and slower

To almost nothing

Almost nothing

Almost nothing

I took it for love

Or at least something beautiful

Out there in the spotlight

But turned around softly

Turned around squinting

And saw that it was headlights

And then the truth

The truth was unbearable

Oh and imminent

Bearing down on these two shadow animals

Caught painting a dotted line

Caught painting a dotted line

Caught painting a dotted line

Where have you been?

And what have you done?

I’ve been under the ground

Reading prayers from this old book I found

Under the ground

Saving it up

And spending it all

On moving pictures

Silent films

Moving pictures

Silent films