Wittgenstein's Arm - Neil Halstead

Hey there now did I hear your voice

Ringing out in the early morning?

Did I hear you singing right through the night

Out there while I was rolling?

Did you see my brother lying in the ditch

Knuckles all scraped and the powder on him

Passing like a shadow right through the night

Through my days and through my mind?

(instrumental interlude)

Love is dead and truth is empty

It won’t heal and it won’t save me

See that girl in the checked white skirt

I’ll hold her tonight and maybe it’ll work

Love is all

A white dove in the snow

Passing through

Like a bright new moon

Mama froze

Women’s blood once flowed

(instrumental interlude)

Death runs deep in this family

Write your song for the left and only

Lost my arm in the first great war

Wish I’d never learned that piano before

See my brother drinking from the glass

They say he died with his eyes wide open

Poison flowing right through the veins

Glass of milk fell from his hands

Love is all

Find the right way home

Time is all

Find the right way home

Powder moon

Find the right way home

Time is all

Find the right way home

(instrumental interlude)

Hey there now did you hear my voice

Ringing out in the early morning?

Did you hear me singing right through the night?

I wonder if you’ll ever get tired of this

Death runs deep in this family

Write your song for the left and only

Lost my arm in the first great war

Wish I’d never learned that piano before.

(repeat)

Love is all

Find the right way home

Time is all

Find the right way home

Powder moon

Find the right way home

Time is all

Find the right way home