COLD

It's white and calm
A winter's tale
Nowhere to go
Nothing to do
Put another record on

It's the coldest story
I've ever known
As frozen
As my heart
Day after day
You grow more distant

Those smouldering
Summer nights
Nothing but
Faraway memories
Under the midnight sun
You burned your fingers

I know all those
Empty gestures
Aren’t real
The gossip makes me sick
Fame has strangled you
For too long
I'm done hiding

You’re only as good
As your last act
And yours was golden
But I know you’re
Even better than that

I didn't have the strength
To stay
I didn't trust or believe
The memories are
Tearing me apart

Presents arrive in the post
Unanswered calls
I miss the shadows
Nobody else saw
I always left my guilt
At the door

I'm done telling you
What you want to hear
Now it's too real
You've lost everything
They think they know
How you feel

All that remains
Are the echoes of our days
The dreams you had
About tomorrow
While you were wishing
It was yesterday

Fascination
It's a strange thing
Head first
Into a dead end
In this fool's paradise
Go make some headlines
That's what you do best