Dead white searchlights
Streets coal black
No signs left to guide you back
London town was falling down
We just needed solid ground
As ashes turned to dust
There were ghosts beneath our feet

Eddie brought violets - they smelled of sunshine
They made me laugh out loud - just like a child
Eddie brought violets under his hat for me
They smelled of innocence - they made me cry

Courage when your heart must break
Brave cos there’s no choice to make
Cos when you fall asleep
You hear that thunder in your dreams
We lived between the silence and the drumming in our ears

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I’d said yes to someone else, a steady and hardworking first - a quiet man, a steady man who never would deceive
A moment doesn’t make it real - some things you never should reveal - you think your thoughts in silence
Till the years help you believe

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