Someone's Dying

I slipped away from a sleepy stillness

A blind man cried

Pale faces stared

Cos someone's died

They steel your clothes and make you grand

For your final stand

A funeral pyre of cleansing fire

On these hallowed lands

There's no-one here i know

Black suits and a perished moon

Light the candles, start the wake

Your embers burnt out too soon

Someone's dying, Someone's dying

I walked away

No I crawled away

To an endless pain

Through the winter storm clouds

So these dreamless nights

And the empty days

They seem so strange

Through the winds of hell fire

And in the breeze

Oh the summer trees

I'm on my knees

For you now sweet child

Can't let you go

Oh you'll never know

Just how much i loved you now

I walked away from the girl with the flowers

Tears fall like blood, i felt her pain

I grew old, without your love

Sombre days and bitter rains

Everything just falls apart

It breaks my heart

I call your name, it's all in vain

This is my darkest day

I kissed your eyes and said goodbye

Dust to dust beneath black skies

I wish you well and stay clear of hell

Till another place, another time

Someone's dying, Someone's dying

Through the rain and snow

To where the angels go

In the afterglow

Is where i'll meet you

You're dust and bone

And your blood runs cold

Now long dark nights bleed me

Ive met the devil here

Near your grave stone dear

But i showed no fear

Cos you were with me

In your land of ghosts

And tormented souls

You'll waltz right through heavens door

Words & Music: Stevenson (1981)