Your little friends must have been strong
Born into their skin like that
You almost became one of them
But almost don't cover somethin'
You dropped a nickel at the midway town
They were almost human
Carryin' the shame of the glamorous few
That shivered and turned away
But you're not forgotten
She decked the angels out in violet and black
She set the angels up and walked across that river
Violet and black
Eight by ten, violent and black
You circle round, you let the chemicals say
They're almost family
Almost don't cover somethin'
Down at the dock, boats drag the river
Wrap the red light 'round you
Once you would shiver, but somehow you're used to it
Like the world don't belong to you
You're not forgotten
She decked the angels out in violet and black
She set the angels up and walked across that river
Violet and black
Now the Irishman by the Brooklyn Bridge smashed a bottle down
And it seems Sebastian's dead
Yeah, the arrows are invisible
Under that shadow with your jacknife, cut the colour field down
Down to violet, down to black
Hear the crows flyin' round that soul
And they snap the light through the shudderin' hole
She decked the angels out in violet and black
She set the angels up and walked across that river
She set the angels up in violent and black
She set the angels up and walked across that river
She set the angels up
She set the angels up
She set the angels up
In black, in black