Manning - Post Mortem lyrics

I. Grand Fanfare Watch the rain, washing my old shoes clean, are you saving my soul? Climb aboard the old 'one-way' ride tonight, I'm glad to have you inside of me To believe I could keep it all inside Did I believe I could keep all that hope alive? Down, Down, Down - Never believing in myself Low, Low, Low - The whole World's falling apart Down, Down, Down - So when did I really start to doubt..? Low, Low, Low - ...the truth in my heart Bring on the orchestra, play me the grand fanfare Help me bring an end to this sad affair II. Waiting On A Ledge Can you see me? Can you hold me? Hold me tightly Don't let me fall Slipping through your fingers like a waxwork figurine Relaxing, I'm releasing from the threadbare screen Waiting on a ledge with nothing left to say 'So long everybody, It's time to get away' It's like a jungle, just like a jungle It's just not that easy. Trying hard every day, And after a while, well something's gotta give way I'm floating, I'm floating on a cloud of caresses that lifts up my body and soothes all the stresses, and when it's all over, and the tension has snapped the days of my childhood come rippling back It's like a jungle, just like a jungle III. Grand Fanfare (Revisited) Down, Down, Down - Never believing in myself Low, Low, Low - The whole World's falling apart Down, Down, Down - So when did I really start to doubt..? Low, Low, Low - ...the truth in my heart Bring on the orchestra, play me the grand fanfare Help me bring an end to this sad affair IV. Post Mortem (Instrumental) IV.I. Three Score Years And Ten (Instrumental) IV.II. In My Life Call the Player forward, let him play his last card now Let the Pipers pipe, let the Torch Men sing my songs Wait at the Sinners Gate, for the drummer's roll to begin on the beating heart, on the soul within the skin The tide is turning and we cling to the shore, Starfish on the Ocean Floor In my life, was there nothing more? A tower burning, setting light to the trees Oh, what strange ideas are these? Inner Light, Inner Life, Forever Naked, we come, and stripped to the bone we go and on a journal page, I'll chance to write me down, The crowd will see me through it, from here to gods knows where, and my wit, (like my Ink), is still not dry The tide is turning and we cling to the shore, Starfish on the Ocean Floor In my life, was there nothing more? A tower burning, setting light to the trees Oh, what strange ideas are these? Inner Light, Inner Life, Forever Cold, alone and breathless, the Master of 'going-wrong', and the chance has come, to fill in a final balance and with a sweeping of my pen, I call on myself again, to underwrite all the empty lines I once borrowed The tide is turning and we cling to the shore, Starfish on the Ocean Floor In my life, was there nothing more? A tower burning, setting light to the trees Oh, what strange ideas are these? Inner Light, Inner Life, Forever And ever...(x5) And what can we do but hate, a sign that comes much too late, and a Vision that burns brightly for just one moment and in that instant caught between, all the knowing and the unseen I freeze, lost for all time The tide is turning and we cling to the shore, Starfish on the Ocean Floor In my life, was there nothing more? A tower burning, setting light to the trees Oh, what strange ideas are these? Inner Light, Inner Life, Forever (x2) And Ever... (x6)