Thea Gilmore - You Tell Me (2001) lyrics

So here we are then you and me Some little joke of chemistry With all our sun bleached history Fading as the light gets strong and We are brave and we are fakes of Tortured art and higher stakes And winter's knocking at the gates But the clocks are wrong I am the steel, I am the dare The angry kid with mud in her hair Setting off those warning flares Till the sky got light And you are the seasons, you are the free fall Here's the smell of tarmac, here's the clarion call Here's the reasoning behind it all Right here tonight 'Cause I've struggled for directions A blank page as far as I can see But I'm open to suggestions So you tell me You tell me You tell me The corner cafe got closed down A funeral pyre for the wise and the clowns A little drunk this time around But the feeling's there They're drawing out their pocket knives Till just the singular survives For all the currency it buys They don't much care 'Cause I've struggled for directions A blank page as far as I can see But I'm open to suggestions So you tell me You tell me You tell me Now colours blazing through the sky With autumn fury in our eyes We'll gather every battle cry And lay them at their door 'Cause for all the reasons that they spent To turn poetry to self defence I guess that what I really meant Was that's what it's for But you tell me You tell me You tell me