Published On Jul 30, 2023
You know the distance never made
A difference to me
I swam a lake of fire, I’d have walked
Across the floor of any sea
Ignored the vastness between
All that can be seen
And all that we believe
So I thought you were like an angel to me
…
Funny how true colours shine in darkness
And in secrecy
If there were scarlet flags
They washed out in the mind of me
Where a blinding light shone on you every night
And either side of my sleep
Where you were held frozen like an angel to me
…
It ain’t the being alone
(Sha-la-la)
It ain’t the empty home, baby
(Sha-la-la)
You know I'm good on my own
(Sha-la-la)
Sha-la-la, baby
You know, it’s more the being unknown
So much of the living, love
Is the being unknown
…
You called me angel for the first time
My heart leapt from me
You smile now
I can see its pieces still stuck in your teeth
And what’s left of it I listen to it tick
Every tedious beat going unknown
As any angel to me
…
Do you know, I could break beneath the weight
Of the goodness love I still carry for you
That I’d walk so far just to take
The injury of finally knowing you
…
And it ain’t the being alone
(Sha-la-la)
It ain’t the empty home baby
(Sha-la-la)
You know I'm good on my own
(Sha-la-la)
Sha-la-la baby
You know it’s more the being unknown
And there are some people, love
Who are better unknown