Twilight Life (song)

words & music by Larry

a black-haired woman walks down to the edge of dark water

a clutch roses in her arms for the all the lost tribes with homes on the sea

ghostly waves beat the shore

like spectral ones come before

taking solace in storms and the things that'll be

a thousand kisses won’t mend the bend in your heart

nothing in this world that you’ve seen helps you come to grips with your fate

play the undertaker’s blues

get confused by the rules

you want no piece of the illusion that they call hate

chorus 1

when you stand high on the piny ridge of that beautiful mountain

and look across the expanse of the beautiful sea

your heart beats so fast

there’s no future no past

there’s no feeling alone in your twilight life…

chorus 2

when you rise up to a silver moon where you wait for no one

you find that place with your love where you reach for the sky

there’s no secrets to keep

living forever deep

all you know is the quiet of your twilight life…

the orphan girl diving down in the urban jungle

a nameless child walks the streets named for sons of the city long since dead

wears a coat full of holes

stepping over lost souls

never understood anything that they’ve said

all the roads lead us home to that same mystic garden

fires burn and the smoke bathes our bodies in ashes and in coal

the wind cuts like a knife

no one come back alive
there’s no need for explaining in this twilight life…

(chorus 1)

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