Dust (Live at the Royal Festival Hall)

I find myself alone again

And watch the window running rain

A peaceful place where people smile

And share their lives just for a while

The day grows cold, my feelings too

In thoughts of us but mainly you

Why did it come to all this trust?

Precious metals turn to rust

We are dust, we are dust

Just lonely little satellites

All that we are meant to be

We fall unseen at night

Dust, we are dust

Dust of gold and silver light

Caught for a second in a shaft of light

As if we'd never been

The weary faceless people walking by

All the lonely and the down at heart

No point to worry what tomorrow brings

We're all nothing in the scheme of things

Crying faces standing round

Dressed in black and placing flowers

What is the point of all this love?

Of all these hours?

We are dust, we are dust

Just floating through the atmosphere

Like spirits from another time

We're never really here

Dust, we are dust

Blown upon a gentle breeze

Washed away tomorrow's rain

We'll never have this time again

And so I sit counting down the hours

Watching shoots as they emerge as flowers

Nothing lasts till the end of time

Nothing's yours and nothing's mine

Our dreams are taken with the clouds

Through the ever-changing skies

Birds come in autumn, back in spring

And for a while you made my heart sing

Dust

Dust, we are dust

Dust of gold and silver bright

Caught for a second in a shaft of light

We've never really been