Farewell Transmission

The whole place is dark

Every light on this side of the town

Suddenly it all went down

Now we'll all be brothers of the fossil fire of the sun

Now we will all be sisters of the fossil blood of the moon

Someone must have set 'em up

Now they'll be working in the cold grey rock

Now they'll be working in the hot mill steam

Now they'll be working in the concrete

In the sirens and the silences now

All the great set up hearts

All at once start to beat

After tonight if you don't want this to be

A secret out of the past

I will resurrect it, I'll have a good go at it

I'll streak his blood across my beak

And dust my feathers with his ash

I can feel his ghost breathing down my back

I will try and know whatever I try

I will be gone but not forever

I will try and know whatever I try

I will be gone but not forever

Real truth about it is

No one gets it right

Real truth about it is

We're all supposed to try

There ain't no end to the sands

I've been trying to cross

The real truth about it is

My kind of life's no better off

It's got the maps or if it's lost

We will try and know whatever we try

We will be gone but not forever

Come on let's try and know whatever we try

We will be gone but not forever

The real truth about it is

There ain't no end to the desert I'll cross

I've really known it all along

Mama here comes midnight

With the dead moon in its jaws

Must be the big star about to fall

Mama here comes midnight

With the dead moon in its jaws

Must be the big star about to fall

Mama here comes midnight

With the dead moon in its jaws

Must be the big star about to fall

Long dark blues

Will-o'-the-wisp

Long dark blues