The phone slips from a loose grip
Words were missed then some apology
I didn’t want to tell you this no it’s just some guy she has been hanging out with
I don’t know, the past couple of weeks, I guess
Thank you and hang up the phone
Let the funeral start, hear the casket close.
Let’s pin split-black ribbons to our overcoats
Well laughter pours from under doors in this house
I don’t understand that sound no more.
It seems artificial like a T.V. set
Well Haligh, Haligh, Haligh, Haligh
This weight it must be satisfied
You offer only one reply
You know not what you do
But you tear and tear your hair from roots.
From that same head you twice removed
A lock of hair you said would prove our love would never die
Well Ha Ha Ha
And I remember everything
The words we spoke on freezing South street
All those mornings watching you get ready for school
You combed your hair inside the mirror
The one you painted blue and glued with jewelry tears.
Something about those bright colors would always make you feel better
But now we speak with ruined tongues
The words we say aren’t meant for anyone.
Just a mumbled sentence to a passing acquaintance
But there was once you
You said you hate my suffering you understood
You’d take care of me.
You would always be there, well where are you now?
Haligh, Haligh, Haligh, Haligh.
The plans were never finalized
But left to hang like yarn and twine dangling before my eyes
As you tear and tear your hair from roots
From that same head you twice removed
A lock of hair you said would prove
Our love would never die
And I sing and sing of awful things
The pleasure that my sadness brings
As my fingers press against the strings
Another clumsy chord
Haligh, Haligh, an awful lie
This weight will now be satisfied
I'm gonna give you only one reply
I know not who I am
But I talk in the mirror to the stranger that appears
Our conversations are circles and always one sided
Nothing is clear
Except we keep coming back
To this meaning that I lack
He says the choices were given and now you must live
Them or just not live
But do you want that?
[00:15.203] The phone slips from a loose grip
[00:24.087] Words were missed then some apology
[00:31.409] I didn’t want to tell you this no it’s just some guy she has been hanging out with
[00:39.912] I don’t know, the past couple of weeks, I guess
[00:45.617]
[00:46.604] Thank you and hang up the phone
[00:49.018] Let the funeral start, hear the casket close.
[00:52.893] Let’s pin split-black ribbons to our overcoats
[01:01.128] Well laughter pours from under doors in this house
[01:05.330] I don’t understand that sound no more.
[01:09.514] It seems artificial like a T.V. set
[01:13.785]
[01:16.950] Well Haligh, Haligh, Haligh, Haligh
[01:21.459] This weight it must be satisfied
[01:24.733] You offer only one reply
[01:28.246] You know not what you do
[01:32.196] But you tear and tear your hair from roots.
[01:35.732] From that same head you twice removed
[01:39.457] A lock of hair you said would prove our love would never die
[01:46.066]
[01:46.573] Well Ha Ha Ha
[01:49.772]
[01:51.803] And I remember everything
[01:54.454] The words we spoke on freezing South street
[01:59.434] All those mornings watching you get ready for school
[02:06.800] You combed your hair inside the mirror
[02:10.081] The one you painted blue and glued with jewelry tears.
[02:14.631] Something about those bright colors would always make you feel better
[02:20.553]
[02:22.048] But now we speak with ruined tongues
[02:24.969] The words we say aren’t meant for anyone.
[02:29.450] Just a mumbled sentence to a passing acquaintance
[02:35.047] But there was once you
[02:37.026] You said you hate my suffering you understood
[02:41.756] You’d take care of me.
[02:44.990] You would always be there, well where are you now?
[02:49.634]
[02:52.727] Haligh, Haligh, Haligh, Haligh.
[02:56.728] The plans were never finalized
[03:00.190] But left to hang like yarn and twine dangling before my eyes
[03:07.622] As you tear and tear your hair from roots
[03:11.079] From that same head you twice removed
[03:14.898] A lock of hair you said would prove
[03:18.540] Our love would never die
[03:21.205]
[03:22.473] And I sing and sing of awful things
[03:25.788] The pleasure that my sadness brings
[03:29.579] As my fingers press against the strings
[03:33.145] Another clumsy chord
[03:35.997]
[03:37.113] Haligh, Haligh, an awful lie
[03:40.634] This weight will now be satisfied
[03:44.433] I'm gonna give you only one reply
[03:47.946] I know not who I am
[03:50.460]
[03:51.656] But I talk in the mirror to the stranger that appears
[03:58.005] Our conversations are circles and always one sided
[04:02.213] Nothing is clear
[04:05.822] Except we keep coming back
[04:09.928] To this meaning that I lack
[04:12.602] He says the choices were given and now you must live
[04:17.274] Them or just not live
[04:20.854] But do you want that?