Yo holy shit thanks for uploading this. I was at this show. My grandparents' house in Hawkes Bay had recently been destroyed by Cyclone Gabrielle and they were lucky as shit to get out alive. During this song I started thinking about all the shit that had happened, what had happened to them, and how much my life had changed since the start of the pandemic. My grandparents' house, a place that contained so many cherished childhood memories, was now gone just like my childhood itself. And at the section around 6:10, I legit started crying my eyes out. Every time I've come back to listen to this song since then I've cried a little, both sad tears and happy tears as well. There are VERY few songs that have had as much of an emotional impact on me as this one.
According to youtube this video was my most played in 2023 and I'm not surprised. Ever since I saw them play The Magician live in June I couldn't get enough and this video is my favorite of the recordings on youtube. Thanks for posting this. Such a great song. Hopefully it's part of LP4 but even then I'm sure I'll re-visit this video.
Lyrics & Timestamps :) Instrumental 0:00 - 0:51 When the smoke clears, what's left? Goodbye, goodbye You drop a kid in gasoline And give him a lit match And slap him on the ass When he lights himself aflame Like the man who pays his wife Two hundred pounds to have sex Because it's the only way he can come Like the girl, born a princess Too early or too late Who waits and waits and knows she'll never be queen What's left? The senile cat's incessant meow The children's favouritе canned cow The soundtrack of an unkept housе The soundtrack of an abandoned spouse What's left? The whirring cogs of futile despair The anguish of unanswered prayers The writhing mass of moaning torment What's left? 2:51 You lure a fly to a blazing lamp Shut the lid tight And watch it dance about 'Til it dies Like Sirin's chimp Who, when given a pen Draws only the bars of his cage Like the gown unworn Like the lawn overgrown Like the car, all rust Like the lungs, black with tar Like the bones, black with dust Like the heart, black with shame Like the eyes, black with age Like the stillborns living in its formaldehyde grave Like his mouth open, crying out to be saved What is left? What is left? What is left? What is left? Instrumental break: 3:48 4:50 And I'm hiding from the government And my fictional wife From my dreams and from my memories I am running from my life I'm hiding from you, I'm hiding from you I'm hiding from you, I'm hiding from you, I'm hiding from you I'm hiding from my mistress And her dream sextets I’m hiding from my family I’m hiding from the explanation Of all I’ve been doing wrong im hiding from her, im hiding from her I'm running from your lips I'm running from your mouth I’m hiding from your room I’m hiding from doubt I’m hiding from living I’m hiding from everything I'm hiding from you I'm hiding from you I'm hiding from you I'm hiding from you! 5:51 When did I meet you? Maybe two years ago So much has happened since You were a million fears ago So many since have taken your place A million more things to keep me awake 6:10 (my favourite part) I don't sleep any more I just rest my eyes I'm running from your lips I'm running from your cries Your convulsions that crack The crust of the earth Your pantomime moans So forced, so rehearsed Your little tongue That moves mountains and moves man to madness Your little tongue in my mouth Your little blade in my side Your little tongue in the ocean The iceberg that kills your little tongue your little tongue im hiding from you im hiding from you You're the first I call I hate the sound of your mocking voice I hate the words you use The phrases you think so choice But I'd kiss you a million times If you'd only one time if youd only one time ever turn your head you'' never turn your head, you'll never turn your head Because just like me, you're not alive, you're dead In the German black forest of which I know nothing I dream you ride a black horse Back and forth Back and forth Back and forth With no compass to follow Or landmark to reach You perambulate aimlessly through nondescript trees In the nondescript forest Of which I know nothing And can't visualise Save your faint silhouette 7:34 And I clutch and it evades I wake from the dream No, no, none of it’s real! I don’t sleep, I don’t sleep! I wander through cowardice, thought And regret Through nothingness, through sagas That never took place Your kiss, never given Your words, never said Your touch, never felt Your gift, never dealt Your lies, all around Your deceit, infinite I’m hiding from your never ending torrent of shit Like the spouse happily married Who still dies alone Like the world famous actor Who's still completely unknown 8:17 Like the German black forest Of you I know nothing I know not your eyes, your skin, your stench, your sins, your arms, your hold, your touch, your folds, your nails, your grip, your grin, your tics, your sex, your shame I know only your name 8:34 And what’s left of the lover Who doesn’t exist? Who knows not how many fantasies Involve her kiss? And what’s left of the dreamer Who dreams, and dreams, and dreams and dreams, and dreams, and dreams and dreams, And who thinks he isn’t dreaming But thinks that he is free And what of the endless, heedless, needless are we And what of the endless, heedless, needless are we And what of the endless, heedless, needless are we Will it end Will it ever let me be? No, When the smoke clears, it rains, it pours When it rains, it pours When it rains, your name When the smoke clears, what's left?
i just keep going back this this recording and feeling the spirit of robert fripp KNOWING HES STILL ALIVE AND THAT GEORDIE WILL CARRY HIS LEGACY OF PROG EXCELLENCE TO A NEW GENERATION FOR EVERYONE TO ENJOY its very exciting
Mate thank you for filming this so well, I was there and was completely transfixed. I come back once a week to watch this. One of the best versions I have found online.
I saw them in Melbourne but no one has uploaded any good quality audio from that night so I’ve been reliving it through the rest of the tour, thanks for uploading
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By far the greatest performance of any song I've ever seen live. So incredible.
Yo holy shit thanks for uploading this. I was at this show. My grandparents' house in Hawkes Bay had recently been destroyed by Cyclone Gabrielle and they were lucky as shit to get out alive. During this song I started thinking about all the shit that had happened, what had happened to them, and how much my life had changed since the start of the pandemic. My grandparents' house, a place that contained so many cherished childhood memories, was now gone just like my childhood itself. And at the section around 6:10, I legit started crying my eyes out.
Every time I've come back to listen to this song since then I've cried a little, both sad tears and happy tears as well. There are VERY few songs that have had as much of an emotional impact on me as this one.
Wow that is beautiful. I’m so glad it’s this well respected
According to youtube this video was my most played in 2023 and I'm not surprised. Ever since I saw them play The Magician live in June I couldn't get enough and this video is my favorite of the recordings on youtube. Thanks for posting this. Such a great song. Hopefully it's part of LP4 but even then I'm sure I'll re-visit this video.
Lyrics & Timestamps :)
Instrumental 0:00 - 0:51
When the smoke clears, what's left?
Goodbye, goodbye
You drop a kid in gasoline
And give him a lit match
And slap him on the ass
When he lights himself aflame
Like the man who pays his wife
Two hundred pounds to have sex
Because it's the only way he can come
Like the girl, born a princess
Too early or too late
Who waits and waits and knows she'll never be queen
What's left?
The senile cat's incessant meow
The children's favouritе canned cow
The soundtrack of an unkept housе
The soundtrack of an abandoned spouse
What's left?
The whirring cogs of futile despair
The anguish of unanswered prayers
The writhing mass of moaning torment
What's left?
2:51
You lure a fly to a blazing lamp
Shut the lid tight
And watch it dance about
'Til it dies
Like Sirin's chimp
Who, when given a pen
Draws only the bars of his cage
Like the gown unworn
Like the lawn overgrown
Like the car, all rust
Like the lungs, black with tar
Like the bones, black with dust
Like the heart, black with shame
Like the eyes, black with age
Like the stillborns living in its formaldehyde grave
Like his mouth open, crying out to be saved
What is left?
What is left?
What is left?
What is left?
Instrumental break: 3:48
4:50
And I'm hiding from the government
And my fictional wife
From my dreams and from my memories
I am running from my life
I'm hiding from you, I'm hiding from you
I'm hiding from you, I'm hiding from you, I'm hiding from you
I'm hiding from my mistress
And her dream sextets
I’m hiding from my family
I’m hiding from the explanation
Of all I’ve been doing wrong
im hiding from her, im hiding from her
I'm running from your lips
I'm running from your mouth
I’m hiding from your room
I’m hiding from doubt
I’m hiding from living
I’m hiding from everything
I'm hiding from you
I'm hiding from you
I'm hiding from you
I'm hiding from you!
5:51
When did I meet you?
Maybe two years ago
So much has happened since
You were a million fears ago
So many since have taken your place
A million more things to keep me awake
6:10 (my favourite part)
I don't sleep any more
I just rest my eyes
I'm running from your lips
I'm running from your cries
Your convulsions that crack
The crust of the earth
Your pantomime moans
So forced, so rehearsed
Your little tongue
That moves mountains and moves man to madness
Your little tongue in my mouth
Your little blade in my side
Your little tongue in the ocean
The iceberg that kills
your little tongue
your little tongue
im hiding from you
im hiding from you
You're the first I call
I hate the sound of your mocking voice
I hate the words you use
The phrases you think so choice
But I'd kiss you a million times
If you'd only one time if youd only one time ever turn your head
you'' never turn your head, you'll never turn your head
Because just like me, you're not alive, you're dead
In the German black forest of which I know nothing
I dream you ride a black horse
Back and forth
Back and forth
Back and forth
With no compass to follow
Or landmark to reach
You perambulate aimlessly through nondescript trees
In the nondescript forest
Of which I know nothing
And can't visualise
Save your faint silhouette
7:34
And I clutch and it evades
I wake from the dream
No, no, none of it’s real!
I don’t sleep, I don’t sleep!
I wander through cowardice, thought
And regret
Through nothingness, through sagas
That never took place
Your kiss, never given
Your words, never said
Your touch, never felt
Your gift, never dealt
Your lies, all around
Your deceit, infinite
I’m hiding from your never ending torrent of shit
Like the spouse happily married
Who still dies alone
Like the world famous actor
Who's still completely unknown
8:17
Like the German black forest
Of you I know nothing
I know not your eyes, your skin, your stench, your sins, your arms, your hold, your touch, your folds, your nails, your grip, your grin, your tics, your sex, your shame
I know only your name
8:34
And what’s left of the lover
Who doesn’t exist?
Who knows not how many fantasies
Involve her kiss?
And what’s left of the dreamer
Who dreams, and dreams, and dreams and dreams, and dreams, and dreams and dreams,
And who thinks he isn’t dreaming
But thinks that he is free
And what of the endless, heedless, needless are we
And what of the endless, heedless, needless are we
And what of the endless, heedless, needless are we
Will it end
Will it ever let me be?
No, When the smoke clears, it rains, it pours
When it rains, it pours
When it rains, your name
When the smoke clears, what's left?
i just keep going back this this recording and feeling the spirit of robert fripp KNOWING HES STILL ALIVE AND THAT GEORDIE WILL CARRY HIS LEGACY OF PROG EXCELLENCE TO A NEW GENERATION FOR EVERYONE TO ENJOY its very exciting
he should give black midi a listen
adding this to my spotify rn thabkyou thank thank YOUYYYYY
this is the cleanest version ive heard yet its one of my favourite songs of all time 🥰
Mate thank you for filming this so well, I was there and was completely transfixed.
I come back once a week to watch this. One of the best versions I have found online.
Thankyou for recording this
Thanks for recording, I was near the front at this concert and forgot to record 'cus I was just in awe at how good the song was.
beautiful
I saw them in Melbourne but no one has uploaded any good quality audio from that night so I’ve been reliving it through the rest of the tour, thanks for uploading
thanks for uploading! i recorded a lot of their set here in perth but didn’t record this one bc it was just too good!
Wowowoow!!! Es hermosooooo❤❤❤❤