Epitaph: Angel

Lyrics

[Verse 1] With your laugh like rain that carried you away And all of those words that you just couldn't say And the way that you fell at the end of each day What a shame that your bed was so empty [Verse 2] With your friends and your foes that stood at your hand And your village physician that drew dreams in the sand And the prince of pleasure who was more than a man What a shame that not one remembers you [Verse 3] With your hands and birds and your fears like a glass And the midnight race where you always came last And the painting you stole cause you said it had class What a shame it was all without value [Verse 4] With your style of life, a hundred yеars old And your crimson nightdress we agreed was so bold And the hеat of your kiss that alas felt so cold What a shame your innocence was so real [Verse 5] With your fears of yourself that you could not disarm Our collection of children that meant you no harm And the look on your face at that first false alarm What a shame you were taken for granted [Verse 6] With your hand at the helm on your journey to Nice Where the cripples and criminals were begging release And the priest that ran naked through their paper-white streets What a shame that you were so honest [Verse 7] With your family crest that you wore like a scarf And your toast for perfection that you took much too far And your cross of ice it was all so bizarre What a shame it was all so tragic [Verse 8] With your unfinished books of which you were proud That you read at the parties in a voice not quite loud Funny how the words all got lost in the crowd What a shame that you spoke without thinking [Verse 9] With your hands slows time and your Christmas day air And the way that you cried and the way that we stared Oh, the life that you lived, it just wasn't fair What a shame that no one could get near you [Verse 10] With your pillow of ice in your quarantine bed And the way we laughed at all that you said And the ceiling of mirrors, so quite overhead What a shame that you were so famous [Verse 11] With your father of god that we tried to believe And your kiss from Jesus that you gave to a thief We remember your tears, how you begged for release What a shame that you took it so badly [Verse 12] With your Monroe eyes and your Madonna smile Your love for Arthur Miller that lasted but a while If only we had seen through your biblical style What a shame that we loved you without question [Verse 13] With your promise of love that hung in your eyes And the shape of your body that you could not disguise Lost to us now all the charm of your lies What a shame that you were so perfect [Verse 14] With your foot in the door of that very last day Leaving us like blind men with nothing left to say Oh, what did you do when we all turned away What a shame that crowds have no faces