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Waiting For The Moon, 2003
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The lyrics of this song are assorted lines (slightly modified here) of the play 4:48 Psychosis by Sarah Kane - a british playwright who allegedly liked Tindersticks' music a lot. She committed suicide shortly after finishing this play.

LYRICS

But you have friends
What do you offer your friends to make them so supportive?
What do you offer?
 
100, 91, 84, 81, 72, 69, 58, 44, 37, 38, 42, 21, 28, 12, 7
 
Hatch opens
Stark light
 
The television talks
Full of eyes
The spirits of sight
 
And now I am so afraid
 
I'm seeing things
I'm hearing things
I don't know who I am
 
Tongue out
Thought stalled
 
The piecemeal crumple of my mind
 
Where do I start?
Where do I stop?
How do I stop?
How do I stop?
How do I stop?
How do I stop?
 
At 4:48
When sanity visits
For one hour and twelve minutes I am in my right mind
When it has passed I shall be gone again
 
Remember the light and believe the light
Nothing matters more
 
Hatch opens
Stark light
 
A table, two chairs and no window
 
Here am I (Here I am)
And there is my body
 
Dancing on glass
 
In accident time where there are no accidents
 
You have no choice
The choice comes after
 
Cut out my tongue
Tear out my hair
Cut off my limbs
But leave me my love
I would rather have lost my legs
Pulled out my teeth
Gouged (down) my eyes
Than lost my love

At 4:48 I shall sleep

What do you offer?

Hatch opens
Stark light

And Nothing
Nothing
See - Nothing

Still black water
As deep as forever
As cold as the sky
As still as my heart when your voice is gone
I shall freeze in hell

At 4:48
(In) The happy hour
When clarity visits

Warm darkness
Which soaks my eyes

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