Marillion - The Last Straw Lyrics
(fish, steve rothery, mark kelly, pete trewavas, ian mosley)Hotel hobbies padding dawns hollow corridorsA typewriter cackles out a stream of memoriesDrying out a conscience, evicting a nightmareOpening the doors for the dreams to come homeWe live out lives in private shellsIgnore our senses and fool ourselvesTo thinking that out there theres someone else caresSomeone to answer all our prayers, all our prayers...Are we too far gone, are we so irresponsibleHave we lost our balls, or do we just not careWere terminal cases that keep talking medicinePretending the end isnt quite that nearWe make futile gestures, act to the camerasWith our made up faces and pr smilesAnd when the angel comes down, down to deliver usWell find out that after all, were only men of strawBut everything is still the samePassing the time passing the blameWe carry on in the same old wayWell find out we left it too late one day to say what we meant to sayJust when you thought it was safe to go back to the waterThose problems seem to arise the ones you never really thought ofThe feeling you get is similar to something like drowningOut of your mind, youre out of your depth, you should have taken soundingsClutching at straws, were clutching at straws, were clutching at strawsAnd if you ever come across us dont give us your sympathyYou can buy us a drink and just shake our handsAnd youll recognise by the reflection in our eyes that deep down inside were all one and the sameWere clutching at strawsWere still drowningClutching at strawsWere still drowning, yeah clutching at strawsIm still drowningWere clutching at strawsIm still drowning
