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Watching through the dust
I'm trapped in a theatre of velvet and rust
With lonely shafts of light
And other ghosts drinking refreshments that's served up by skeletons
It's the spaces in the dark
Where shadows of dead souls dance on the walls
Where not only were you the star
But you were the bleak soundtrack to my film noire
Yeah that was you
Yeah that was you
Yeah that was you
Mmmm that was you
What if we just plug in and go?
And it's my job to be
embittered and constantly proving a mystery
And although we're dismal in the roles
I'm scratchy and mono as Bogart
and you are a sepia Monroe -
because beneath the cobwebs and the chandeliers,
with others who've been dead for years,
like heroes brought to life again,
like picture shows and Rocket-men,
and the light that fills the room,
well it's the flicker from a paper moon.
And when the film is run through,
well that's when the darkness must win.
I'm trapped in a theatre of velvet and rust
With lonely shafts of light
And other ghosts drinking refreshments that's served up by skeletons
It's the spaces in the dark
Where shadows of dead souls dance on the walls
Where not only were you the star
But you were the bleak soundtrack to my film noire
Yeah that was you
Yeah that was you
Yeah that was you
Mmmm that was you
What if we just plug in and go?
embittered and constantly proving a mystery
And although we're dismal in the roles
I'm scratchy and mono as Bogart
and you are a sepia Monroe -
because beneath the cobwebs and the chandeliers,
with others who've been dead for years,
like heroes brought to life again,
like picture shows and Rocket-men,
and the light that fills the room,
well it's the flicker from a paper moon.
And when the film is run through,
well that's when the darkness must win.
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The meaning is obvious, I get these same feelings watching old movies. So weird to see famous people who were once alive on screen and then in the present moment they are dead. It's sad, and a reminder that everything perishes one day.