Neath an avalanche
Soft as moss
I'm a creeping-in, intangible sense of loss
I'm the memory you can't get out your head
If I leave you now
You'll wish you were somewhere else instead

I'm the manta ray
I'm the louse
I am the photograph
They found in your burned down house
I'm the sound of money washing down the drain
I am the pack of lies
The baby that keeps you sane, hey

Gates of heaven are open wide
God help me baby I'm trapped inside
Feel like I'm buried alive

I'm, I'm the bottom line
Of the joke
I'm in ecstasy
Spilling like bright egg-yolk
I'm the thoughts you're too ashamed to ever share
And I am the smell of it
You're trying to wash out of your hair

Gates of heaven are open wide
God help me baby I'm lost inside
Feels like I'm buried alive
The possibilities limitless
Just give me something that's more than this
One shot and I'll never miss
Yes

I'm the babe that sleeps
Through the Blitz
I am a sudden and quite unexpected twist
I am your one true love who sleeps with someone else
I am your nemesis
Baby I'm life sweet life itself, yeah, yeah (yeah)


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    @rps315 What an amazing analysis of this most outstanding, most emotional and most thought provoking song.

    I really appreciate the time you took to put your thoughts down so that others like me might gain further insight into what is now by far one of my favorite songs of David's.

    Thank you again for your kindness. You may not have intended to when you sat down and write this, but you gave me and my heart a very nice gift.

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