Creatures kissing in the rain
Shapeless in the dark again
In the hanging garden please don't speak
In the hanging garden no one sleeps

(In the hanging garden)
(In the hanging garden)

Catching halos on the moon
Gives my hands the shapes of angels
In the heat of the night, the animals scream
In the heat of the night, walking into a dream

Fall fall fall fall
Into the walls
Jump, jump out of time
Fall fall fall fall
Out of the sky
Cover my face as the animals cry
In the hanging garden, in the hanging garden

Creatures kissing in the rain
Shapeless in the dark again
In the hanging garden change the past
In the hanging garden wearing furs and masks

Fall fall fall fall
Into the walls
Jump, jump out of time
Fall fall fall fall
Out of the sky
Cover my face as the animals die
In the hanging garden

As as the animals die
Cover my face as the animals die

In the hanging garden
In the hanging garden
In the hanging garden
In the hanging garden

In the hanging garden


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The Hanging Garden Lyrics as written by Robert James Smith Laurence Andrew Tolhurst

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    From Robert himself, "the hanging garden is something like about the purity and hate of animals fucking, and i think siamese twins is about the hate and purity of people fucking too ..." R. Smith, from cure news Number 9, 1990

    nsjdogon December 29, 2004   Link

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