Strange Angels Lyrics

Lyric discussion by sillybunny 

Cover art for Strange Angels lyrics by Laurie Anderson

A passion asked heaven for its lights and the wind for its symbols “We don’t know where we’re going …” The female—chases ghosts, stalks reflections, shadows, echoes.

Sudden—scatter into wings. A wave explodes. Syllables … are incandescent. Playing … they open the mind—fracture silence.

We’re between blue and good evening. Here begins vacant lots. “Someone has closed the door. The garden knew it. I saw …”

The passion, daughter of air … spins light and shadow. Empty streets. Loitering sparrows. Rage’s rotten throne. Tense brow. “If all is lost!” … sadness of having come.

From the top of the afternoon, the builders come—straight down. They are burning … millions and millions of notes …

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