2 Late

The Cure

So I'll wait for you
Where I always wait
Behind the signs that sell the news
I'll watch for you like yesterday

And hope for you
One day that once
Spent out on me
And up 'til late
I search for you

Your hat pushed straight
Away from me
Your measured step
Heads up you win
Always too late

If I could just once catch your eye
Invisible against the words
That hold you down in solitude
And never let you go

The way that every time
My eyes just close
Like lids of wooden men in file
I put you under rainy day
Your hat's all off
And I'm gone away

If I could just once catch your eye
Invisible against the words
That hold you down in solitude
And never let you go

The way that every time
My eyes just close
Like lids of wooden men in file
I put you under rainy day
Your hat's all off
And I'm gone away


Lyrics submitted by oofus, edited by Declan5298

2 Late Lyrics as written by Laurence Andrew Tolhurst Boris Williams

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    So, just a random question...what is this thing with using numbers instead of letters, making up compound words like "Lovesong" and "InBetween" (I expect there's a word for this in German: they have made a grammatical devise of it), and the reverse (Lament or La Ment?). Are these all puns I'm missing, or is it a generational (baby-boomer, I suppose) thing that I never heard of, or what?

    As often, I am confused....

    (Still gotta try that Tears of Christ stuff, tho'!)

    GwiberWyrddon March 01, 2017   Link

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