Marc Almond - The Town Fell Asleep (La Ville s’endormait) lyrics

The town fell asleep
I forgot what it's called at the spring
Where it wept a corner of sky drowned
The town fell asleep
I forgot what it's called
And night fell gradually
And time stood still and my horse so muddy
And my body exhausted and night shown bluely
In the waters of fate and some cries of hate
Poured out by the old and the oldest of old
Those women without sleep

The town fell asleep
I forgot what it's called at the spring
Where it wept a corner of sky drowned
The town fell asleep
I forgot what it's called
And horse bent drinking
And me stood watching
And my thirst taking care
That she never sees my stare
And the fountain sings and exhaustion sinks
It's knife in my back and I play the role
Of the all powerful i'm awaited somewhere
Like one await's the king
No, no one wait's for me
And I know it's hard but we die by chance
While leading a merry dance

The town fell asleep
I forgot what it's called at the spring
Where it wept a corner of sky drowned
The town fell asleep
I forgot what it's called sometimes a dusk
It's true that birds resemble waves
And waves are birds and men are laughs
And laughs are psalms more often it's true
That the sea no longer sings
I want to tell you
That it sings of the songs
That those mothers sing in
Books of our childhood
But women are still only ever women and
The fools among them only ever fools
And I'm not so sure that the song states
That she is the future of man

The town fell asleep
I forgot what it's called at the spring
Where it wept a corner of sky drowned
The town fell asleep
I forgot what it's called and you have died
My unknown mate on the brink of the naked
Beneath the sheets as they danced