Constant In Opal

S. Kilbey
(Northern Songs/Sony/ATV Music Publishing)

Appears On:

• Persia (EP) (1984), Side 1, Track 1
• Remote Luxury (1984), Track 1
• Life Before Starfish (1988), Track 4
• Almost Yesterday 1981-1990 (1994), Track 10
• Sing-Songs//Remote Luxury//Persia (2001), Track 11
• Deep In The Shallows: The Classic Singles Collection (2007), Disc 1, Track 10
• The Best of the Radio Songs (2010), Track 5 (2001 Digital Remaster)
• Released as a single (1984/85)
• Easy single (2006), Track 4 (live and acoustic @ the fiction club 2006)
• Videos:
  • The Church (1986)
  • Goldfish (Jokes, Magic & Souvenirs) (1990)
• Compilations:
  • The Clear Advantage (1984)

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Lyrics (unofficial)

Me and the puzzled travellers
We searched the ground for wealth
And scoured the dreaming valleys
On days where shadows melt
Digging for the blue and the green
Constant in opal or ultramarine
If you could only find yourself that way

And dust was my companion
And thirst caked all our words
Unearthing nearly nothing
We swarmed like carrion birds
Some for fortune, some for greed
Some for want, some for need
If you could only find yourself that way

In hearts suspicion flowers
In hands numb with jealousy
Sleepwalking lightning showers
Transform effortlessly
Thinking of all that I left behind
Down in the shaft when my mind was blind
But you couldn't even find yourself that way