For A Moment We're Strangers

S. Kilbey
(Sony/ATV Music Publishing Pty Ltd.)

Appears On:

• Of Skins And Heart (1981), Track 1
• The Church (1981/82 - Stunn/Carrere), Track 1
• The Church (1982 - Capitol), Track 3
• Almost Yesterday 1981-1990 (1994), Track 2
• Steve Kilbey - Bedroom Demos, Set 1, Track 9
• Steve Kilbey - Of Skins And Heart (The Acoustic Sessions Vol. 1), LP: Right Side, Track 1 / CD: Track 1 (Acoustic Version)

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Lyrics (unofficial)

[rev. Mar. 5, 2022]

In the empty place the soul stripped bare
Of skins and heart and I come apart
In your icy hands
I forget my role
As I stare into your soul

In the empty place you change your mind
You change your clothes, you change your pose
For a perfect fit
I forget the cast
As I stare into your past

For a moment we're strangers
For a minute you look away
For a second or always
For an instant another day
Such strange things you say

In the empty place we dress our wounds
Collect our coats and a window gloats
Above a street
I prepare my case
As I stare into your face

For a moment we're strangers
For a minute you look away
For a second or always
For an instant another day
Such strange things you say

Just one me one you
This world contains a few
Is it true, is it truly new
Are we through the stolen door once more

In the empty place we dress our wounds
Collect our coats and a window gloats
Above a street
I prepare my case
As I stare into your face

For a moment we're strangers
For a minute you look away
For a second or always
For an instant another day
Such strange things you say
Such strange things you say

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Version on Steve Kilbey's Bedroom Demos:

[added Sept. 20, 2016 - Different lyrics are marked in red.]

In the empty place the soul stripped bare
Of skins and heart and I come apart
In your icy hands
I forget my role
As I stare into your soul

In the empty place I change my mind
You change your clothes, you change your pose
For a perfect fit
I forget the cast
As I stare into your past

For a moment we're strangers
For a minute you look away
For a second it's always
For an instant another day
Such strange things you say

In the empty place we dress our wounds
Collect our coats, and a window gloats
Above a street
I prepare my case
As I stare into your face

For a moment we're strangers
For a minute you look away
For a second it's always
For an instant another day
Such strange things you say

As yet the word from you
But don't I know you
Is this true, is this truly new
Are we through the stolen door once more

In the empty place we dress our wounds
Collect our coats, and a window gloats
Above a street
I prepare my case
As I stare into your face

For a moment we're strangers
For a minute you look away
For a second it's always
For an instant another day
Such strange things you say
Such strange things you say
Such strange things you say