Traitor Signals

Greg Dulli/Steve Kilbey

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Lyrics (unofficial)

[rev. Mar. 25, 2025]

Different lyrics are marked in red.

"Sydney Rococo" Version

   

"Selections From An Alien Musical" Version

When the rain commandeered
What's left of your heart
Some traitor signals in your head
That's when you know the music won't start
And the ocean has left you for dead

   

When the rain commandeered
What's left of your heart
Some traitor signals in your head
That's when you know the music won't start
And the ocean has left you for dead

That tiny white star that shone from afar
The dancer you knew in Algiers
The woman with the spell
She knew you so well
Still her magic couldn't turn back the years

   

That tiny white star that shone from afar
The dancer you knew in Algiers
The woman with the spell
That you knew so well
Still the magic never turned back the years

Slow down my friend
Oh I fear the end
With a feeling I cannot reveal
And the booze and the stuff
Cannot fill me enough
So just leave me with my half of the deal

   

Slow down my friend
I fear the end
Some feeling I cannot reveal
And the booze and the stuff
Cannot fill me enough
Just leave me with my half of the deal

That brilliant hit
Man, it got you so lit
That a candle could never compete
Snow falling down
On sanctified ground
Life on forever repeat

   

That brilliant hit
Man, it got you so lit
That the candle could never compete
Snow drifting down
On sanctified ground
Life on forever repeat