Running From The Body

Steve Kilbey / Grant McLennan
(Sony Music / Complete Music / MCA)

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Lyrics (unofficial)

[rev. Aug. 26, 2015]

You've been here before
I've seen that face before I opened the door to you

You've got the power
That's why I like you
Yes it's true

[L-Grant]
Inside you hear the light dance for hours on the ceiling
No shellac above your deathbed
There's a bandage on the curtain across the window
It moves but does not move

[R-Steve]
Deep, deep in a room
Patiently shining in the darkness surrounding
The small details dissolving
The moment it comes penetration is due

You've got the power
That's why I like you
Yes it's true

[L-Grant]
Outside there's a wind crawling up the hill
To the top of the trees
Moving through a melody of grief
It sounds like running from the body

[R-Steve]
You're coming up through
Nobody sees you, but I do
First notice the feeling
And then the sound as the flesh breaks through

[L-Grant]
I said it all
Was that all I said
Yeah I said it all
Was that all I said

[R-Steve]
You've got the power
That's why I like you
Yes it's true
Yes it's true

He's been driving since 1943
Never sent a postcard home
What about them bones in the orchard wall
Yeah he's running from the body

[L-Grant]
I said it all
Was that all I said
Yeah I said it all
Was that all I said

[R-Steve]
You've got the power
That's why I like you
Yes it's true
Yes it's true

[Grant]
Raise your right hand
You swear to tell the truth
The whole truth
And nothing but the truth