“Reaching for the Rail”

Composed by Rick Wright/Anthony Moore

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Lyrics

	I'm ill with a fever, I feel like a child.
	I lay in the dark 'til morning came.
	It's so unoriginal,
	And I feel it worse at night.
	I know it's not terminal,
	But I'm near half-dead with fright,
	And freezing cold.

	But sooner than wake up
	To find it all unchanged,
	I'll sleep through the day til the daylight ends.
	'Cos it's all so familiar
	As it comes around again,
	The same taste to everything,
	The same unbroken chain
	That still remains.

	With morning I rise,
	A dream that won't leave me--
	You're sad, naked and pale,
	And you're reaching for the rail.

	You took a look inside. How could you peel away
	Or break the shell, the hurt you've hidden so well
	For all your days.

	And you're going down
	As you slip beneath the waves.
	Won't ameka sound,
	Won't even leave a trace before you.

	I hear an appalling sight from the street below,
	And it's creeping fear congealed in stone
	That paves the crazy road.
	And all are succumbing and they look so hopelessly
	At the heartbreak. It's easy to deal with--
	Just take these and you'll never really feel it.

Produced by Rick Wright and Anthony Moore

(Source: Broken China)

Musicians

(Source: Broken China)

Sinéad O'Connor	vocals
Rick Wright	keyboards , vocals , programming
Anthony Moore	computer programming , arrangements
Manu Katche	drums
Pinu Palladino	bass
Tim Renwick	rhythm guitar

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