A Silent Film - Gerontion lyrics

Skin, cloth and bone They will be taken down to the ferryman An old crooked lie The fibers were underneath her fingernails Old and gray, into the grave Old and gray, into the grave The taste and the name Have all but been swallowed now from the tip of his tongue The sound of your voice The screaming stopped ringing as he drifted away Old and gray, into the grave Old and gray, into the grave Never repaid the lives he took away Never repaid the lives he took away Old and gray, into the grave Old and gray, into the grave