Marc Almond - The Town Fell Asleep (La Ville s'endormait) lyrics

The town fell asleep I forgot what it's called At the spring Where it wept a corner of sky drowned The town fell asleep I forgot what it's called And night fell gradually And time stood still And my horse so muddy And my body exhausted And night shown bluely In the waters of fate And some cries of hate Poured out by the old And the oldest of old Those women without sleep The town fell asleep I forgot what it's called At the spring Where it wept a corner of sky drowned The town fell asleep I forgot what it's called And horse bent drinking And me stood watching And my thirst taking care That she never sees my stare And the fountain sings And exhaustion sinks It's knife in my back And I play the role Of the all powerful I'm awaited somewhere Like one awaits the king No, no one waits for me And I know it's hard But we die by chance While leading a merry dance The town fell asleep I forgot what it's called At the spring Where it wept a corner of sky drowned The town fell asleep I forgot what it's called Sometimes a dusk It's true that birds resemble waves And waves are birds And men are laughs And laughs are psalms More often it's true That the sea no longer sings I want to tell you That it sings of the songs That those mothers sing in books of our childhood but women are still only ever women and the fools among them only ever fools And I'm not so sure that the song states That she is the future of man The town fell asleep I forgot what it's called At the spring Where it wept a corner of sky drowned The town fell asleep I forgot what it's called And you have died My unknown mate On the brink of the naked Beneath the sheets As they danced