Marc Heal - Tiananmen lyrics

I looked at the face of a lost boy in a photograph It was given to me by the hands of a dissident man Drank spirits from a quart in an anonymous apartment Somewhere on the fourth floor above Tiananmen He was making a film about government corruption Smoked cheap cigarettes until his teeth turned yellow He said don't shiver in the cold air The shroud that hangs above the square The temperature is always zero there There's a laser beam in the sky tonight Does a figure of eight from the left to the right Looks like it's searching for you I can almost feel the truncheons on your pale skin You say you left it too late to get married You would have made a good wife you have had a quiet life In a village somewhere a long way from Tiananmen That boy in the photograph I don't think he ever existed I don't think you want to remember do you, sunny? Because you know that there's something worse Do you belong to the Christian Church If you think it would help then I will pray for you Hey sunny Why do you always wear black? In my country it is the colour of d**h