Thursday 8 December 2011

Elevator Man

Elevator Man


Talking to the elevator man

Ask him any questions that you have

Well he won’t tell you lies

He don’t pretend to be wise

But he’ll give you all the answers if he can

He goes up, but he comes down, down here

Where I wait, I wait for your whisper

As you call my name, call my name, just call my name

Or move me to madness, where I stand

Talking to the elevator man

Talking to the elevator man


Some solutions idolise the truth

While others have the shadows at their roots

But what he doesn’t understand

It’s not his to command

‘Cos he’s yours and he’s really in your hands

He goes up, but he comes down, down here

Where I lie, asleep in an echo

As you call my name, call my name, just call my name

Or doom me to die here, where I stand

Talking to the elevator man

Talking to the elevator man


So if you insist on playing games

Remember it’s not in his nature or his ways

To let everything go by

Without ever asking why

Is the truth so often hidden in a lie

He goes up, but he comes down, down here

Where I walk, I walk in your laughter

As you call my name, call my name, just call my name

And come break the mirror, where I stand

Talking to the elevator man

Talking to the elevator man


©W. Burn 2005



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