Marbles - Tindersticks

Her haircut she looked virtually

In that dress growing ever tighter

It was saddening the lengths she had gone to

To appear more attractive

In the process losing something

We never knew but still missed

You knew you were lost as soon as you saw her

You saw your life as a series of complicated dance steps

Impossible to learn they had to come naturally

Together you squirmed and wriggled

And I could only jerk along behind

Theyre going to hurt you

They always will

She is now with me inside of you

And I could only stare wide-eyed

As everything closed in around the three of us

Things you never saw talking of the power and rescue

She opened the door his face bruised and swollen

Before he knew pushed falling down curved stairs

Our message lost and our plans forgotten

Surrounded by men in suits and black shiny shoes

Moving in kicking stamping

Bland expressionless faces

A handful of marbles thrown in a dustbin

Memories memories