"Landscape" lyrics

Bryan Ferry & Amelia Barratt Lyrics

"Landscape"
(feat. Amelia Barratt)

Two police people fold bridles
Into an open box
There is a fun fair going on
I ask
Can a bridle be folded?
Hung, yes
But you'd want to keep the threads
The pieces
Apart
There usually would be a stable girl for that
The police may not have experience
With bridles tangling up
The police people are wearing black jodhpurs
On their tops are bullet proof vests
And what I can only assume
Are bullet proof riding hats
They are top heavy
The legs like spiders'
Look, I laugh
What, I say
If a horse were to gallop off

I twirl a stick at the funfair
And the funfair tempts me in
A white poker
Candyfloss
A ride is worth nothing more than a ride
Says my brain
The wind whipping
The knotting
Note the horses tied around the edge
The bashfulness of the kids
The cleanliness of the mane, the plaits
The gloves used to hold the reigns
The smallest comb would be needed
And eventually scissors
Ribbons
A chisel for her feet

I feel synthetically free
As the ride rotates
The funfair is without conflict, I thought
Rotations, I thought
Was a word used at work
Meaning to shift and resolve
Actually meaning to sever order
New rotations
A cover for all sins
I'm rotating out of a difficult spell
A sticky patch
With areas of bog that flash with loose change
Tent pegs braced in the face of wind
And on all sides
A cordon made of beasts


You May Also Like
Talk Talk - "Dum Dum Girl" Dum, the dum-dum girl The dum-dum girl, the dum-dum girl The dum-dum girl, the dum-dum girl The dum-dum girl, the dum-dum girl Another sign with no regret More coins inside her hand One more time to...
The Alan Parsons Project - "Eye In The Sky" Don't think sorry's easily said Don't try turning tables instead You've taken lots of chances before But I ain't gonna give anymore Don't ask me That's how it goes 'Cause part of me knows what you're...
Howard Jones - "What Is Love?" I love you whether or not you love me I love you even if you think that I don't Sometimes I find you doubt my love for you But I don't mind Why should I mind Why should I mind What is love anyway...
The Police - "Spirits In The Material World" There is no political solution To our troubled evolution Have no faith in constitution There is no bloody revolution We are spirits in the material world Are spirits in the material world We are...
Yazoo - "Midnight" Midnight, it's raining outside, he must be soaking wet Everyone is sleeping tight, God knows I tried my best Darling, you know it looks bad Just lost the best thing that I ever had, well Still I...