"Silver Age" lyrics

"Silver Age"

The prospect of sun
Page after page
Of black and white portraits
A silver age

Scent of a sunset
On a stage
Difficult music
A modern age

The palace is still
A frozen cage
Bayonets gleam
A silver rage

Earthquakes predicted
And someday soon
A total eclipse
Of the sun and the moon

Earthquakes predicted
And someday soon
A total eclipse
Of the sun and the moon


album: "Nightlife" (1999)
Pet Shop Boys - Nightlife album cover
The Ghost Of Myself
(Nightlife Extra Bonus Track)
Casting A Shadow
(Instrumental)
Je T'aime... Moi Non Plus
(Nightlife Extra Bonus Track)
Silver Age
(Nightlife Extra Bonus Track)
Screaming
(Nightlife Extra Bonus Track)
For All Of Us
(Further Listening Bonus Track)
Call Me Old-Fashioned
(Further Listening Bonus Track)
Friendly Fire
(Further Listening Bonus Track)
Believe / Song For Guy
(Further Listening Bonus Track)
Sail Away
(Further Listening Bonus Track)
Nightlife
(Further Listening Bonus Track)
Playing In The Streets
(Further Listening Bonus Track)
Tall Thin Men
(Further Listening Bonus Track)
Paris City Boy
(Further Listening Bonus Track)