Music Video
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Mark Knopfler
Guitar
Guy Fletcher
Synthesizer
Richard Bennett
Guitar
Jim Cox
Piano
Glenn Worf
Bass Guitar
Ian Thomas
Drums
Danny Cummings
Percussion
Imelda May
Background Vocals
John McCusker
Fiddle
Mike McGoldrick
Wood Flute
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Mark Knopfler
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Mark Knopfler
Producer
Guy Fletcher
Producer
Martin Hollis
Assistant Engineer
Rowan McIntosh
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Andy Cook
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Jason Elliot
Assistant Recording Engineer
Poppy Kavanagh
Assistant Recording Engineer
Josh Tyrrell
Assistant Recording Engineer
Bob Ludwig
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
It's the weight I'm trying to get inside the frame
I've been painting a fat man
He's big and fat and heavy
As a man can be
But he's been floating away, floating away
He's been floating away from me
In the mirror my withering skin is a thorny pleasure
I stand unflinching and I mark each crease and sting
My brush, my wooden flail
My ancient thresher
As unforgiving time flays everything
It's the truth I'm trying to get inside the frame
Now I'm painting myself naked
But I need a pair of boots about as heavy as boots can be
Or I'd be floating away, floating away
I'd be floating away from me
And every thorn sends thistledown
Drifting all around
And floating away, floating away
Floating away from me
Writer(s): Mark Knopfler
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