Seahorse

You know, had to know what it felt like Felt like the world, weren't beneath my feet Said a distant voice, on the end of the other line And I think there's a part of me Limbering sober limbs on a beach She fell asleep in the sunshine Just a tiny little part of me Baked bean of mythology, that humbles pie Hello Is there anyone in there? Oh the adverts, the TV The sofa's best friends for another week (All of this, but I still feel so empty inside) And outside was the world shrinking? Pavement still sinking Beneath another creep, another night Sometimes I could feel so weak Ain't had a drink for weeks He needs peanuts, needs a pint I hope I don't become these at the bar They speak of tales so near, yet so far And some had even lost their minds And Tony said, "That he went, and he went, and he went And he went, and he went, and he went And I went And he thinks it's a lie And Errol dreamt that he'd watched "Babylon" Again and again and again and again and again On London live, just last night (Another seahorse grows inside) Another seahorse grows inside 24, in the cells, bitten styrofoam cups to hell Of teas a plenty And all alone, his rib cage xylophone And for he who spied The uniform that I believe those racist police Who still sit there to this day And sat there way back in '89 And after all, the type O negative painted the walls All the irreparable damage to your skull They said your brain might never be the same But at least you're still one of a kind And if all that scum rose to the top Then why were we left behind? (Since day one) Another seahorse floats on by Another seahorse grows inside Another seahorse grows inside Another seahorse grows inside Another seahorse grows inside