Floating in the Forth

So you just stepped out

Of the front of my house

And I'll never see you again

I closed my eyes for a second

And when they opened

You weren't there

And the door shut, shut

I was vacuum packed

Shrink-wrapped out of air

And the spine collapsed

And the eyes rolled back

To stare at my starving brain

And fully clothed, I float away

(I'll float away)

Down the Forth, into the sea

I think I'll save suicide for another day

And I picture this corpse

On the M8 hearse

And I half run away to sleep

On a rolled up coat

Against the window with the strobe

With the strobe of the sun

Am I ready to leap

Is there peace beneath

The roar of the Forth road bridge?

On the northern side

There's a fife of mine

And a boat in the port for me

And fully clothed, I float away

(I'll float away)

Down the Forth, into the sea

(Into the sea)

I'll steer myself

Through choppy waves

(Choppy waves)

These manic gulls

Scream it's okay

(It's okay)

Take your life

Give it a shake

(Give it a shake)

Gather up

All your loose change

I think I'll save suicide for another year

(Ah-ah, ah-ah)

(Ah-ah, ah-ah)

(Ah-ah, ah-ah)

(Ah-ah, ah-ah)

(Ah-ah, ah-ah)