the candle dies

When night comes down you lock the door
The book falls to the floor
As darkness falls and waves roll by
The seasons change, the wind is raw

Now wakes the hour that sleeps the swan
Behold a dream the dream is gone
Green fields, a cold rain is falling
Near the golden dawn

And deep beneath the ground
The early morning sounds and I go down

Sleepy time in our life
With my love by my side
And she's breathing low

And I rise like a bird
In the haze and the first rays touch the sky
And the night winds die



Fearless

(Gilmour/Waters)

You say the hill's too steep to climb
Climb it
You say you'd like to see me try
Climb it

You pick the place and I'll choose the time
And I'll climb

The hill in my own way
Just wait a while for the right day
And as I rise above the treeline and the clouds
I look down, hear the sound of the things you said today

Fearlessly the idiot faced the crowd
Smiling
Nothing waits, the magistrate turns 'round
Frowning

I know the fool who wears the crown

Go down in your own way
And everyday is the right day
And as you rise above the fearlines in the frown
You look down, hear the sound of the faces in the crowd



San Tropez

(Waters)

As I reach for a peach
Slide around down behind the sofa in San Tropez
Breaking a stick with a brick on the sand
Riding a wave in the wake of an old Sedan

Sleeping alone in the drone of the darkness
Scratched by the sand that fell from my love
Deep in my dreams and I still hear her calling
If you're alone I'll come home

Backwards and home bound, the pidgen, the dove
Gone with the wind and the rain on an airplane
Owning a home with no silver spoon
I'm drinking champaigne like a big tycoon

Sooner than wait for a break in the weather
I'll gather my far flung thoughts together
Speeding away on a wind to a new day
If you're alone I'll come home

And I pause for a while by a country stile
And listen to the things they say
Digging for gold in the hoe in my hand
Hoping they'll take a look at the way things stand

Would you lead me down to the place by the sea?
I hear your soft voice calling to me
Making a date for later by phone
And if you're alone I'll come home



Seamus

(Mason/Gilmour/Waters/Wright)

I was in the kitchen
Seamus, that's the dog was outside
Well, I was in the kitchen
Seamus, my old hound was outside

Well, you know the sun was sinking slowly
But my hound just sat right down and cried



Echoes

(Mason/Gilmour/Waters/Wright)

Overhead the albatross
Hangs motionless upon the air
And deep beneath the rolling waves
In labyrinths of coral caves

The echo of a distant time
Comes willowing across the sand
And everything is green
And submarine

And no one called us to the land
And no one knows the where's or why's
Something stirs and something tries
Starts to climb toward the light

Strangers passing in the street
By chance two separate glances meet
And I am you
And what I see is me

And do I take you by the hand?
And lead you through the land
And help me understand
The best I can

And no one called us to the land
And no one crosses there alive
No one speaks and no one tries
No one flies around the sun

Almost everyday you fall
Upon my waking eyes
Inviting and inciting me
To rise

And through the window in the wall
Come streaming in on sunlight wings
A million bright
Ambassadors of morning

And no one sings me lullabyes
And no one makes me close my eyes
So I throw the windows wide
And call to you across the sky