Before the Poison - Marianne Faithfull, PJ Harvey

Before the poison

I wasn’t down

If you’d been there

If you’d been around

I couldn’t hear

Couldn’t hear a sound

I was floating

Above the ground

Before the poison

I’d lost my fear

Maybe too happy

To even care

Safe in my dreams

Couldn’t see the fall

Coming on, coming from nowhere

My name to call

No more to say

Nothing’s coming my way

No you, no me

No more, how can it be?

Nowhere to run

Out of nowhere, poison

That is the end

What’s left for you, my friend?

Before the poison

I’d laugh out loud

I’d see your face

In any crowd

But speak softly

Without fear

Hold on to me

Hold me near

No more to say

Nothing’s coming my way

No you, no me

No more, how can it be?

Nowhere to run

Out of nowhere, poison

That is the end

What’s left for you, my friend?

What’s left for you, my friend?

What’s left for you, my friend?

What’s left for you?