The Plague

Scott Walker

[Chorus 1]
I've spent many a night lying on my back
Waiting for the dawn to pierce and crack
And the ceiling hanging from the sky
And I envied the boy who grabbed the toy
And ran away and found a joy
While I stood in the shadows wondering why

[Pre-Chorus]
Flying towards me, wrapped in laughter
A woman's face, the terrible taste
Of the morning after kisses and goodbyes
I could never seem to catch my footsteps
Have desires, they fly away
And every day I've got to fight the plague
Come on, hear me now!

[Chorus]
(La, la-la la-la) Ooh, yeah
(La, la-la la-la) I got the plague
(La, la-la la-la la-la)

[Verse 2]
How can I sleep in hours like this (La, la-la la-la)
When anguish tracks me like a fist? (La, la-la la-la)
My nakedness exposed and I can't stand (La, la-la la-la la-la)
Still I try to remember lips on lips (La, la-la la-la)
And hips on the hips and ice on fire (La, la-la la-la)
And gloom and glow, when did they leave the man? (La, la-la la-la la-la)

[Pre-Chorus]
In the river of the night I see
A face that shimmers down at me
But, like a fallen star, burns itself out
Like a dead leaf scrapes the gravel ground
My voice cries out in a gravelled sound
But no one's there to hear me but the plague
Go on, baby!

[Chorus]
(La, la-la la-la) Ooh, yeah
(La, la-la la-la) Got the plague
(La, la-la la-la la-la)
(La, la-la la-la) Ooh
(La, la-la la-la) Can't ya hear me?
(La, la-la la-la la-la) Got the plague

[Outro]
Straining hard to see
Running after me
I keep pounding, pounding on the door
But it's all so vague
When you meet the plague
And I keep coming—I keep coming back for more
La, la-la la-la
La, la-la la-la
La, la-la la-la la-la
La, la-la la-la
La-la la-la
Laa-ah

Trivia about the song The Plague by Scott Walker

When was the song “The Plague” released by Scott Walker?
The song The Plague was released in 1990, on the album “Boy Child: 67-70”.

Most popular songs of Scott Walker

Other artists of Pop rock