The Policeman Is Dead

Song The Policeman Is Dead
Artist Current 93
Album The Light Is Leaving Us All

Lyrics

[00:07.19] The light is leaving us all
[00:14.44] West street-the shutters shut dark
[00:22.26] The flowers flow and sing in the drift
[00:29.59] The light is leaving us all
[00:36.58] And in the night the cuckoos call
[00:40.37] To the light that is leaving us all
[00:44.92] Far away the red barn burns
[00:50.28] Oh rose, you are dead
[00:53.24] And around you
[00:55.19] The storm kicks her heels
[00:58.07] And sucks
[00:58.98] The light which is leaving us now
[01:06.00] And I hear the steps in the night
[01:13.31] And I catch the beats of my heart
[01:28.17] And the lantern is blinding
[01:31.34] And bright burn the wedges in our eyes
[01:36.70] And the light is leaving us all
[01:41.96] On long lane where we fall
[01:45.45] Into the causeway
[01:48.50] I heard the stars split open
[01:53.04] By the post, by the moon, by the chapel
[01:58.53] Call the surgeon
[02:02.13] The surgeon is dead
[02:03.97] Call the policeman
[02:06.21] The policeman is dead
[02:08.55] And the moon is drunk
[02:11.62] And the nightnurse is sick
[02:16.10] And the murderer's dead
[02:19.03] The assembly is killing time
[02:23.39] And the clock has slowed to sugar
[02:26.54] By the way–have you heard?
[02:31.34] The light is leaving us all
[02:35.37] So may I recall you
[02:38.76] The light is leaving you now
[02:42.99] Sly days sleep and fly
[02:48.79] Little villages drop down
[02:51.88] And sleep dull dreams full of milk
[03:03.23] Till you open up the curtains
[03:07.00] And observe and obey
[03:10.50] She opens up her eyes
[03:13.09] And she knows your name
[03:16.57] The light is leaving us all
[03:20.42] We are marked and we are named
[03:24.38] Beyond the barn
[03:26.15] Where the young girl stumbles and falls
[03:31.97] Between her toes the flowers grow
[03:35.17] And on her eyes the flowers die
[03:39.02] And from her womb
[03:41.22] The light is leaving her child
[03:46.73] And Gunshot and knife
[03:50.53] And choke her neck
[03:52.94] And bury her in dead tree
[03:54.99] Or fall her to the floor
[03:58.97] The light is leaving her all
[04:03.15] Always and utterly
[04:06.29] In the mud her prints are ghost
[04:08.95] And the candle burns in the floor
[04:13.01] Oh badness–sing on!
[04:16.30] The light is leaving us all
[04:23.95] Over in the sun the eyesparks trip
[04:27.73] And by the sea shore the children skip
[04:38.28] Watch the ice cream watch the maiden
[04:41.77] Watch the killer strong
[04:44.56] And please read the first book
[04:47.03] And consider the fall
[04:48.51] The light is leaving us all

Pinyin

[00:07.19] The light is leaving us all
[00:14.44] West streetthe shutters shut dark
[00:22.26] The flowers flow and sing in the drift
[00:29.59] The light is leaving us all
[00:36.58] And in the night the cuckoos call
[00:40.37] To the light that is leaving us all
[00:44.92] Far away the red barn burns
[00:50.28] Oh rose, you are dead
[00:53.24] And around you
[00:55.19] The storm kicks her heels
[00:58.07] And sucks
[00:58.98] The light which is leaving us now
[01:06.00] And I hear the steps in the night
[01:13.31] And I catch the beats of my heart
[01:28.17] And the lantern is blinding
[01:31.34] And bright burn the wedges in our eyes
[01:36.70] And the light is leaving us all
[01:41.96] On long lane where we fall
[01:45.45] Into the causeway
[01:48.50] I heard the stars split open
[01:53.04] By the post, by the moon, by the chapel
[01:58.53] Call the surgeon
[02:02.13] The surgeon is dead
[02:03.97] Call the policeman
[02:06.21] The policeman is dead
[02:08.55] And the moon is drunk
[02:11.62] And the nightnurse is sick
[02:16.10] And the murderer' s dead
[02:19.03] The assembly is killing time
[02:23.39] And the clock has slowed to sugar
[02:26.54] By the way have you heard?
[02:31.34] The light is leaving us all
[02:35.37] So may I recall you
[02:38.76] The light is leaving you now
[02:42.99] Sly days sleep and fly
[02:48.79] Little villages drop down
[02:51.88] And sleep dull dreams full of milk
[03:03.23] Till you open up the curtains
[03:07.00] And observe and obey
[03:10.50] She opens up her eyes
[03:13.09] And she knows your name
[03:16.57] The light is leaving us all
[03:20.42] We are marked and we are named
[03:24.38] Beyond the barn
[03:26.15] Where the young girl stumbles and falls
[03:31.97] Between her toes the flowers grow
[03:35.17] And on her eyes the flowers die
[03:39.02] And from her womb
[03:41.22] The light is leaving her child
[03:46.73] And Gunshot and knife
[03:50.53] And choke her neck
[03:52.94] And bury her in dead tree
[03:54.99] Or fall her to the floor
[03:58.97] The light is leaving her all
[04:03.15] Always and utterly
[04:06.29] In the mud her prints are ghost
[04:08.95] And the candle burns in the floor
[04:13.01] Oh badness sing on!
[04:16.30] The light is leaving us all
[04:23.95] Over in the sun the eyesparks trip
[04:27.73] And by the sea shore the children skip
[04:38.28] Watch the ice cream watch the maiden
[04:41.77] Watch the killer strong
[04:44.56] And please read the first book
[04:47.03] And consider the fall
[04:48.51] The light is leaving us all