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Artist: Scott Walker
Canonical path: /scott-walker/the-plague
Related lyric paths: 6
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The Plague
Read The Plague lyrics by Scott Walker on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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The Plague
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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 envy the boy
Who grabbed the toy
And ran away
And found a joy
While I stood in the shadows
Wondering why
Flying towards me
Then he laughs
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
Every day I have to fight the plague
How can I sleep in hours like this
When anguish tracks me like a fist
My nakedness exposed, I can't stand
Still I... Try to remember lips on lips
Hips on hips and ice on fire
In gloom and glow
When did they leave the man
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Scott Walker performs "The Plague", and this lyric page sits inside the Scott Walker catalog on LyroVerse.
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