Passenger - Stray dog
I had fallen down again, I had nowhere to goYou had bolted your doors and closed your windowsStill a crack in your wall that I could see throughSaw your house was empty and rode out to meet youBut the city was cold confusing and vastAnd the light in my soul was fading fastSlung towards the back streetsAnd the alleys where the drunks fightWalked on past the factories in ever dying sunlightI needed youI needed youI needed youBut you never came for meMany years now have passedShe's not left my mindAnd memories like photographs have faded in timeI walked past the cafes and the nightclubsWalked past the beggarsAnd the ladies with their white glovesI know it won't be long nowIt's getting near the endMy ribs are poking through and my coat is getting thinI needed youI needed youI needed youBut you never came for meSo I walked back to where I'd once called homeBut the rooms were dark and bare and the garden overgrownAnd the door was still locked and the windows still shutAnd the wall was still crackedWhy did I come back?And the answer so thin left me hollow within'cause nothing had changed except the date and my ageAnd I still have this pain bloating my veinsThumping in my aching brainI needed youI needed youI needed youBut you never came for meSo I turned away from my madnessThought I saw a light flicker by the doorI closed down both my eyelids and thought no more