Wire - Silver / Lead

Playing Harp for the Fishes

A mute undertaker had something to tell
I stand at the threshold, I'm ringing the bell
I was hoping for heaven, I'd settle for hell
Playing harp for the fishes, it's hard to pretend
Playing

Patrolling the margins, inspecting the swell
Located the body south of Land's End
I'd long missed the boat, the tide had gone slack
Playing harp for the fishes, it's hard to pretend
Playing

The heat was zinc, my mood was black
I was melting, soaked, in a trackside shack
I was frying in heaven, I was diving to hell
Playing harp for the fishes, it's hard to pretend
Playing

Is it always so?
Is it always so?
Is it always so?
Is it always so?



Credits
Writer(s): Robert Selwyn Grey, Colin John Newman, Graham Lewis, George Simms
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Other Album Tracks

  1. Playing Harp for the Fishes
  2. Short Elevated Period
  3. Diamonds in Cups
  4. Forever & a Day
  5. An Alibi
  6. Sonic Lens
  7. This Time
  8. Brio
  9. Sleep on the Wing
  10. Silver / Lead

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Altri album

  1. Alligator - Single
  2. Stepping Off Too Quick (Not About To Die) [6th Demo]
  3. 10:20
  4. The Art Of Persistence
  5. Small Black Reptile (10:20 Version)
  6. Mind Hive
  7. Primed and Ready
  8. Cactused
  9. Don't Trust 'em
  10. Not About To Die (Studio Demos 1977-1978)

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