Floyd Pink Sorrow Lyrics

Sorrow Lyrics

The sweet smell of a great sorrow lies over the land  

 Plumes of smoke rise and merge into the leaden sky:  

 A man lies and dreams of green fields and rivers   

 But awakes to a morning with no reason for waking  

  

 He's haunted by the memory of a lost paradise  

 In his youth or a dream  he can't be precise  

 He's chained forever to a world that's departed  

 It's not enough  it's not enough  

  

 His blood has frozen & curdled with fright  

 His knees have trembled & given way in the night  

 His hand has weakened at the moment of truth  

 His step has faltered  

  

 One world, one soul  

 Time pass, the river rolls  

  

 It's not enough it's not enough  

 His hand has faltered  

 .... .... ......  

  

 And he talks to the river of lost love and dedication  

 And silent replies that swirl invitation  

 Flow dark and troubled to an oily sea  

 A grim intimation of what is to be  

  

 There's an unceasing wind that blows through this night  

 And there's dust in my eyes, that blinds my sight  

 And silence that speaks so much louder that words,  

 Of promises broken