Jane Siberry Angel Voyeur Lyrics

Angel Voyeur Lyrics

the hounds are running in the alley-way below 
underlining all her sins  
 
across the alley 
there is a rented room 
there is a girl 
I watch I watch her  
 
yellow cotton curtains 
the tiles are black and white 
why are you home early? 
is this another one of those nights?  
 
straighten up the lilacs 
straighten up your hair 
over to the mirror 
what do you see there?  
 
you know why he is living 
on a separate street away from you 
usually you can forget 
but tonight the hounds they get to you  
 
the hounds are running in the alley-way below.... 
underlining all her sins  
 
magnets in the mirror 
usually you croon 
but tonight you are no beauty 
in your rented room  
 
he knows why he is living 
on a separate street away from you 
usually he can forget 
but tonight the hounds they get to him  
 
the mirror shows a man in a chair 
she sees him sway 
he`s falling to the floor 
his lines they crack away 
who is this man? 
you know him you know him you know him  
 
his being is your being 
his scent is on your skin 
his mind is on your mind 
his breathing is your breathing  
 
so she goes to her own chair 
I see her sway 
she`s falling to the floor 
her lines they crack away 
she shatters on the tiles 
like the mirror that she shatters 
like the mirror that she shadows  
 
the street it`s night it`s dark 
I cannot see too well 
but a fog descended on her room 
that much I can tell  
 
and every drop of water 
drew salts across her soul, Lord 
and every bead of water 
made the beaded bodies roll  
 
a cat stopped by to listen 
`til her breathing ceased to toil 
and on a separate street 
well, that man he ceased to moil  
 
yellow dawn is yellowing 
now I can see the girl 
now I can see her face 
on the tiles I see her curled  
 
breeze - it blows the curtains 
across the wayward tiles 
across the sleeping ones 
on separate streets - I have to smile  
 
they still will not understand 
why they awaken so new 
but their sleep was close to...holy 
my darlings 
we`re watching over you  
 
across the alley 
there is a rented room 
there is a girl 
I watch I watch her 
I watch I watch her 
We watch We watch her