The Catenary Wires

Things I Love

Album: Red Red Skies [2015]
Author: Amelia Fletcher - Rob Pursey © Elefant Publishing

The way Paul Klee scratched out a line

And Bridget Riley bent them

Now all they ever bring to mind

Is he who can’t be mentioned

 

And all the songs we listened to as one

Well they’re ruined now

And all the places and the things we’ve done

Well they’re over

 

From ‘Repetition’ by The Fall

To ‘It’s a Shame About Ray’

I’m hating, hating, hating all

The songs we used to play

 

And all the places and the things we’ve done

Well they’re ruined now

And all the songs we listened to as one

Well they’re over

 

Why do things I love

Remind me of someone I don’t

 

The gothic tales of Tim Burton

A bowl of homemade popcorn

The indie clubs of Islington

Now seem so cold and forlorn

 

And all the songs we listened to as one

Well they’re ruined now

And all the places and the things we’ve done

Well they’re over

 

Why do things I love

Remind me of someone I don’t

 

It's been a long time now, it's hard

To know why I'm not mending

I somehow seem to find it hard

To see this as an ending

 

I hate the sight and sound of all you do

But at the same time

I'm not really getting over you

Oh, no