[ti:Hangman In The Shadow] [ar:The Gentle Waves] [al:The Green Fields of Foreverland...] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Hangman In The Shadow - The Gentle Waves [00:07.60]Written by:The Gentle Waves/Isobel Campbell [00:15.21]The clock may not mean much to rabbits and owls [00:19.46]Depending on darkness and light [00:23.67]To fly in the night or to hide in a hole [00:27.85]We can do both fairly well [00:31.99]But what is this ticking that saves us from sleep [00:36.21]From light and from warm peace of mind [00:40.40]It's tin and it's cold and is brutal in years [00:44.70]It's emptiness and broken tears [01:09.50]We'll lie under blossom we'll dance in the field [01:13.71]'Til rocks start to fall from the sky [01:17.94]We'll swim in the river and bathe in the sea [01:22.31]And lay 'til our bodies are dry [01:26.59]Then what is this beating that saves me from sleep [01:30.79]It's wondering wanting to try [01:34.97]The whole world around me is solemn and old [01:39.33]And loneliness answers my sigh