Requiem for Slussen
Breaking up is hard, but keeping dark is hateful
I had so many dreams
I had so many breakthroughs
But you, my love, were kind
But love has left you dreamless
The door to dreams was closed
Your park was real and dreamless
Perhaps you're smiling now
Smiling through this darkness
But all I had to give was guilt for dreaming
The foundations started shaking back in 1938
Time, part 2
Goddamn, you're looking old
You'll freeze and catch a cold
Cause you've left your coat behind
Take your time
Memories of workmen long departed
Time part 3
Time - He's waiting in the wings
He speaks of senseless things
His script is you and me, Boy
Time - He flexes like a whore
Falls wanking to the floor
His trick is you and me, Boy
The lost language of the hovering birds
Billions of liters of water waiting for no one
Big city blues
The sniper in the brain
Regurgitating drain
Incestuous and vain
And many other last names
Well, I look at my watch it says 9:25 and I think
"Oh God! I'm still alive."
The lure of the big red wheel
Time - In Quaaludes and red wine
Demanding Billy Dolls
And other friends of mine
Take your time
It all comes down to precision engi
We should be on by now
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
You - Are not a victim
You - Just scream with boredom!
You! - Are not evicting time...
Where they used to dance
[Bowie Breathing Heavily]
There is still time for one last push
Goddamn, you're looking old
You'll freeze and catch a cold
Cause you've left your coat behind
Take your time
Last remnants. Here today. Gone tomorrow.
Susanne Walström walked Slussen with the coveralled gentlemen of SX-70. Skanska gave us the run of the place - thank you for your generosity! Lyrics by David Bowie. Because sometimes life just has to have a soundtrack.