Your Perfume Was The Best Thing - Karl Hyde

Did you think I was sleeping

Face pressed up against a window

Body rocking to a southbound rhythm

Just closed my eyes

Faking sleep to listen

Holding the light of the world at bay

Then you kiss me

Though the train was crammed in

To wake me with your lips

As I slipped away

Put your face up close to mine

Whispered

And your perfume was the best thing

That happened all day

I didn’t open my eyes

I didn’t see the car

I heard the tyres on the blacktop

Waiting for the kids

All the trees in the park

Stood up and started dancing

Naked and excited

And all the billboards on the bus

They shouted

Better start running

Salvation is coming

I just went limp

And when the impact never came

Everything went quiet

All the trees stopped their dancing

And I started to grin

And then you kissed me

Although the drivers were watching

Held me with your lips

Like I was slipping away

Put your face up close to mine

And whisper…

And your perfume was the best thing

That happened all day

And your perfume was the best thing

That happened all day

Holding the light of the world at bay

Holding the light of the world at bay