It’s four AM, it’s time to leave
I get up, didn’t sleep.
All so quiet in the darkness
Taxi’s waiting in the street below.
Medusa. Oh Medusa.
A final view at a crowded bed
Just one more minute while I clear my head.
I hear them breathing in the darkness
Taxi’s waiting in the street below.
Medusa, I need you Medusa.
I don’t want to feel so alone,
Please turn my heart to stone
Medusa. My Medusa.
Airports, trains, busy streets,
sleeping alone, in stranger´s sheets
I hear them breathing in the darkness.
The crowd is waiting in the room below
I need you my Medusa
But your cruel mercy
will not shine on me
Thankfully...
I remain, flesh and bone,
So fragile and so alone.
But when I come back home
They will not embrace a stone.
Medusa.
credits
from Unanswered,
released October 6, 2023
Lucy Ward, Svavar Knutur, Adyn Townes
A friend of mine introduced me to this song while we backpacked around Europe a few years ago. It turned into our theme song, and yes we did get fucked up in Hamburg on a Sunday Night! stainer
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