Century After Century

by Idlewild

From the album: The Remote Part

Track 8 of 11 on The Remote Part (2002).

Duration: 4:01

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Lyrics for Century After Century

Since your breathing, is it all that a space can fill? So just by looking in, I'll be looking still You find and follow stories well You're naked except for a newspaper, the headline telling me That fortune favours the brave I've been known to be that brave What I want is on it's way out All I needed was an easier way to stay Walking around the city as the light fades (is it all that you remain?) I'm thinking about each promise that I have ever made But I know what they will never say, I know what they will never say Century after Century they remain And if I read to remember that the entire Earth is outside this room So close the windows, keep the curtains shut forever And if I need to remember that the entire Earth is outside this room So close the windows, close the windows Isn't it romantic, to be romantic When you don't understand what you love Or if a word like that couls ever mean anything When what you want is on it's way out I didn't hear cheerleading for creative writers And your cheekbones don't taste of anything at all It's on it's way out, it's just an easier way to stay Talking about a city that the light made (is it all that you remain?) It's the same story that's been told But it's been stories that don't fade I know what they will never say, I know what they will never say Century after Century they remain Is it all that you remain?

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