Canal Song Songtext
von Mark Ayling

So many miles away from here
A canal lies waiting
In the sparkling waters
A reflection of a younger me
How I promised that I would return
But I will never learn
That promises cannot make things happen


In my dreams now I see those black waters
Quietly still running deep
A reflection of age
Brick chimneys standing tall
These dark figures of ghosts
Once so powerful
Now left behind to crumble
For a joyless end

Broken by the occasional headlights
Shining on graffiti walls
That reflect my mind
Shining eyes that have seen so much
And hide so much
In a blink will be shut forever
All those hopes and dreams
And broken promises
Will not haunt me anymore

And the hours and hours and hours
Of endless loneliness
The hours and hours of endless loneliness