Emma Pollock

New Land

Emma Pollock


Hold up your glasses
Shout for the masses
Here we go 
And so begins the show
And not for the first time 
We step on the fault line
And just like that 
We watch the fireworks start

Oh, sleep, if you can

You said it was alright 
You said it was just
Another night 
But your eyes 
Betray the fight
And as for this new land 
Well, it's not what you 
Had planned, right?
Of love 
For this life 
Is stale as tough

Oh, sleep, if you can

Tell me 
That it isn't true 
The things you say 
He did to you
For my rage flies 
And a man dies
So this is what 
I'd like to do 
But I don't think 
That you want me to

'Cause people are listening 
And watching and pointing
They're looking for windows 
And dreaming on porches
So don't say a word 
If you want to be here 
In the morning 
In the morning

So it all ends here 
Almost a way
Out the door 
And I'm suddenly 
Fixed to the floor

Oh, sleep 
If you can