Shiva on the Wall Lyrics

Summer's end, river bend, not much to do

None of us were working in the days when I met you

I sort of loved you but I was empty ground

Shake my moneybox and I don't make a sound

And Shiva was dancing on the wall

That summer night before the fall

Heroin, India and Rock n Roll

Sell a little bit of innocence to buy a little soul

My heart was broken, my lips were cold and sore

I gave you nothing you never asked for more

And Shiva was dancing on the wall

That summer night before the fall

The gentle sin of leopard skin, silence of a smile

Lovers in a rest stop on the long and lonesome mile

You painted with a crow's wing and the symbols of the road

An image of your mother and the stories that she told

And Shiva was dancing on the wall

That summer night before the fall

Said I didn't know, exactly how to feel

Takes me all my time to work out what is real

I think I'm sliding but I don't know for sure

Half way into something and halfway out the door

And Shiva was dancing on the wall

That summer night before the fall

Gave me a book to read upon the bus

It was just you and me and never us

Broken hearts get mended by something less than love

In the summer land before the flood

And Shiva was dancing on the wall

That summer night before the fall