No Mirror, No Shadow

It's hard to talk to people who remember what I say

I guess I need an amnesiac priest or something

Or a stranger on a long bus journey to somewhere far away

One day the desert will cover all the earth

With only the wind to sing in the silence

All my secrets buried forever in the blown dust

It seems so simple but they just don't get it

I meant what I said at the time that I said it

Nothing is ever meant to last

I want no mirror, I want no shadow

I want my follies to have no echo

Only the ties to hold on fast

Nobody has their consciences clean

Loyalty in the end will be enough

This family thicker than blood

The way we grew together, roots twisted together

And everybody thinks what they shouldn't think

Everybody does what they shouldn't do

Everybody wants what they shouldn't want

Hold on to me and I'll hold on to you

Maybe I'm wrong but they just don't get it

I meant what I said just at the time that I said it

Nothing is ever meant to last

I want no mirror, I want no shadow

I want my follies to have no echo

Only the ties to hold on fast

We spread our mischief with a little glint in the eye

Where there is war we like to bring peace

Where there is peace we want to bring war

Seduce the priests and break it all

But don't ask me to remember

It seems so simple but they just don't get it