The Small Axe Ensemble

The Temptation of Serge

I'm tired of this world,

and I think it's time that I-

found my own to call my own.

In the back of your mind,

keeping time by

ticks in your spine-

a backtrack from some sublime

that you'll never know

'cause your culture told you so-

to stick it out in line-

god'll pick you when it's time-

well this story may be yours, but it's not mine.

 

Walking home one night, passing by

an empty home,

I thought that I'd make it my own.

So I walked up inside,

opened the door, just to find...

The exact home I'd left behind!

Behind...