[00:00.377]Black Dress -Ed Harcourt [00:00.994]Written by :Ed Harcourt [00:23.417]For days I've searched for the words [00:29.48]So I don't make a mess of this [00:31.920]I'll trade my eyes for a fleeting wish [00:34.768]I woke at 7a m [00:40.572]The cold air was not becoming [00:43.309]This tune I started humming [00:46.102]And you lay there so still [00:51.989]With dark eyes shut and whiskey breath [00:54.792]You hadn't taken off your black dress [00:57.586]The curtain fell from its rail [01:03.505]I shut the window so it wouldn't shatter [01:06.245]But it was nothing it didn't matter [01:09.21]To me our lives are barely built to last [01:14.845]How did you creep up on me so damn fast [01:23.219]My dear [01:35.90]I sat in the kitchen and thought [01:40.846]I've had a few knocks here and there [01:43.634]Was mostly my fault so I didn't care [01:46.538]You said I have a bad side [01:52.268]It comes when all the clocks have stopped [01:55.116]I feel my heart begin to drop [01:57.886]To me our lives are fast approaching death [02:03.622]So let's go out in my suit and your black dress [02:12.115]My dear [02:33.686]You will come back [02:39.350]You will come back [02:45.38]You will come back [02:50.734]You will come back