
SLOW DECAY
Words and music by Sarah McQuaid
Recorded on If We Dig Any Deeper It Could Get Dangerous (2018)
When I cry out
Does the wave roll on forever
Does it travel through the emptiness
Of space and time
The level falls
The edges draw together
Coming closer to the centre
Of an infinite line
It’s a slow decay
Like a note you hold till it fades away
The body fails
These bones won’t last forever
So I ask myself what are the things
I leave behind
I send them out
A bundle tied together
A present from the past
Left for the future to find
It’s a slow decay
Like a note you hold till it fades away
Watch it fall and rise and fall
Constantly returning
To the smallest point of all
When I cry out
Does the wave roll on forever
Does it travel through the emptiness
Of space and time
The level falls
The edges draw together
Coming closer to the centre
Of an infinite line
It’s a slow decay
Like a note you hold till it fades away
A note you hold till it fades away