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If I leave before the Raven

 Just before the empire falls

We might find the occasion

 To dance upon those city walls

Just imagine if each line you drew

 Was directed by you

And imagine that each cup you filled

 Was a moment meant for you

 And illuminated red

 And illuminated white instead

 Like a red sock burning through my table

 Lying in my bed

If I wake before they close up

 Just before the washing's done

I can watch my warm socks spinning

 And write a song to strike you dumb

Just imagine if each word

 We said was collected in a bag

 And imagine if your mouth on mine

 Could bring all those atoms back

And imagine lions and geese in here

 And imagine cars and trains

And imagine perfect sleep in here

 From the tyre tracks in your brain

 And illuminated red

 And illuminated white instead

 Like a white sun burning through my TV

 Lying in my bed