Annabel

Strange girl, faraway star I never got a fix on who you were The manner of your arrival Was nothing pretty, it was survival You played the rules, you broke the game Flew back into that famous black hole From whence you came From whence you came Rage, angel You sour note of your broken bell You turned quite pale as you cast your spell You liked a little hint of that sulphur smell Didn't you, Annabelle? Compound ritual error Bred existential terror When bodies fell past your window You knew it was time to go Time to go Time to disappear Disappear in your own shadow Disappear in your own shadow Scripture was wrong But the script was so strong We were hardly meek But we all sang along But you just made it up As you rolled along You kept rolling on, rolling on, rolling on Lucky they who brought you should condemn Could never say they were the only one You bled red, you were one of us A homegrown alien on a London bus Genius with a fiery tongue They stuck to us the songs that you sung You left us too young You left us too young Annabelle Sweet Annabelle Annabelle Annabelle