Running from the Body - Jack Frost, Steve Kilbey, Grant McLennan

You’ve been here before

I’ve seen that face before

I opened the door to you

You’ve got the power

That’s why I like you

Yes, it’s true

Inside on the ceiling

Black above the deathbed

There’s a bandage on the curtain

Across the window it moves but does not move

Deep, deep in a room patiently

Shining in the darkness

Surrounding small details

Dissolving, the moment it comes

Penetration is due

You’ve got the power

That’s why I like you

Yes, it’s true

Outside there’s a wind crawling

Up the hill to the top of the trees

Moving through a melody of grief

It sounds like running from the body

You’re coming up through

Nobody sees you but I do

First notice the feeling

And then the sound as the

Flesh breaks through

I said it all, was that all?

I said, yeah, I said it all

Was that all I said?

You’ve got the power

That’s why I like you

Yes, it’s true

He’s been driving since 1943

Never sent a postcard home

What about them bones in the orchard wall

Yeah, he’s running from the body

Yes, it’s true

Raise your right hand and swear to tell the truth

The whole truth and nothing but the truth