《The Curse》歌词

[00:00:16] He opens his eyes

[00:00:18] Falls in love at first sight

[00:00:20] With the girl in the doorway

[00:00:24] What beautiful lines

[00:00:26] Heart full of life

[00:00:28] After thousands of years

[00:00:30] What a face to wake up to

[00:00:32] He holds back a sigh

[00:00:34] As she touches his arm

[00:00:36] She dusts off the bed where til now he's been sleeping

[00:00:40] Under mires of stone

[00:00:42] The dry fig of his heart

[00:00:44] Under scarab and bone

[00:00:46] Starts back to its beating

[00:00:48] She carries him home

[00:00:58] In a beautiful boat

[00:01:00] He watches the sea from a porthole in stowage

[00:01:04] He can hear all she says

[00:01:06] As she sits by his bed

[00:01:08] And one day his lips answered her

[00:01:10] In her own language

[00:01:12] The days quickly pass

[00:01:14] He loves making her laugh

[00:01:16] The first time he moves it's her hair that he touches

[00:01:20] She asks "Are you cursed "

[00:01:21] He says "I think that I'm cured "

[00:01:24] Then he talks of the Nile and the girls in bull rushes

[00:01:44] In New York he is laid

[00:01:46] In a glass covered case

[00:01:48] He pretends he is dead

[00:01:50] People crowd round to see him

[00:01:52] But at night she comes round

[00:01:54] And the two wander down the halls of the tomb

[00:01:58] That she calls a museum

[00:02:00] But he stops to rest

[00:02:01] Then less and less

[00:02:03] Then it's her that looks tired

[00:02:05] Staying up asking questions

[00:02:07] He learns how to read

[00:02:09] From the papers that she is writing about him

[00:02:13] Then he makes corrections

[00:02:15] It's his face on her book

[00:02:17] More come to look

[00:02:19] Families from Iowa

[00:02:21] Upper West-Siders

[00:02:23] Then one day it's too much

[00:02:25] He decides to get up

[00:02:27] Then as chaos ensues he walks outside to find her

[00:02:31] She is using a cane

[00:02:34] And her face looks too pale

[00:02:35] But she's happy to see him

[00:02:37] As they walk he supports her

[00:02:39] She asks "Are you cursed "

[00:02:41] But his answer is obscured

[00:02:43] In a sandstorm of flashbulbs

[00:02:45] Rowdy reporters

[00:03:21] Such reanimation

[00:03:22] The two tour the nation

[00:03:24] He gets out of limos

[00:03:26] Meets other women

[00:03:28] He speaks of her fondly

[00:03:30] Their nights in the museum

[00:03:32] She's just one more rag now he's dragging behind him

[00:03:36] She stops going out

[00:03:38] She just lies there in bed

[00:03:40] In hotels in whatever towns they are speaking

[00:03:44] Then her face starts to set

[00:03:46] And her hands start to fold

[00:03:48] Then one day the dry fig of her heart stops its beating

[00:04:10] Long ago on the ship

[00:04:12] She asked why pyramids

[00:04:14] He said "Think of them as an immense invitation "

[00:04:18] She asks "Are you cursed "

[00:04:20] He says "I think that I'm cured "

[00:04:22] Then he kissed her and hoped

[00:04:25] That she'd forget that question