He said he was a saint 
And he had some colour movies 
"You will grow older and then younger 
Tattoed like a loser" 
Long streams of silence connect hand to hand 
With the memories in the car parks 
And the flowers and the sand

So here are the wings and the burnt out suits 
Here are the maps of all your youth 
Here where the songs are all of longing 
Here where the skies are always haunting 
And I'm running, yes I'm running.... 
I am running across thin ice with tigers

He was talking as I glanced away 
At silver tortures in colour vision 
It was a golden time 
A time of bones and flowers 
There was an angel in a ruined suit 
Stranded on Broadway 
I gave him change and he gave me the time of day

So here are the wings and the burnt out suits 
Here are the maps of all your youth 
Here where the songs are all of longing 
Here where the skies are always haunting 
And I'm running, yes I'm running.... 
I am running across thin ice with tigers