The Saddest Orchestra (It Only Plays For You)

Song The Saddest Orchestra (It Only Plays For You)
Artist Ed Harcourt
Album Time Of Dust

Lyrics

[00:19.30] He's a shattered sculpture
[00:22.27] He's a deaf conductor
[00:24.95] And his only score is burning
[00:31.12] So they hit the doldrums
[00:34.29] In joint discordance
[00:37.27] It's a wordless, dead-end sermon
[00:43.15] Like a violin scrape
[00:46.20] Like the hiss of a tape
[00:49.28] It always sounds unnerving
[00:55.09] And it needs us the most
[00:58.15] 'Cos it feeds off the host
[01:01.14] And it softly stays disturbing
[01:06.65] Here's a ticket for the front row view
[01:12.04] The saddest orchestra, it only plays for you
[01:30.62] Ever so sadly, ever so slightly out of tune
[01:42.53] Ever so sadly, ever so slightly out of tune
[01:54.67]
[02:06.76] Passing ships in the night
[02:09.72] Not an end in sight
[02:12.82] And we're stuck in uncharted waters
[02:18.67] So you shrink in your chair
[02:21.63] As it resolves nowhere
[02:24.78] And it ends in quiet disorder
[02:30.34] Here's a ticket for the front row view
[02:36.09] The saddest orchestra, it only plays for you
[02:54.81] Ever so sadly, ever so slightly out of tune
[03:06.92] Ever so sadly, ever so slightly out of tune
[03:18.59] There is no beauty in here
[03:21.71] We keep our hands in the dirt
[03:24.49] Don't need to seek a prayer
[03:27.80] Or say any poignant words
[03:30.80] But even when good and bad
[03:33.79] I need you in sickness & health
[03:36.79] There is no beauty in here
[03:39.81] I don't want anyone else
[03:54.80] Ever so sadly, ever so slightly out of tune
[04:06.77] Ever so sadly, ever so slightly out of tune