Haligh, Haligh, A Lie, Haligh

I know not who I am?
I remember everything, the words we spoke on freezing South Street
He says "The choices were given"
Something about those bright colors
Yet another clumsy chord
Let the funeral start, hear the casket close
You offer only one reply
But left to hang like yarn and twine
I don't know, the past couple of weeks, I guess
Now, a lock of hair you said would prove
You know not what you do
I don't understand that sound no more

The plans were never finalized
No, it's just some guy she's been hanging out with
Haligh, Haligh, a lie, Haligh
From that same head that you have twice removed
I didn't want to tell you this
Let's pin split black ribbon to your overcoat

But I talk in the mirror
Our love would never die, well, ha ha ha
As you tear and tear your hair from roots
You'd always be there, where are you now?

It's just a mumbled sentence to a passing acquaintance

Thank you and hang up the phone

Dangling before my eyes
The one you painted blue and glued with jewelry tears
The pleasure that my sadness brings
Seems artificial, like a TV set
But do you want that?

You said you hate my suffering, and you understood
To the stranger that appears
To this meaning that I lack
Now, a lock of hair you said would prove
Except we keep coming back
Always one sided, nothing is clear
But there was once you
The laughter pours from under doors in this house
Our love would never die
As you tear and tear your hair from roots
Haligh, Haligh, a lie, Haligh
But now we speak with ruined tongues
As my fingers press onto the strings
And the words we say aren't meant for anyone
And now, you must live them
Our conversations are circles
And you'd take care of me
All those mornings watching you get ready for school

Or just not live
I'm gonna give you only one reply
This weight would now be satisfied
And I sing and sing of awful things

This weight, it must be satisfied
You combed your hair inside that mirror
Would always make you feel better
Of that same head you've twice removed

Haligh, Haligh, an awful lie