Grave Pleasures - When the Shooting's Done

Catastrophe around our necks
Time brought to a halt
Dipping flags into the street
The colour of red fruit
In the fear of the moment
It's impossible to know the truth
When all of this no longer exists
It's up to me and you

Cannot face these images?
At the borders of a clenched heart?
Kissing in the chaos
Let our Heaven be defiled
Cannot take these images?
Bloodhounds of a strange court
Making love in a killing zone
Sticky red and warm

Meet me when the shooting's done
We'll welcome back the ghosts
Meet me when the shooting's done
We'll turn the darkness on
You and me against the rest
Our survival's not enough
Meet me when the shooting's done
We'll lay down our arms

Men of clay on the barricades
Death carries a suitcase
Packing it up for the end
Leaves a bitter taste
What possessions we have left
Is the rubble of our bones
Taking up our positions
'Til the enemy soldiers come

Cannot take these images?
Bloodhounds of a strange court
Making love in a killing zone
Sticky red and warm

Meet me when the shooting's done
We'll welcome back the ghosts
Meet me when the shooting's done
We'll turn the darkness on
You and me against the rest
Our survival's not enough
Meet me when the shooting's done
We'll lay down our arms

Meet me when the shooting's done
We'll welcome back the ghosts
Meet me when the shooting's done
We'll turn the darkness on
You and me against the rest
Our survival's not enough
Meet me when the shooting's done
We'll lay down our arms

Meet me when the shooting's done
(Meet me when the shooting's done)
Meet me when the shooting's done
(Meet me when the shooting's done)
Meet me when the shooting's done
(You and me against the rest)
Meet me when the shooting's done
(Meet me when the shooting's done)
Meet me when the shooting's done
(Meet me when the shooting's done)
Meet me when the shooting's done
(Meet me when the shooting's done)
Meet me when the shooting's done
(Meet me when the shooting's done)
(Meet me when the shooting's done)