Only the Stones Remain

Robyn Hitchcock · Luminous Groove [2008]

Men were executed, women bled

Beads and fish changed hands and

Children stayed up late

Uh huh



Colored drums they stretched the night

There's a taxidermist looking for a fight

But now he's gone

Ah yeah, only the stones remain



Girls were decked with flowers and violated while

Boys spat juice from out of their fresh young bulbs

Soldiers crossed their hearts and died and

Pretty girls turned cold inside

But now they're gone

Only the stones remain

Oh they're gone, yeah

Only the stones remain



And the stones have forgotten them

The stones have forgotten them



They break your body and drain the life out of it

It sinks into the soil while the soul flies up into the air above

And when there's no more tears to cry, there's

Nothing left to do but laugh

Stained glass elaborations collapse and candyfloss evaporates, honey

Only the stones remain, here they go

Ah yeah, only the stones remain



Now they're gone

Ah yeah, only the stones remain

Ah yeah, only the stones remain



Girls were decked with flowers and ovulated while

Colored drums expressed the night

There's a taxidermist grinnin' with delight