Touching From a Distance

(Waiting for) The Ice Age (1977) (Первый текст, использовавшийся для этой песни)

Scratching out atrocity,

Splintered in the sand,

In a deathshroud looking back,

Walking hand in hand.

Draw the lines onto your face,

To make it look brand new,

Nothing here will fit in place,

To screen the likes of you.

Stranded in hostility,

Buried further down,

Waiting in a churchyard,

For the sons to come around,

Burning down conventions now,

To give me all the proof,

Nothing here will hold somehow,

To give a glimpse of truth.

Searching for some other life,

To hide behind your door,

On a strange wave plunging down,

With hopes for little more,

Someone might have changed somewhere,

To bring us into line,

All so near to hit and run,

To cut the gaps in time.

Waiting for the cold to come,

To face one final stand,

Viewing scenes in black and white,

Walking hand in hand,

Reaching from the distance,

To find some strength again.

Ice Age (1977)

I’ve seen the real atrocities,

Buried in the sand,

Stockpiled safety for a few,

While we stand holding hands.

I’m living in the Ice age,

I’m living in the Ice age,

Nothing will hold,

Nothing will fit,

Into the cold,

It’s not an eclipse.

Living in the Ice age,

Living in the Ice age,

Living in the Ice age.

Searching for another way,

Hide behind the door,

We’ll live in holes and disused shafts,

Hopes for little more.

I’m living in the Ice age,

I’m living in the Ice age,

Nothing will hold,

Nothing will fit,

Into the cold,

No smile on your lips,

Living in the Ice age,

Living in the Ice age,

Living in the Ice age.

Living in the Ice age,

Living in the Ice age,

Living in the Ice age,

Living in the Ice age.

The Kill (1977)

Moved in a hired car,

And I find no way to run,

Adds every moment longer,

Had no time for fun,

lust something that I knew I had to do,

But through it all I left my eyes on you.

I had an impulse to clear it all away,

Oh I used the tactics, make everybody pay,

Just something that I knew I had to do,

But through it all I kept my eyes on you.

Oh, I keep it all clean,

I’ve paid the graces there,

No kings of misuse,

No sellers of flesh,

Just something that I knew I had to do,

But through it all I kept my eyes on you,

Yeah through it all I kept my eyes on you,

But through it all I kept my eyes on you.

Walked in Line (1978)

All dressed in uniforms so fine,

They drank and killed to pass the time,

Wearing the shame of all their crimes,

With measured steps, they walked in line.

They walked in line,

They walked in line,

They walked in line,

They walked in line,

They walked in line,

They walked in line,

They walked in line,

They walked in line.

They carried pictures of their wives,

And numbered tags to prove their lives,

They walked in line,

They walked in line,

They walked in line,

They walked in line,

They walked in line,

They walked in line,

They walked in line,

They walked in line.

Full of a glory never seen,

They made it through the whole machine,

To never question anymore,

Hypnotic trance, they never saw,

They walked in line,

They walked in line,

They walked in line,

They walked in line,

They walked in line,

They walked in line,

They walked in line,

They walked in line,

They walked in line,

They walked in line,

They walked in line,

They walked in line,

They walked in line,

They walked in line,

They walked in line,

They walked in line,

They walked in line,

They walked in line,

They walked in line,

They walked in line,

They walked in line,

They walked in line,

They walked in line,

They walked in line,

Walked in line,

Walked in line.

Exercise One (1978)

When you’re looking at life,

In a strange new room,

Maybe drowning soon,

Is this the start of it all?

Turn on your TV,

Turn down your pulse,

Turn away from it all,

It’s all getting too much.

When you’re looking at life,

Deciphering scars,

Just who fooled who,

Sit still in their cars,

The lights look bright,

When you reach outside,

Time for one last ride,

Before the end of it all

Digital (1978)

Feel it closing in,

Feel it closing in,

The fear of whom I call,

Every time I call

I feel it closing in,

I feel it closing in,

Day in, day out,

Day in, day out,

Day in, day out,

Day in, day out,

Day in, day out,

Day in, day out.

I feel it closing in,

As patterns seem to form.

I feel it cold and warm.

The shadows start to fall.

I feel it closing in,

I feel it closing in,

Day in, day out,

Day in, day out,

Day in, day out,

Day in, day out,

Day in, day out.

I‘d have the world around,

To see just whatever happens,

Stood by the door alone,

And then it’s fade away.

I see you fade away.

Don’t ever fade away.

I need you here today.

Don’t ever fade away.

Don’t ever fade away.

Don’t ever fade away.

Don’t ever fade away.

Fade away. Fade away.

Fade away. Fade away.

Fade away. Fade away.

Fade away.

Glass (1978)

Hearts fail, young hearts fail,

Anytime, pressurised,

overheat, overtired.

Take it quick, take it neat,

Clasp your hands, touch your feet.

Take it quick, take it neat,

Take it quick, take it neat.

Hearts fail, young hearts fail,

Anytime, wearing down,

On the run, underground,