Two Ragged Soldiers - Scott Walker

作词：Scott Walker

作曲：Scott Walker

They spoke transparent phrases

To looking glass women

And they took the detours that scattered the way

They departed from summer

Like two ragged soldiers

Dragging their heels through their fantasies

There were meals in the missions

For two frozen statues

And long draughty sermons devouring their knees

Sometimes passions in winter

Turn to cold soundless moments

That teared in the eyes of their fantasies

There were nights on park benches

Stale bread for the pigeons

Good mornings to faces who just turned away

And on one road confusion the other desire

So they took to the road of their fantasies

One would speak of a lake

Where he used to go swimming

The other had no memories left for his mind

With their arms round each other

The two ragged soldiers

Laughed through a war that they couldn't see

Laughed for a world filled with fantasy