A Strange Day - Black Francis, Grand Duchy

Give me your eyes

That I might see the blind man kissing my hands

The sun is humming

My head turns to dust as he plays on his knees

And the sand

And the sea grows

I close my eyes

Move slowly through drowning waves

Going away on a strange day

And I laugh as I drift in the wind

Blind

Dancing on a beach of stone

Cherish the faces as they wait for the end

A sudden hush across the water

And we’re here again…

And the sand

And the sea grows

I close my eyes

Move slowly through drowning waves

Going away

On a strange day

My head falls backs

And the walls crash down

And the sky

And the impossible

Explode

Held for one moment I remember a song

An impression of sound

Then everything is gone

Forever

A strange day…