Seventeen Seconds

[Verse 1]

I play at night in your house

I live another life pretending to swim in your house

[Verse 2]

I change the time in your house

The hours I take go so slow

[Verse 3]

I hear no sound in your house

Silence in the empty rooms

[Verse 4]

I drown at night in your house

Pretending to swim, pretending to swim

12 ContributorsThree LyricsRobert Smith cryptically shared in a fanzine that “Three” was written about “the eternal triangle”.

During their 1981 tour in support of their next album Faith, the band sometimes closed with a jam made up… Read More Enough of that "stand up straight"

What nonsense

"No," I said, my face close to the ground, "I'll stay as I am."

"You really can annoy a person, I must say. Such a waste of time! Come on, put an end to it."

"The way you shout! In the quiet of the night!" I said

"Just as you like," he added

But wheeling suddenly around, he looked at me - I hadn't quite finished yet - and said: "What's this? You're all crooked! What on earth are you up to?"

"Quite right. You're very observant," said I, my head on the seam of his trousers, which was why I couldn't look up properly

I won't scream, I'll just stare at him as long as my eyes can stand it

"Well?" he said

"Well?" he said

"Well?" he said

[Verse 1]

Sunk deep in the night, I sink in the night

Standing alone underneath the sky

I feel the chill of ice on my face

I watch the hours go by

The hours go by

[Verse 2]

You sleep, sleep in a safe bed

Curled and protected, protected from sight

Under a safe roof, deep in your house

Unaware of the changes at night

At night

[Verse 3]

I hear the darkness breathe

I sense the quiet despair

Listen to the silence at night

Someone has to be there

Someone has to be there

[Outro]

Someone must be there

13 ContributorsSeventeen Seconds LyricsTime slips away

And the light begins to fade

And everything is quiet now

Feeling is gone

And the picture disappears

And everything is cold now

The dream had to end

The wish never came true

And the girl starts to sing

Seventeen seconds

A measure of life

Seventeen seconds