Sarah McQuaid

SLOW DECAY

Words and music by Sarah McQuaid

Recorded on If We Dig Any Deeper It Could Get Dangerous (2018)

When I cry out 
Does the wave roll on forever 
Does it travel through the emptiness 
Of space and time 
The level falls 
The edges draw together 
Coming closer to the centre 
Of an infinite line 
It’s a slow decay 
Like a note you hold till it fades away 

The body fails 
These bones won’t last forever 
So I ask myself what are the things 
I leave behind 
I send them out 
A bundle tied together 
A present from the past 
Left for the future to find 
It’s a slow decay 
Like a note you hold till it fades away 

Watch it fall and rise and fall 
Constantly returning 
To the smallest point of all 

When I cry out 
Does the wave roll on forever 
Does it travel through the emptiness 
Of space and time 
The level falls 
The edges draw together 
Coming closer to the centre 
Of an infinite line 
It’s a slow decay 
Like a note you hold till it fades away 
A note you hold till it fades away