Tell me a story of mind over matter 
The hope and glory of life ever after 
The sound and the fury the cloak and the dagger 
Days when we sink like a stone 

Porcelain portraits and silver medallions 
Plasticine soldiers that march in battalions 
Angels of mercy and lifelong companions 
Days when we sink like a stone 

There a room somewhere with a different look 
Where your secret life is an open book 
Where the love we made was a chance we took 
Days when we sink like a stone 

Ladybird fly away our friends are gone 
Ladybird fly away our house is on fire 

Let us be lovers we'll melt after midnight 
Hoist up the mainsail we'll coast through the daylight 
Twisted like candles that fade in the half-light 
Days when we sink like a stone 

Well we die sometimes to begin again 
When the same old dreams have the same old end 
When we lose our mind or we lose our friends 
Days when we sink like a stone 

Ladybird fly away our friends are gone 
Ladybird fly away our house is on fire 
Ladybird fly away our friends are gone 
Ladybird fly away our house is on fire 

Your friends have gone 
Porcelain portraits and silver medallions 
Your friends have gone 
Plasticine soldiers that march in battalions 
Your friends have gone 
Angels of mercy and lifelong companions 

Tell me a story of mind over matter 
The hope and glory of life ever after 
The sound and the fury the cloak and the dagger 

Ladybird fly away our friends are gone 
Ladybird fly away our house is on fire