Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Nobody Knew She Was There , by - The Unthanks. Release date: 22.03.2010
Song language: English
Nobody Knew She Was There |
| She walks in the cold dark hour before the morning |
| The hour when wounded night begins to bleed |
| Stands at the back of the patient queue |
| The silent almost sweeping queue |
| Seeing no one and not being seen |
| Working shoes are wrapped in working apron |
| Rolled in an oilcloth bag across her knees |
| The swaying tremor soaks the morning |
| Blue grey steely day is dawning |
| Draining the last few dregs of sleep away |
| Over the bridge and the writhing foul black water |
| Down through empty corridors of stone |
| Each of the blind glass walls she passes |
| Shows her twin in sudden flashes |
| Which is the mirror image, which is real? |
| Crouching hooded gods of word and number |
| Accept her bent-backed homage as their due |
| The buckets steam like incense coils |
| Around the endless floor she toils |
| Cleaning the same white sweep each day anew |
| Glistening sheen of new-washed floors is fading |
| There where office clocks are marking time |
| Night’s black tide has ebbed away |
| By cliffs of glass awash with day |
| She hurries from her labours still unseen |
| He who lies besides her does not see her |
| Nor does the child who once lay at her breast |
| The shroud of self-denial covers |
| Eager girl and tender lover |
| Only the faded servant now is left |
| How could it be that no one saw her drowning? |
| How did we come to be so unaware? |
| At what point did she cease to be her? |
| When did we cease to look and see her? |
| How is it no one knew that she was there? |