Echoes in Empty Halls (MG Remaster) Lyrics

Safe in the cosy gloom

The fire sedates and cheers the room

Father, what's the TV say

On the raging news today

It's far away, in other towns

Those people are not us or ours

It's not so close it's far from home

No friend or kin or name I know

So quietly we hide away

Maybe fight another day

Fractured prayers through darkness crawls

Feeding echoes in empty halls

Father, I hear the sounds

Through the window, in the grounds

Close the curtains, turn the key

Turn the light out, hide with me

So quietly we hide away

Maybe fight another day

Fractured prayers through darkness crawls

Feeding echoes in empty halls

Father, you promised it would never be

In my head the liturgy

We'd never see this never feel

But the drumming at the door is real

And then I didn't turn away

So many people spoke today

Just one noise through darkness calls

The voices filling crowded halls