This song is third on Bauhaus' album ‘The Sky’s Gone Out’ and describes the final moments of an addict’s life. This addiction, supposedly to heroin or morphine, has turned awry, leading to a razor-blade suicide.
[Verse]
In the night, in the chair
He sits there, he sits tight
No more cans, no more crime
See the place, see the time
[Chorus]
Well, you never know
You never know
Well you never know
You never know
[Verse]
He walks light, don't know how
Maybe now, in the night
Oh, I know, yes I know
There's no chat
He's for show
[Chorus]
Well you never know
You never know
You never know, no no no no
You never know, no no no no no no
No no no
[Bridge]
Sees the place and tries to get the time
He's slowly slipping into the slime
Can't inject into his veins
Blood and guff ooze out and stain
Cares not that he really bleeds
Death not hell is what he needs
Sees the place, checks the time
Some other place, some other time
You never know
Slipping up and down his writing side
His eyes begin to ponder pride
Subjective pics of misled youth
Before him lies the dreadful truth
Undignified, insignified
His wrist on to the razor slides
You never know
In the Night was written by Peter Murphy & Daniel Ash & David J & Kevin Haskins.
In the Night was produced by Bauhaus.
Bauhaus released In the Night on Tue Oct 19 1982.