“I don’t know precisely which day coloured me other”. Usually the best words we can find to explain a song are the ones we chose for it or we might have picked another in the first place. I was told I was a disaster in company. My forward step retreated. It laid me low. I wrote this."
I don't know precisely which day
Coloured me Other
Per chance it may have been a slow bleed
So I cut out whichever shape I need
I don't sue for rescue
I'm as free as I have ever been
Don't want another rock
To hang about my neck
You see bejewelled
I see bedecked
In dead stars
And nothing
Touching me
Nothing touching me
I am glad for open windows
I call for birds that do not come
You beacon dead eyed welcome
Bones bleach off the city
And when I’m done, I’m done, I’m done
Keep eternal for your worry
I don’t want to look upon another word
This heart so lightly thrown
I say "disarm"
I hear "disown"
It sounds familiar
And nothing
Touching me
Nothing touching me
I don’t want another rock
To hang about my neck
You see bejewelled
I see bedecked
In dead stars
I don’t want to look upon another word
This deal so lightly spent
And what says "here"
Means "came and went"
It sounds familiar
Nothing’s touching me
Nothing’s touching me
Other was written by Joe Duddell & Alison Moyet.
Other was produced by Guy Sigsworth.
Alison Moyet released Other on Fri Mar 17 2017.