Afterlife
from Smoke Up Close by Colin Vearncombe
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i came as soon as i could
didn’t know when but i knew that you would
you weren’t born in disguise
i’ll only go if i must
got an itch can’t wish it away
pick me up like a Warratah wave
it’s not the fear when i stop
but what i’m making it mean
i won’t wait
i do what i have to do to make it right
why be him
be anyone but yourself and die inside
in an afterlife
who am i when i look at your face
who are you when i look in your eyes
only seeing myself
what i’m making it mean?
it’s there in every face:
who am i, how long have i got?
do you think about me like i think about you?
i won’t wait
i do what i have to do to make it right
why be him
be anyone but yourself and die inside
in an afterlife
didn’t know when but i knew that you would
you weren’t born in disguise
i’ll only go if i must
got an itch can’t wish it away
pick me up like a Warratah wave
it’s not the fear when i stop
but what i’m making it mean
i won’t wait
i do what i have to do to make it right
why be him
be anyone but yourself and die inside
in an afterlife
who am i when i look at your face
who are you when i look in your eyes
only seeing myself
what i’m making it mean?
it’s there in every face:
who am i, how long have i got?
do you think about me like i think about you?
i won’t wait
i do what i have to do to make it right
why be him
be anyone but yourself and die inside
in an afterlife
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from Smoke Up Close,
released November 1, 2002
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Black
Colin Vearncombe, otherwise known as Black, was born in Liverpool on 26 May 1962.
He had three top-
ten records across Europe and sold over two million albums before leaving the mainstream and going independent. He released a string of albums as Black and under his own name on his own label; Nero Schwarz.
He died in a motor accident in January 2016. His legacy lives on in the Love, Colin project.
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