Separate Beds

from One Word Away by Martin Saint

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Quiet and slow disintegration of a couple due to circumstances beyond anyone's control. Resignation and one last gasp for air.

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SEPARATE BEDS

Why must we fight happiness
Like some mortal illness
We’re putting love to rest
In our separate beds
There’s no more fresh love-bites
For us to hide

I’m helplessly drifting
While we’re desperately clinging
I’m scratching my heart red
In my separate bed
We’re light years from the start
Feet away, worlds apart

Is there still time, are we still alive
Is there still time, have we burned our nine lives
Tell me you miss it, tell me you feel it too
Tell me you crave it, please say you do
Tell me you miss us too

No more pictures on the wall
Mute smiles say it all
Spring is in full bloom
While home clears room by room
I wave the white flag away
We’re better friends by the day

Is there still time, are we still alive
Is there still time, have we burned our nine lives
Tell me you miss it, tell me you feel it too
Tell me you crave it, please say you do
Tell me you miss us too

When my darkest hour
Surrendered to your softest light
When the quiet night
Led us to the loudest thunder
Take me there over and over again
Like only you can, like only you can

Is there still time, are we still alive
Is there still time, have we burned our last life
Tell me you miss it, tell me you feel it too
Tell me you crave it, please say you do
Tell me you miss us too

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from One Word Away, released January 21, 2020
A very special thanks to Ghada Chehade for pushing me to write "Separate Beds"

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Martin Saint Montreal, Québec

Martin Saint is the lead-singer and second guitar player with Montreal's indie-rock quartet The Ember Glows. In the meantime he pursues several other music ventures, including this solo project under his own name.
Echoes of Nick Cave, The Doors, Leonard Cohen and David Bowie infuse his solo output, with special emphasis on lyrics and atmosphere.
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