Remembrance and Gold Hue and Cry

Black cars driving through the drizzle
Look out the window
I see the world washing away
Mum smiles for her own survival
My father's cigarette glows and flakes into the air
Martin's lover overtakes us, his face is painless
He's done more than we'll ever know

So they go
And the coil that they throw off, we're left to unroll
And what's under the carpet is remembrance and gold
Remembrance and gold

Won't you remember?

Cold meat buffet, does it ever change?
Flickered smiles over tightened fingers
And I hear secret conversations
Family perversions, I'm getting violent
But David stands alone and pretty, his foot against the wall
And his face a quiet storm

So they go
And the coil that they throw off, we're left to unroll
And what's under the carpet is remembrance and gold
Remembrance and gold
Remembrance and gold