The Seed Of A Lie

Distal Fracture: Images From A Broken Mind #34

It turns out I was using an inaccurate discography so yesterday's track, from the album Exile, is out of place as there should have been two more singles from Sacrifice before it. Good, because this is my favourite track from Sacrifice. Quite simply epic in its emotional range, from heart aching tenderness and fragility to chilling obsession. One of Numan's greatest vocals ever. Thank you to everyone in my family who helped me take this photograph which, I have to say, is one of my favourite blips; it's pretty spooky that is what I was aiming for. I hope you like it too.

Whoever made the unofficial video for the link below deserves an award; it's truly mesmerising.

The Seed Of A Lie - Gary Numan

I'm a ghost in the dark and I'm yours.
I belong in the past and I'm yours.
Like a song you forget, and I'm yours.
Like a dream in the night, and I'm yours.

The wrong place?
The wrong time?
I don't know.
The wrong face?
Yours or mine?
I don't know.

Like a tear when you sleep, I'll be yours.
Like a scar that won't fade, I'll be yours.
Like a pain in the cold, I'll be yours.
Like a fear in the heart, I'll be yours.

The wrong word when you cry
I will be
Like the seed of a lie
I will be
Like the germ of disease
I will be
Like the last one who cared
I will be

Like your shadow
I will haunt you
Do you remember?
I said to you
'Love is a mountain
But harder to climb.
It should be forever
But love is unkind
To me.
Don't let me down.'

And you let me down.