The Last Straw Lyrics - Marillion

Hotel hobbies padding dawns hollow corridors 

A typewriter cackles out a stream of memories 

Dryin' out a conscience, evictin' a nightmare 

Openin' the doors for the dreams to come home 

We live out lives in private shells 

Ignore our senses and fool ourselves 

To thinkin' that out there there's someone else cares 

Someone to answer all our prayers, all our prayers 

Are we too far gone, are we so irresponsible? 

Have we lost our balls or do we just not care? 

We're terminal cases that keep takin' medicine? 

Pretendin' the end isn't quite that near 

We make futile gestures, act to the cameras 

With our made up faces and PR smiles 

And when the angel comes down, down to deliver us 

We'll find out after all, we're only men of straw 

But everything is still the same 

Passin' the time and passin' the blame 

We carry on in the same old way 

We'll find out we left it too late one day 

To say, what we meant to say 

Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the water 

Those problems seem to arise the ones you never really thought of 

The feeling you get is similar to somethin' like drownin', hey 

Out of your mind, you're out of your depth 

You should have taken soundings 

Clutchin' at straws 

We're clutchin' at straws 

We're clutchin' at straws 

And if you ever come across us, don't give us your sympathy 

You can buy us a drink and just shake our hands 

And you'll recognize by the reflection in our eyes 

That deep down inside, we're all one and the same 

We're clutchin' at straws 

We're still drownin' 

Clutchin' at straws 

We're still drownin', yeah 

Clutchin' at straws, we're clutchin' at straws 

Still drownin', clutchin' at straws 

I'm still drownin' 

We're clutchin' at straws 

I'm still drownin' 

We're clutchin' at straws 

Still drownin' 

We're clutchin' at straws 

Still drownin' 

We're clutchin' at straws 

Still drownin' 

We're clutchin' at straws 

I'm still drownin', drownin' 

Clutchin' at straws 

Still drownin' 

Clutchin' at straws 

Still drownin' 

Clutchin' at straws 

Still drownin' 

Clutchin' at straws 

Still drownin' 

Still, still, still drownin'