Chain Of Keys Lyrics - The Hope Six Demolition Project - Pj Harvey

Fifteen keys hang on 

Fifteen keys hang on a chain 

The chain is old 

The chain is old and forms a ring 

The ring is in 

The ring is in a woman's hand 

She's walking on 

She's walking on the dusty ground 

The dusty ground's a dead-end track 

The neighbours won't be coming back 

Fifteen gardens overgrown 

Fifteen houses falling down 

The woman's old 

The woman's old and dressed in black 

She keeps her hands 

She keeps her hands behind her back 

Imagine what 

Imagine what her eyes have seen 

We ask if she 

We ask but she won't let us in 

A key so simple and so small 

How can it mean no chance at all? 

A key, a promise, or a wish 

How can it mean such hopelessness