Cossacks Are Lyrics - Drift - Scott Walker

"A moving aria 

for a vanished 

style of mind 

A noble debut 

tackling vertiginous 

demands 

Has absence ever 

sounded so 

eloquent 

so sad 

I doubt it?" 

With an arm 

across the 

torso 

face on 

the nails 

with an arm 

across the 

torso 

face on 

the pale 

monkey 

nails 

"Touching the 

shattered lives 

it unearths 

A nocturne 

filled with 

glorious ideas 

A chilling 

exploration 

of erotic consumption" 

With an arm 

across the 

torso 

face on 

the nails 

with an arm 

across the 

torso 

face on 

the pale 

monkey 

nails 

Cossacks are 

charging in 

charging into 

fields of 

white roses 

Cossacks are 

charging in 

charging into 

fields of 

white roses 

"That's a nice suit" 

"That's a swanky suit" 

"Been a pope like no other" 

"I'm looking for a good cowboy" 

"A rare outcry makes you lead a larger life" 

"You could easily picture this in the current top ten" 

"Medieval savagery 

Calculated cruelty" 

"It's hard to pick the worst moment" 

Calculated cruelty" 

"It's hard to pick the worst moment" 

With an arm 

across the 

torso 

face on 

the nails 

with an arm 

across the 

torso 

face on 

the pale 

monkey 

nails