There's an angel at the window
gazing out the glass
captured by her memories
shattered by her past

There's an angel at the window
trapped in the pain of glass
hiding in her crystal dreams
drinking smoke from a tube of glass

Once she had a little girl
blonde hair in a satin dress
named her the queen of angels
lost in her last arrest

Tears keep running down her cheek
can't seem to stop that flow
of the way her life keeps going
or the decisions she has sown.

There's an angel at the window
trapped in the pain of glass
hiding in her crystal dreams
drinking smoke from a tube of glass

There's a shadow at her shoulder
whispers in her ear
making all his promises
of an end to angel tears

But every time she listens
to the promises he makes
she finds she's lost a little more
of the life he always takes.

There's an angel at the window
trapped in the pain of glass
hiding in her crystal dreams
drinking smoke from a tube of glass

Last night was really bad
the kind that makes flesh crawl
saying they've finally found her
screamed, "they're coming through the walls."

She says that she just needs some time
to find her way to go
but all she does is sit and talk
to the faces all alone

There's an angel at the window
gazing out the glass
captured by her memories
shattered by her past

There's an angel at the window
trapped in the pain of glass
hiding in her crystal dreams
drinking smoke from a tube of glass

hiding in her crystal dreams
drinking smoke from a tube of glass

diarmid
copyright 1996