SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT
©Trev Teasdel 1980 /1986 Coventry / Middlesbrough
Quiet in the town
Darkness creeps around
Silence is a menace
Sleep cannot be found.
Tension in the town
Your heart begins to pound
Feet begin to itch
Toss and turn around
Feel you wanna cry
Burning of the eye
Explosion of the soul
Helplessly you lie
Feel the tension rise
Fear is in your eyes
Seems you want to scream
Then the feeling dies
Chorus
Shortly after midnight, shortly after midnight
Shortly after midnight, shortly after midnight
Stranger in the cold light, standing in the moonlight
There a knocking at the door
A feeling not quite right
That robbed the purse of hope
And left you naked in the night
It crept upon you unawares
Teased and tore you like a cat
‘Til you screamed out inside
“What the hell is that!”
(Chorus)
Shortly after midnight, shortly after midnight
Shortly after midnight, shortly after midnight
Stranger in the cold light, standing in the moonlight
(Bridge)
Emptiness was floodlit by the moon
As it crept through window into the room
Hand in hand with the darkness in the soul
Ushered in by the sound of a silent drum roll – oll etc.
Quiet in the town
Not a single sound
Moon turned out its light
In the darkest deep of night
The wind it made no sound
Sleep could not be found
Darkness did surround
Midnight in the town
Chorus – Shortly after midnight etc.
Featured on my album, Songs From the Coventry Underground, Gnome Label 2007
Final version of Shortly After Midnight 1986
Shortly After Midnight (86) from Trev Teasdel on Vimeo.
First version of Shortly After Midnight 1985
Shortly After Midnight 85 Trev and the Collective Unconcious from Trev Teasdel on Vimeo.