Hanging in the Wire

Unhurried Ghosts in the Wire: PJ Harvey's Poetic Reflection on No Man's Land
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Lyrics

Walker sees the mist rise

Walker observes the mist ascending

Over no man's land

Above an uninhabited area

He sees in front of him

He sees ahead of him

A smashed up waste ground

A damaged and deserted space

There are no fields or trees

There are no cultivated fields or trees

No blades of grass

No blades of grass present

Just unhurried ghosts are there

Only unhurried ghosts linger there

Hanging in the wire

Suspended in the wire


Walker's in the wire

Walker is within the wire

Limbs point upwards

Limbs extending upward

There are no birds singing

No birds are singing

The white cliffs of Dover

Describing the white cliffs of Dover

There are no trees to sing from

No trees available for birds to sing from

Walker cannot hear the wind

Walker is unable to hear the wind

Far off symphony

A distant symphony is inaudible

To hear the guns beginning

To perceive the commencement of gunfire


Walker's in the mist

Walker is surrounded by mist

Rising over no man's land

Rising above an uninhabited area

In the battered waste ground

In the battered and desolate waste ground

Hear guns firing

The sound of guns firing is heard

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