Dead to the World Songtext
von Patti Smith

Dead to the world, my body was sleeping
On my mind was nothing at all
Come a mist, an air so appealing
I′m here a whispering, you summoned, I called

I formed me, a presence whose aspect was changing
Oh, he would shift, he would not shift at all
We sat for a while, he was very engaging
And when he was gone, I was gone on a smile

With a strange way of walking
And then a strange way of breathing
More lives than a cat that led me astray
All in all, he captured my heart
Dead to the world and a-just slipped away

I heard me a music that drew me to dancing
Lo, I turned under his spell
I opened my coat, but he never came closer
I bolted the door and I whispered, "Oh well"


With a strange way of walking
And a strange way of breathing
More lives than a cat that led me astray
All in all, he captured my heart
Dead to the world and just slipped away

I laid in the rushes, the air was upon me
Wondering, well, I just couldn't discern
Will he come back, come back to me?
Oh, I whispered, "Will you ever return?"

I was feeling sensations in no dictionary
He was less than a breath of shimmer and smoke
The life in his fingers, unwound my existence
Dead to the world, alive, I awoke

With a strange way of walking
And a strange way of breathing
Less than a breath of shimmer and smoke
The life in his fingers, unwound my existence
Dead to the world, alive, I awoke


Alive, I awoke
(Alive) alive, I awoke
Alive, I awoke
Alive
I awoke, I awoke, I awoke
(I awoke) alive, alive
Alive, alive, oh
(Alive, alive, alive, alive)
Alive, alive, oh
Alive, alive, oh