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Brain Damage Lyrics by Tom Stoppard

Darkside

2013

Little by little the night turns around
Counting the leaves which tremble at dawn
Lotuses lean on each other in yearning
Under the eaves the swallow is resting1
Set the controls for the heart of the Sun

Over the mountain watching the watcher
Breaking the darkness waking the grapevine
Knowledge of love is knowledge of shadow
Love is the shadow that ripens the wine
Set the controls for the heart of the Sun

The heart of the Sun
The heart of the Sun
The heart of the Sun
The heart of the Sun
The heart of the Sun
The heart of the Sun
The heart of the Sun
The heart of the Sun
The heart of the Sun
The heart of the Sun
The heart of the Sun
The heart of the Sun

Witness the man who raves at the wall
Making the shape of his question to Heaven
Whether the sun will fall in the evening
Will he remember the lesson of giving?
Set the controls for the heart of the Sun

The heart of the Sun
The heart of the Sun
The heart of the Sun
The heart of the Sun
The heart of the Sun
The heart of the Sun
The heart of the Sun
The heart of the Sun
The heart of the Sun
The heart of the Sun
The heart of the Sun
The heart of the Sun
The heart of the Sun
The heart of the Sun

About “Brain Damage” by Tom Stoppard

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"Brain Damage" is credited to Tom Stoppard. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"Brain Damage" appears on "Darkside " in 2013.

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