Low La

[Verse] Through a stone arch In an alley of wet bricks Past a curtain of cigarette smoke Up a staircase of 12 creaks [Verse 2] To the sound of violins And the smell of rum and rosemary Comes a crowd of purple strangers To be sad together [Chorus] Low la Low la Low la Low la [Verse 3] To a room with no ceiling Full of questions with no answers With the lights on but nobody home They laugh at how little they know [Verse 4] Then a figure in a red dress Steps into the light And she sings of death and lovers And they're silent for the first time [Chorus] Low la Low la Low la Low la