Ten Minutes After Sunset

Once again I find myself at home
Alone in the dark empty flat
Ten thousand miles from the real world
Ten minutes after sunset

Once again I move my tired eyes
To the screen of my TV set
Ten thousand tonns of same old lies
Ten minutes after sunset

The war goes on in the Middle East
For the reasons I'll never get
Ten thousand guns, ten thousand fists
Ten minutes after sunset

And it's party time in Amsterdam
For the ugly, the good and the bad
Ten thousand trips in one night of fun
Ten minutes after sunset

Sakura blossoms in Japan
Watch the petals fall, it's so sad
Ten thousand cries of shamisen
Ten minutes after sunset

On sunny streets somewhere children play
No darkness in their hearts yet
Ten thousand lifes from those summer days
Ten minutes after sunset

So I sit and I hear my soul tear in half
And remember the things I regret
Ten thousand light years away from myself
Ten minutes after sunset