Joseph's Wall

Verse 1

Down where the river bends to grey

The brickwork sinks beneath the clay

A thousand lanterns fade below

The only light the ones they stow

I hear you whisper through the stone

The tide forgets and moves along

The City sleeps above the dark

And I am just a faithful spark

Chorus

Beneath the tide where the lost ones ride

Joseph's wall keeps the waters wide

Every arch and every breath

Carries the city's filth to death

Verse 2

They carved the channels deep and true

And built them wide for me and you

The reek that rose from every lane

Lies sleeping in a stone domain

I hear the echoes of the men

Who swung their picks again again

The stench of ages turned to song

Stands under ground and stays for long

Chorus

Beneath the tide where the lost ones ride

Joseph's wall keeps the waters wide

Every arch and every breath

Carries the city's filth to death

Bridge

The cholera that walked our streets

The fevers calling on our streets

A man who saw what none could see

And drew the great dark remedy

Chorus

Beneath the tide where the lost ones ride

Joseph's wall keeps the waters wide

Every arch and every breath

Carries the city's filth to death