the sun lay on the flat of the land without the strength to keep its flame i fixed myself a drink and i went through it all again now this had happened once before i knew you were not joking the bush was burnt for miles and into it the sun was sinking i drove down to the six mile beach i traced the steps that we had made into a dip between two dunes two summers since where we had laid i looked into the sand where we had made our indentation and the movement of our bodies now seemed an act of desperation a bitter star will follow you an empty sky will swallow you the prophecies are proven to be true a bitter star will follow you an empty sky will swallow you this song shall be a curse on you this song shall be a curse on you the words that meant so much before they fell from my mouth like crumbs the sun lay on the flat of the land but i swear it was a colder one a bitter star will follow you an empty sky will swallow you the prophecies are proven to be true a bitter star will follow you an empty sky will swallow you this song shall be a curse on you this song shall be a curse on you