Written by Angelo Badalamenti and Marianne Faithfull for Jeunet et Caro’s La cité des enfants perdus, and featured prominently in La fille sur le pont.
lyrics
I can't give you all my dreams
Nor the life I live
You and I know what friendship means,
That's all we got to give
Who will take your dreams away
Takes your soul another day
And everyone you've ever loved
You drove them all away
Please, don't stand too close to me,
Can you hear my heart?
Take my warmth and lean on me
Until we have to part
Who will take your dreams away
And who will sing this sad refrain?
And who will love you when I'm gone
And hold you til this tender end?
credits
from Popular Music Plays In Darkness,
released November 20, 2020
Arranged, recorded, performed and produced by Popular Music.
With harp by Katherine Redlus; violins by Haurka Horii and Shasha Chandler; viola by Yvette Holzwarth; percussion by James Waterman.
Strings engineered by Brian Saia. Mastered by Timothy Stollenwerk. Aural counsel by Jherek Bischoff.