Torch (Extended Version)

By Soft Cell

Released on June 21, 1982

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[Marc]

I'm lost again and I'm on the run

Looking for love in a sad song

With your avenger eyes and your catlike ways

I can hold you

You are a fool for me to be cruel

I'm leaning on this bar listening to you sing

And your sad song rings in my ears and I start to cry


[Chorus]

He's searching

She's showing

See him held in a deep, deep spell

He knows she's glowing

I can find within my mind a way to go

I can look deep into your light and shout

Hold me

Hold me

Hold me

Hold me

Hold me

I hear the saxophone and it tears my soul

And we're feeling old, feeling so cold

She is the torch and she is the theme

She could be a dream but - oh boy - is she real

Try to avoid her eyes, to avoid her words

They will hit you with all that you feel


[Chorus]

He's searching

She's showing

See him held in a deep, deep spell

He knows she's glowing

I can find within my mind a way to go

I can look deep into your light and shout

Hold me

Hold me

Hold me

Hold me

Hold me

See her eyes they are bright tonight

See the stars coming out tonight

See the moon looking down tonight

See how they light your way tonight

See my eyes they are bright tonight

See my hands reaching out tonight

Hear my words they are dynamite

See how they light your way tonight


[Dialog Between Marc & Cindy]

Marc: When I first met you, you looked a lot like Billie Holiday, that nude backless dress, the one with the sequins and the single white gardenia

Cindy: I was probably drunk, I had no make up on

Marc: Oh, but you had such style

Cindy: Oh really?

Marc: And those words you sang, and it was my life story

Cindy: It was mine too

Marc: I remember I drank too much and made a fool of myself

Cindy: You looked okay to me but, when you get like me then you know you're in trouble

Marc: I went to grab you and kiss you, but I thought you'd hit me

Cindy: Too bright baby


[Marc]

But those words just kept Calling

Calling, Calling, Calling


[Cindy]

You´re lost again and you´re on the run

Looking for love in a sad song

With my avenger eyes and my catlike ways I can hold you

You are a fool for me to be cruel


[Chorus][Marc]

He's searching

She's showing

See him held in a deep, deep spell

He knows she's glowing

I can find within my mind a way to go

I can look deep into your light and shout

Hold me

Hold me

Hold me

Hold me

Hold me

See her eyes they are bright tonight

See the stars coming out tonight

See the moon looking down tonight

See how they light your way tonight


[Cindy]

See my eyes they are bright tonight

See my hands reaching out tonight

Hear my words they are dynamite

See how they light your way tonight


[Marc & Cindy]

See her eyes they are bright tonight

See the stars coming out tonight

See the moon looking down tonight

See how they light your way tonight

See her eyes they are bright tonight

See the stars coming out tonight

See the moon looking down tonight

See how they light your way tonight


[Marc]

See her eyes they are bright tonight

See the stars coming out tonight

See the moon looking down tonight

See how they light your way tonight