Face Of A Stranger-Philip Quast

[ti:Face Of A Stranger] [ar:Philip Quast] [al:Live at the Donmar] [by:] [offset:0] [00:01.00]Face Of A Stranger (Live) - Philip Quast [00:04.00] [00:14.85]I sailed away [00:16.35]From an island [00:17.10] [00:18.24]To an island across [00:20.07]The earth [00:20.55] [00:21.63]And I worked [00:22.65]At adopting their style and their customs [00:25.54]For all I was worth [00:27.12] [00:29.20]And I rose to my present [00:31.23]Position [00:31.82] [00:32.85]And I gained some [00:34.31]Celebrity [00:35.54] [00:36.57]Now I bask in their praise and [00:38.58] [00:39.10]Conditional love [00:39.96] [00:40.78]But who do they see [00:42.96] [00:43.69]The face of a stranger [00:45.41] [00:46.42]Who can't even say who he is anymore [00:49.93] [00:51.28]Face of a stranger [00:53.14] [00:53.93]A mask made for covering [00:55.99]Passions and pain [00:57.27] [00:58.05]But lately I'm wondering what did I gain [01:01.14] [01:01.86]When I see in my mirror [01:03.65]The face of a stranger [01:10.91] [01:16.55]Come home and visit [01:18.07]Your dad boy [01:19.09] [01:19.87]Calls my mum [01:20.97]From across the sea [01:22.42] [01:23.63]He's not young anymore [01:25.44]And he's sad boy [01:26.54]Though he won't admit it [01:28.36]To me [01:29.42] [01:31.07]So I fly myself back to their island [01:34.08] [01:34.88]To the wheat [01:35.96]And the tractor wheels [01:38.03] [01:38.71]And I show them my [01:39.95]Sonnyboy smile and I know [01:42.47]They can tell it conceals [01:45.50]The face of a stranger [01:47.40] [01:48.46]No longer at home in that house [01:51.00]On the hill [01:51.91] [01:53.35]Face of a stranger [01:55.05] [01:55.96]The boy that they raised [01:57.48]There is gone without trace [01:59.45] [02:00.16]And even the family [02:01.58] [02:02.08]He's built in their place [02:03.32] [02:04.24]Regard him with love but [02:05.88]They're loving the face [02:07.21] [02:07.75]Of a stranger [02:11.30] [02:12.12]I [02:13.24]Would be off on my own [02:14.73] [02:15.31]Exploring the earth's empty ends [02:17.98] [02:18.96]Then why am I lonely [02:22.56] [02:23.88]Surrounded by family [02:25.40] [02:26.49]And friends [02:27.48] [02:31.37]They tell you no man [02:33.00]Is an island [02:33.85] [02:34.97]But to me that's not [02:36.17] [02:36.68]How it seems [02:37.41] [02:38.77]I think every man [02:40.42]Is an island [02:41.45]Of secrets [02:42.61]And longings and dreams [02:45.70] [02:46.91]An invisible ocean [02:48.74]Surrounds us [02:49.49] [02:50.75]Those who love us reach just [02:52.34]The shoals [02:53.05] [02:54.39]Is it any surprise it astounds us [02:56.91]How well [02:57.91]We keep playing our roles [03:00.69]With the face of a stranger [03:02.98] [03:04.00]Who peers in bright windows from out [03:06.48]In the dark [03:07.38] [03:08.95]The face of a stranger [03:10.57] [03:11.59]And even the woman I most [03:14.35]Truly love [03:15.13] [03:16.08]She tells me I wear [03:17.65]An emotional glove [03:18.96] [03:19.82]But I laugh it off [03:21.43]With the smiling face of [03:24.59] [03:25.30]A stranger [03:34.33] [03:44.50]Darling [03:45.30]Have you seen [03:46.32]The children [03:46.86] [03:48.97]Yes they're out [03:49.76]Playing pirates at sea [03:51.49] [03:53.45]Ah well let me just pay this last bill then [03:56.44]And we [03:56.97] [03:57.88]Can sit down and have tea