Being ill makes me ponder things. Not sure why…

Ever since “X” came out in 1990, this song has always bubbled back into my brain over and over.

“The Stairs” by INXS.

In a room above a busy street,
the echoes of a life.
The fragments and the accidents
separated by incidents

Listen to the walls,
we share the same spaces.
Repeated in the corridors
performing the same movements.

Storey to storey,
building to building,
street to street
we pass each other.

Storey to storey,
building to building,
street to street,
we pass each other.

Listen to the walls,
we share the same spaces.
Repeated in the corridors,
performing the same movements.

The nature of your tragedy
is chained around your neck.
Do you lead or are you lead?
Are you sure that you don’t care?

There are reasons here to give your life
and follow in your way.
The passion lives to keep your faith
though all are different, all are great.

Climbing as we fall
we dare to hold on to our fate,
and steal away our destiny
to catch ourselves with quiet grace.

Storey to storey,
building to building,
street to street,
we pass each other on the stairs.

Listen to the walls,
we share the same spaces.
Repeated in the corridors,
performing the same movements.

Storey to storey,
building to building,
street to street,
we pass each other on the stairs.