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When I was 13 I had a sister for 6 months
She arrived one February morning
Pale and shell shocked, from past lives I could not imagine
She was 3 years older than me
But in no time we became friends
We'd listen to her mix tapes
Dead Can Dance, Felt, This Mortal Coil
She introduced me to her favorite books
Gave me clothes, and my first cigarette
Sometimes, we would head down to Blackbirds Moor
To watch the barges on Grand Union in the twilight
She said, "The water has no memory"
(The water has no memory)
(The water has no memory)
(The water has no memory)
(The water has no memory)
(The water has no memory)
For a few months, everything about our lives was perfect
It was only us, we were inseparable
Later that year my parents separated
And my sister was rehoused with a family in Dollis Hill
For a month, I wanted to die
I missed her every day
But, gradually
She passed into another distant part of my memory
Until I could no longer remember her face
Her voice
Even her name
We have got
We have got the perfect life
We have got
We have got the perfect life
We have got (we have got)
We have got the perfect life
We have got (we have got)
We have got the perfect life
We have got (we have got)
We have got the perfect life
We have got (we have got)
We have got the perfect life
(The water has no memory)
(The water has no memory)
(The water has no memory)
(The water has no memory)
