[00:28.826]When I was 13 I had a sister for 6 months[00:35.931]She arrived one February morning[00:38.491]Pale and shellshocked[00:40.895]From past lives I could not imagine[00:46.119]She was 3 years older than me[00:48.836]But in no time we became friends[00:54.243]We'd listen to her mix tapes:[00:57.665]Dead Can Dance, Felt, This Mortal Coil[01:05.946]She introduced me to her favourite books[01:09.368]Gave me clothes[01:12.451]And my first cigarette[01:17.832]Sometimes[01:20.131]We would head down to Blackbirds Moor[01:23.396]To watch the barges on Grand Union in the twilight[01:30.005]She said, "The water has no memory"[01:39.670]For a few months everything about our lives was perfect[01:44.033]It was only us[01:45.966]We were inseparable[01:56.702]But, gradually[01:59.053]She passed into another distant part of my memory[02:05.688]Until I could no longer remember her face[02:09.397]Her voice, even her name[02:13.525][02:16.111]We've got[02:22.798]We've got a perfect life[02:29.512]We've got[02:36.042]We've got a perfect life[02:42.756]We've got[02:49.391]We've got a perfect life[02:56.078]We've got (we've got)[03:02.766]We've got a perfect life[03:09.479]We've got (we've got)[03:16.114]We've got a perfect life[03:22.802]We've got (we've got)[03:29.411]We've got a perfect life[03:36.176]We've got (we've got)[03:42.733]We've got a perfect life[03:49.394]We've got (we've got)[03:56.134]We've got a perfect life[04:04.049]Writer(s): STEVEN JOHN WILSON Lyrics