“Numb” is a single taken from Portishead’s award winning debut album *Dummy*, which was released in August 1994 and went on to earn the band a Mercury Music Prize in 1995. “Numb” also features on the band’s debut EP of the same name, and is widely recognised as a fan favourite. It was written by front woman Beth Gibbons, who also sings the song.Highlight lyrics you want to quote as your Facebook status then click the ‘Post’ button.
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I'm ever so lost
I can't find my way
Been searching, but I have never seen
A turning, a turning from deceit
'Cause the child roses like
Try to reveal what I could feel
I can't understand myself anymore
'cause I'm still feeling lonely
Feeling so unholy
'Cause the child roses like
Try to reveal what I could feel
And this loneliness
It just won't leave me alone, oh no
I'm fooling somebody
A faithless path I roam
Deceiving to breathe this secretly
A silence, this silence I can't bear
'Cause the child roses like
Tries to reveal what I could feel
And this loneliness
It just won't leave me alone, oh no
And this loneliness
It just won't leave me alone
A lady of war
A lady of war
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