Every Saturday, we’ll be posting a new illustration by David Lester. The Mecca Normal guitarist is visually documenting people, places and events from his band’s 33-year run, with text by vocalist Jean Smith.
Bicycle handle bars scrape across the suburbs
Chrome to iron innocence chips off
You are taking the back stairs
You are taking the back stairs
There are desperate harsh attempts at simplicity
By people who know too much
Complicity
You are taking back stairs
You are taking back stairs
The soft white wax of a candle goes hard
When the flame is blown out
You are taking back stairs
You are taking back stairs
“Taking The Back Stairs” from Water Cuts My Hands (K, 1991) (download):