Stranger Still Peter Hammill

Stranger still in another town, How normal to sit out the dance, Eating the good meal by myself, Toasting the empty glass; And they're already setting out The next place, Already forgetting about the last

The Spirit (2006 Digital Remaster) Peter Hammill

Such distance to the tips of the fingers, the ganglion loom jerks inside; the body grows steadily stranger but the spirit won't be denied.

The Spirit Peter Hammill

Such distance to the tips of the fingers, The ganglion loom jerks inside; The body grows steadily stranger But the spirit won't be denied.

Ophelia Peter Hammill

You heard a noise in the firegrate, You look to see who goes there - It's just the stranger, he's come too late And even he's unprepared To find the cupboard so bare And it's strange...

I Once Wrote Some Poems Peter Hammill

And now I feel like dying, and if the water were still here, it would hold me close. I once wrote a poem while walking on gravestones, as cobbles, rain and tear lashed down my face....

Just Good Friends Peter Hammill

Oh, how sordid this has become as the means approach the end – oh, how long can we pretend that we're still good friends? I gave you my devotion, hiding nothing up my sleeve.

Breakthrough Peter Hammill

We could talk about it right now, And it would come as a shock To feel the fingernail grow on the trigger finger - Still the visitors clock us Waiting for the breakthrough, Waiting for the breakthrough

After The Show Peter Hammill

He's been so many people, he wore them all like poisoned vests, still playing the soliloquy from Hamlet close to his chest. Where do the actors go after the show? Where do the actors go?

Not For Keith Peter Hammill

I never did say, I never quite found time – he taught me a lot, and I carry it still. I never thanked him at all for his friendship and now I never will.

Porton Down Peter Hammill

They got bacteria to drop us where we stand, They got diseases still unknown to man, They got the virus and a microgram's enough To do in a continent.

Golden Promises Peter Hammill

Besieged in the battlements of Babylon, Still looking for the hat-peg to hang your head upon - Now you've found a place you think is Avalon: You can talk to anyone here.

Golden Promises (2006 Digital Remaster) Peter Hammill

Besieged in the battlements of Babylon, still looking for the hat-peg to hang your head upon - now you've found a place you think is Avalon: you can talk to anyone here.

Central Hotel Peter Hammill

I can't help it, I can't help it If I still am what I was; I can't help it, I can't help it, Can't stop the therefore because I can't help it.

Shell Peter Hammill

The characters procrastinate on the threshold of the door; there's something here that fascinates, though the meaning's still unsure and the plot so thick. Is it some kind of history?

Wilhelmina Peter Hammill

Meanwhile you're still a baby; you'll be a lady Soon enough and then you will feel the burn. So hold my words : people all turn to children, Spiteful children, and they're really so cruel...

Lost And Found Peter Hammill

And she's friendly like it's a service but she's ringing round his head though he knows she has no further use for him still he feels like he's raised from the dead.

Losing Faith In Words Peter Hammill

I just can't see why you can't see what I mean,but I can't make things any plainer, the words get in the way -is that quite what I mean?If not now, then certainly sooner or laterwe've got a problem...

Jargon King Peter Hammill

He prescribes the subjectHe proscribes outsidersHis terms have a golden ring.He wants to find some orderQuantifying chaosIn words that all the children sing.He tabulates the lexiconVocabulary minim...

Fogwalking Peter Hammill

Everything clumsy slow-motion,I look for the source.Buildings loom up like icebergsOn collision course.I don't want to go in there,I just want to be alone,Unpick the stitches of timeIn LondonIn the...

Imperial Zeppelin Peter Hammill

Pack your bags, we're leavingearth, where hate is seething;nothing's worth believing....There's no time, make up your mind!Imperial Zeppelin....Quick, the engines are turning,cabin lights are burni...

Candle Peter Hammill

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Happy Peter Hammill

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Solitude Peter Hammill

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Vision Peter Hammill

I have a vision of you, locked inside my head;it creeps upon my mind, and warms me in my bed...A vision shimering, shiftingmoving in false firelight;a vision of a vision,protecting me from fear at ...

Re-Awakening Peter Hammill

If you catch me running along by the sea, with bare feet inthe sand, then you'll know I am dreaming my life out in a wayyou won't understand.I'm slipping right out of your mind, this I know, and I ...

Sunshine Peter Hammill

Oh, suddenly things begin to come clear in my mindas I look into the land laid bare by your eyes;E-S/M attractions are working behind my thought,I can't help my feelings, the way that my emotionsar...

Child Peter Hammill

freeze me with their touch; unknowing, knowing so much, my mind cries out and I'm like a child when the light's out With a child's fear of the dark ------------- Lyrics Powered by LyricFind Written By PETER

Summer Song (In The Autumn) Peter Hammill

And tomorrow you'll be in yesterday's news: someone who you loved has left you ------------- Lyrics Powered by LyricFind Written By PETER HAMMILL Lyrics © WINDSWEPT HOLDINGS LLC, CARLIN AMERICA INC,

Viking Peter Hammill

Five years we roam; now we're going home ------------- Lyrics Powered by LyricFind Written By PETER HAMMILL Lyrics © WINDSWEPT HOLDINGS LLC, CARLIN AMERICA INC, R & M MUSIC PRODUCTIONS INC

The Birds Peter Hammill

In a moment of weakness I embodied the sicknessAnd when everyone winds me up I just can't wind downAnd the April rain soaks my jokes to a pulpThe sun makes my eyes burnAnd it must be my turnTo fly ...

Ferret And Featherbird Peter Hammill

Time has come between us:In the passing months I've felt you slip awayAs your words and mine came like nursery rhymesTill there was nothing left to say.Distance came between us long ago,As our memo...

Tapeworm Peter Hammill

When I was a child they made me readWord-daggers of quiver and squirmNow in the stumbling dark I see I amA worm silently fruiting your gardenMy sister my child night casts ominousMeanings on the pu...

Again Peter Hammill

I stretch my handsClutch vacant laughterIn silence and sweet, sweet painWithout demandBut with a longingFor what will never come againI smell your perfumeOn the sheets in the morningIt linger like ...

The Comet, The Course, The Tail Peter Hammill

They say we are endowed with Free Will - at least that justifies our need for indecision.But between our insticts and the lust to killwe bow our heads in submission.They say that no man is an islan...

The Institute Of Mental Health, Burning Peter Hammill

It was the first day of July;no wind breathed in the skywhen a pin-striped suitsaw that the Institute of Mental Health was burning.He stood upon the cornerwhere the sun was warmer...looking across ...

Open Your Eyes Peter Hammill

I was sitting in the dance-hall,but my mind was far awayso when the usherette walked overI didn't know quite what to say.I tried to look coolbut I knew that I blew it somehow.Her fishnet tights too...

Nobody's Business Peter Hammill

Look out through your dark hair,tell me the colour of your eyes when they're cool;look out through the dark agesand tell me what's covert, transfixing you.Oh, you're nobody's business,oh, you're no...

Been Alone So Long Peter Hammill

Been alone so longthat I've forgotten what it's liketo feel somebody next to meand hear her breathing peacefullywhen I wake up at night.Been alone so longthat I've forgotten what to say -if I meet ...

Pompeii Peter Hammill

The golden dream, the seat of all decorum,a satellite to match the light of Rome;its silver children chatter in the Forum,the bath-house, and the brothels, and their homesabout the latest fashions ...

Shingle Song Peter Hammill

You can see in the 1st light that's graced as dawnThat there's nothing in my heart but painAs I stand, facing sea, knowing that you're goneAll the elements rage to explainThat I should really be on...

Airport Peter Hammill

I stand on the tallest buildingand stare down at the grey runwayand the tail-smoke of the Boeing jetthat's taking you so far away.Believe me, I don't want you to leave me;look in my eyes and you'll...

People You Were Going To Peter Hammill

Your father has just left your mother,Gone off to live with his latest lover:She sits there, just staring.So you get back to your own flatBecause the atmosphere in thereIs so bad you can't bear it....

Birthday Special Peter Hammill

I've got something to say,and it ain't the usual sort of sob-storythat you hear every day.I've got something to ask,and I know that now's the time,now all the rooms of the party are dark.Proffer me...

Two Or Three Spectres Peter Hammill

spoken by Hugh Banton: "Oh, why didn't you say, more Stevie Wonder?""Sod the music," said the man in the suit,"I understand profit and without that, it's no use.Why don't you go away and write comm...

Losing Faith In Words (2006 Digital Remaster) Peter Hammill

I just can't see why you can't see what I mean, but I can't make things any plainer, the words get in the way - is that quite what I mean? If not now, then certainly sooner or later we've got a...

Fogwalking (2006 Digital Remaster) Peter Hammill

Everything clumsy slow-motion, I look for the source. Buildings loom up like icebergs on collision course. I don't want to go in there, I just want to be alone, unpick the stitches of time i...

Nadir's Big Chance Peter Hammill

I've been hanging around, waiting for my chanceto tell you what I think about the music that's gone downto which you madly danced – frankly, you know that it stinks.I'm gonna scream, gonna shout, g...

A Perfect Date Peter Hammill

A perfect date to hesitate,I hope it won't be too long.You're a sucker for the punchand the telegraph bells are ringing;now it's coming to the crunchas you stumble on the Jaffa Gate.I think you kno...

Crying Wolf Peter Hammill

You turn out the lights and sit alone,Trying to pretend that it's anguish,Start at the ring of a telephone,Throw down all your food at the banquet,Keep a close eye on all you own,While leaving it a...

My Experience Peter Hammill

It was nothing, it came from nowhere at all, it was a casual remark,Not a curtain-call.Late for breakfast - black coffee, brandy-laced...That look on your face.I'll remember last night; I'll look o...