People You Were Going To Peter Hammill

So you get back to your own flat Because the atmosphere in there Is so bad you can't bear it. And the people you were going to America with Just left on the dawn plane Without you, Without you.

The Institute Of Mental Health, Burning Peter Hammill

Flames were roaring, singing like a thunderstorm; smoke was pouring straight up to the sky; windows smashing, Gothic doors and lintels fall; timbers crashing and we both know why.

Wilhelmina Peter Hammill

Willie, what can I say to you to hold true in Your changing life? You've come into a cruel World : little girls can lose their way in the Growing night -- I hope you'll be alright.

If I Could Peter Hammill

Oh, you must be crazy to stay here And I'll be crazy when you go Though there's so much I want to tell you All the words come out too slow I've been locked in my problems You seemed prepared to

Sitting Targets Peter Hammill

No you never can tell when it's coming; It's so hard getting out of the way; To be sitting targets is surely No better than running away...

Lost And Found Peter Hammill

No more imagined insults and no more bloated pride - I'll see you at the wedding, I'll see you on the other side and I'll hold my peace forever but I'll hold my passion more...

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.

Sign Peter Hammill

Wrong drink to order. Suspicion grows, Wrong situation... Oh, no-one knows where you've gone to In the pagan night And the neon reflections Spread cadmium white.

Energy Vampires Peter Hammill

Hunched in the corner of the dressing-room, trying to get back to the real...

You Hit Me Where I Live Peter Hammill

There was something in the conversation, ancient languages were breaking through; I was falling for infatuation – how about you?

After The Show Peter Hammill

He made a bit of money, that's something you might like to know... He'll be drinking in the cafe on the corner after the show.

Again Peter Hammill

Which is gone and will never come again To your sad eyes Turned away, mine say 'Do you? Did you? How?'

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?

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?

Viking Peter Hammill

Looking out forward over the prow of our long ship, pulling our oars and listening to the foam; helmets and sheepskins salt-damp in the sea-mist: We're going home.

Porton Down Peter Hammill

Quite right to be worried about the proliferation Of nuclear bombs and power stations, But there's a deterrent that's going to Unearth us yet...

Airport Peter Hammill

Believe me, I don't want you to leave me; look in my eyes and you'll see them filled with pain. Imagine just how sad I'll be in some future day when I turn and no longer see your face.

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

My Experience Peter Hammill

I'll remember last night; I'll look out for the signs; You were caught in the light Ref. Time after time It's been my experience that when the row gets serious A certain silence will fall...

Central Hotel Peter Hammill

I found myself lying on the balcony, Stripling terror, naked to the bone; The secret asteroid jungle nearly done for me - I saw it all just a moment ago.

Candle Peter Hammill

Look at the candle, as it's life is bought, as the wick just rolls of and dies; look at the wax-drops as they cease from their goal and the game they were playing loses its joy and the youth which they

I Once Wrote Some Poems Peter Hammill

I once wrote some poems of stillness and silence, standing by rivers of reflected light: my thoughts were on being loved and yet unloved, too - I surrendered to the warmth of the night.

Two Or Three Spectres Peter Hammill

Why don't you go away and write commercial songs; come back in three years, that shouldn't be too long…" He's a joker and an acrobat, a record exec. in a Mayfair flat with Altec speakers wall to wall,

Solitude Peter Hammill

steadily upwards.Birds sing ceaselessly around me,and the blue of the sky surrounds me strangely.Out here, life is at its essence,and watches the world with innocent eyes;far from grime, far from rushing people

Autumn Peter Hammill

It all seems very strange to me. I don't understand their ways: Our children amaze me all the time And I often wonder why they make me feel So sad and suddenly old.

A Perfect Date Peter Hammill

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

Happy Peter Hammill

...I forget, all I know is you looked happy. We walked around and talked a while; In your smile I found that I was happy. I want to tell you; it seems a thing to do; I want to show I truly care.

Sunshine Peter Hammill

I'm ready to be led. Good morning, sunshine! You know how sad it makes me to see you unhappy so smile, spread sunshine all around....

Sleep Now Peter Hammill

Sleep now: another day in your young lives is done, go to sleep now. Tomorrow brave new worlds will surely come, and trouble deep; you're such a wonder, such a mystery to me.

Ophelia Peter Hammill

That token drag on your cigarette, That well-known face in the fire, It could be someone you can't forget, Someone you've learnt to admire.

Birthday Special Peter Hammill

I've got something to say, and it ain't the usual sort of sob-story that 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.

Just Good Friends Peter Hammill

I gave you my devotion, hiding nothing up my sleeve. If I walked clean out of your life would you even notice me leave? So much tangled-up emotion, should I stay or should I go?

Skin Peter Hammill

Under the skin you search for paradise, under the skin some kind of parasite remains concealed. Under the skin a true identity, a memory will soon be revealed, under the skin.

Ferret And Featherbird Peter Hammill

Time has come between us: In the passing months I've felt you slip away As your words and mine came like nursery rhymes Till there was nothing left to say.

Child Peter Hammill

I don't know quite what's happening and my eyes don't see too clear; all I know is I need you here, if only to shield me from the mood of the world and hold me and say it doesn't matter.... but I'm like

Nadir's Big Chance Peter Hammill

I've been hanging around, waiting for my chance to tell you what I think about the music that's gone down to which you madly danced – frankly, you know that it stinks.

Been Alone So Long Peter Hammill

Been alone so long that I've forgotten what it's like to feel somebody next to me and hear her breathing peacefully when I wake up at night.

Shingle Song Peter Hammill

You can see in the 1st light that's graced as dawn That there's nothing in my heart but pain As I stand, facing sea, knowing that you're gone All the elements rage to explain That I should really be on

Re-Awakening Peter Hammill

If you catch me running along by the sea, with bare feet in the sand, then you'll know I am dreaming my life out in a way you won't understand.

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 ages and tell me what's covert, transfixing you.

Shell Peter Hammill

Turn a card, turn a page, the action sure to start, second-stage reaction to illogical thoughts on random lines – in a Borges dream we move toward the writing of lives.

Vision Peter Hammill

I have a vision of you, locked inside my head; it creeps upon my mind, and warms me in my bed...

The Birds Peter Hammill

In a moment of weakness I embodied the sickness And when everyone winds me up I just can't wind down And the April rain soaks my jokes to a pulp The sun makes my eyes burn And it must be my turn To fly

Tapeworm Peter Hammill

quiver and squirm Now in the stumbling dark I see I am A worm silently fruiting your garden My sister my child night casts ominous Meanings on the purity of my soul I feel devilish leanings I'm beginning To

Open Your Eyes Peter Hammill

I was sitting in the dance-hall, but my mind was far away so when the usherette walked over I didn't know quite what to say. I tried to look cool but I knew that I blew it somehow.

Summer Song (In The Autumn) Peter Hammill

And the song that you're humming is yesterday's tune - Someone who you love is leaving you.

Faith Peter Hammill

Each moment is precious those that I spend with you are a prize – I count myself lucky just being alive while you're in my eyes.

The Comet, The Course, The Tail Peter Hammill

But between our insticts and the lust to kill we bow our heads in submission.

Fogwalking Peter Hammill

I don't want to go in there, I just want to be alone, Unpick the stitches of time In London In the no-go zone.