Porton Down Peter Hammill

Won't hear a sound at Porton Down, The clear liquids keep their silence, Buried underground at Porton Down The fast form of the final violence.

Ophelia Peter Hammill

And it's strange How the feeling goes; All change - Down the river Ophelia goes.

Jargon King Peter Hammill

He tabulates the lexicon Vocabulary minimised Bow down to the Jargon King.

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.

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

Faith Peter Hammill

Don't let me down, now that I've fallen completely for you.

Imperial Zeppelin Peter Hammill

Down below they'll see and know all about Imperial Zeppelin! Imperial Zeppelin! Imperial Zeppelin

I Once Wrote Some Poems Peter Hammill

I once wrote a poem while walking on gravestones, as cobbles, rain and tear lashed down my face.... I then felt my whole world was fading as memories jostled and fell into place.

Sunshine Peter Hammill

Your blonde/brown hair hangs down on you, how I wish that it hung on me, there's something in your allure, that makes me know I'll never again be free.

Dropping The Torch Peter Hammill

We play games and every move is noted down as a subsequent cause and effectively chains our freedom and will to live; we settle in to simple survival, hanging on our pleasures grimly... we must never let

Stranger Still Peter Hammill

No danger in a normal life, Better steady down the adrenalin pump. Excess refraction in the mirror Only leads to the quantum jump Oh, but it leaves me in limbo; How strange, what a stranger I become.

Skin Peter Hammill

There's a shiver down the spine of the body map... how come everything gets so physical?

Golden Promises Peter Hammill

If you choose to throw your soul around the attitude Reasoning and independent thought go down the tube As you go slavening after every inane platitude - How weak you find yourself here.

Golden Promises (2006 Digital Remaster) Peter Hammill

If you choose to throw your soul around the attitude reasoning and independent thought go down the tube as you go slavening after every inane platitude - how weak you find yourself here.

Tapeworm Peter Hammill

day cut through the Hidden knot Feed me honey and watch me rise to the Bait lying on the knife if you let me I Can hypnotize your life it's all really So simple my lover my twin hand in hand Sprinting down

Airport Peter Hammill

I stand on the tallest building and stare down at the grey runway and the tail-smoke of the Boeing jet that's taking you so far away.

Lost And Found Peter Hammill

I'll be holding the door and waiting for the princess - I could say I'm waiting for the world but when it comes right down to it I'm simply waiting for the girl.

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

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...

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...

The Spirit Peter Hammill

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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 ...

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

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...

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...

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...

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. That sharp halogen flash jars the eyeball, the limbs ...

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...

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...

Breakthrough Peter Hammill

The visitors find the children gone from school:Aged relations sling their guns across the desks...There'll be no break-time for them unlessThey talk about tomorrowAs though it's already on its way...

Energy Vampires Peter Hammill

Hunched in the corner of the dressing-room,trying to get back to the real...Uh-oh, here they come, ready for their meal:Energy Vampires, crawling out of the wall,they want to steal my vitality,they...

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.I know I'd better watch outFor the Central Hote...

Shell Peter Hammill

Turn a card, turn a page,the action sure to start,second-stage reactionto illogical thoughts on random lines –in a Borges dream we move towardthe writing of lives.Leave it out, leave it in, no edit...