Not For Keith Peter Hammill

Tears and wakes weren't his style: not him, not for Keith.

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

Now the force omnipotent itself is destroyed and for lack of itself it wanes away.... How long will you be gone?

Sitting Targets Peter Hammill

Sitting targets in the car I'll be thinking about it; Not so far, no so far to drive. Ooh, this time we made our getaway, We'd been stalling for too long.

Wilhelmina Peter Hammill

Willie, try to stay a child sometime, for as long As you feel you can learn. Babies all turn to People, and people can really be strange : they Change and, changing, bring pain.

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.

Energy Vampires Peter Hammill

Uh-oh, here they come, ready for their meal: Energy Vampires, crawling out of the wall, they want to steal my vitality, they want to drink it all.

Again Peter Hammill

I stretch my hands Clutch vacant laughter In silence and sweet, sweet pain Without demand But with a longing For what will never come again I smell your perfume On the sheets in the morning It linger like

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 homes about the latest fashions for

Two Or Three Spectres Peter Hammill

Signs up the product at two percent, justified by vinyl shortage and the increased rent on the yacht he has to hire to make his pitch at Midem and all the press receptions for his business friends who

Open Your Eyes Peter Hammill

And the usherette smiles, but she's not telling all she knows.... But there's time in the end for us all to get wise if we only open our eyes.

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 kill we bow our heads in submission.

If I Could Peter Hammill

That you wouldn't know was fake I know, I just want to be with you There's no show that I can make And in the morning when I wake and find you dressing Well, I know that it's on your mind to go for

Breakthrough Peter Hammill

There'll be no break-time for them unless They talk about tomorrow As though it's already on its way. Amen, oh yes, they're Waiting for the breakthrough in time.

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.

The Spirit (2006 Digital Remaster) Peter Hammill

And they call that living a normal live, but normality's not standardised. Though the body gets ever more root-bound the spirit won't be denied Yes, the spirit survives.

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.

The Spirit Peter Hammill

And they call that living a normal live, But normality's not standardized.

Faith Peter Hammill

Seeing's believing and I believe in you I can't conceal it, just what I feel for you. Seeing's believing, I know that you'll see me through.

Shingle Song Peter Hammill

I look to my side, but you're not there And I can't get you out of my mind, No, no, no, no, I just can't get you from my mind

Birthday Special Peter Hammill

Proffer me the candy, yes, I understand is fine; blow another candle out and throw another line… Birthday girl, I've got something for you, there's ice in the cauldron, look out now; birthday girl, here

A Perfect Date Peter Hammill

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.

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.

I Once Wrote Some Poems Peter Hammill

I never wrote poems when I bit my knuckles and Death started slipping into my mouth... but that was really a long time ago, and I'm not writing poems now.

Nobody's Business Peter Hammill

I think back to the girl that I knew - she doesn't seem so very much like you: she used to care about her smile and not her face... that's before it was her fortune and took over her soul's place.

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?

The Birds Peter Hammill

don't mind the rain 'Cause I was born on an aeroplane Balloon ride over landslides It's April, I'm 18 And flying with the birds in a dream Make an electric connection as lightning strikes Angels' wings not

Dropping The Torch Peter Hammill

Our prison walls are slowly built, stone by stone and day by day; no provision for escape, entombed alive in safety and decay. Time sets around us in killing frames, black border round our names.

Stranger Still Peter Hammill

No, I know how to behave In the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands; If I've become a man of the world somehow That's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man.

Losing Faith In Words Peter Hammill

If not now, then certainly sooner or later we've got a problem with communication - look, I scrabble with my hands I try to get some head-room from the elevation but you just don't understand Most of the

Losing Faith In Words (2006 Digital Remaster) Peter Hammill

If not now, then certainly sooner or later we've got a problem with communication - look, I scrabble with my hands I try to get some head-room from the elevation but you just don't understand

People You Were Going To Peter Hammill

That is the way that I feel now On finding that your love belongs To someone else and not I.

Viking Peter Hammill

Looking for constellations above the horizon, West wind cutting sharper than our blades; smiling forever into an endless sunrise, we're flying on the waves.

Fogwalking Peter Hammill

Everything clumsy slow-motion, I look for the source. Buildings loom up like icebergs On collision course.

Vision Peter Hammill

Let me live in your life, for you make it all seem to matter; Let me die in your arms, so the vision may never shatter... The seasons roll on; my love stays strong.

Re-Awakening Peter Hammill

I'm slipping right out of your mind, this I know, and I accept the fact lazily, for I must go into the next field, where grass is green and I'll find peace. Let me sleep! Let me dream! Let me be!

Fogwalking (2006 Digital Remaster) Peter Hammill

Everything clumsy slow-motion, I look for the source. Buildings loom up like icebergs on collision course.

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.

After The Show Peter Hammill

When he's drinking in the cafe on the corner there's no sense of time, just waiting on for Godot, convinced he's been here years before... he's taken that philosophy in German square on the jaw.

Sign Peter Hammill

You came here looking for something But this wasn't it, quite. Hey, take a Polaroid, exit, And well you might. Sign the picture, get out of the frame; Sign the picture, and throw it away.

Sunshine Peter Hammill

Refrain I'd like to run on the clouds of my liberty, but for you I'd get hooked and float six inches mud-free.

Child Peter Hammill

So cast your thoughts upon me, wherever you are, that I may feel you close beside me and hold your hand, for you to guide me through all these catacombs which freeze me with their touch; unknowing, knowing

Summer Song (In The Autumn) Peter Hammill

Summer song in the autumn, for you didn't catch the colour of the falling leaves. So many words have been spoken which you didn't understand and so couldn't believe.

Autumn Peter Hammill

Now we're left with an empty home, From our nest all the birds have flown for foreign skies.

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...

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...

Happy Peter Hammill

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Solitude Peter Hammill

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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...