Peter Hammill - When language corrodes

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And when language corrodes
all our faculties falter and blur.
Nobody knows how our tongues got so swollen and furred.
What truths are there left to be told
when we re all lost for words?

Inne utwory

  • Stranger still
  • Narcissus
  • People you were going to
  • Ophelia
  • Pompeii
  • The lie
  • Magog
  • Our oyster
  • Still life
  • Material possession
  • A better time
  • Planet Coventry
  • Now more than ever
  • Modern
  • Not the man
  • Tenderness
  • Time to burn
  • Phosphorescence
  • The Jargon King
  • The comet, the course, the tail
  • The birds
  • Crying wolf
  • The gift of fire
  • Sun city nightlife
  • Porton down
  • The mousetrap
  • Power of speech
  • What i did
  • Seven wonders
  • Mediaevil
  • Sleep now
  • Ram origami
  • Losowe utwory

    Headswitch

    What would induce you to swear your allegiance to God, tonight
    joined at the hip to a million volt switch of the light, alright
    you want to find out what the planet s about
    falling from grace leaves a cool empty space in the sky
    your...

    Caught in the rain

    It s a heartbreak that you can t fix up
    It s a last try when you ve lost your luck
    And it s a bad day (it s a bad day)
    Another bad day
    It s a last chance when they ve given up
    It s a bad ride fallen out of love
    And can...

    Take no prisioners

    Tales our parents told, We place in our hearts
    Over our history n our bloody sacrifice past
    Cause we never forget your terror n crimes
    Now this is the place, it s your payback time

    Every new day our faith is growing up
    The evil raging force will take now control
    The calm is gone...

    Forever

    Here I wanna be a stranger
    Drift in and then out just linger
    Slow motion you fall
    Like a blossom
    Way out there on a star
    Nova lazy

    Write it down but
    Don t send the letter
    When it shines it...

    A shameless use of charm

    He was rolling in the rumor
    that he was the loser king for a day
    She was kinda cross-eyed
    She was damaged in a beautiful way
    He was addicted to her body
    When she opened up her legs and her heart
    She was good at all the simple things
    She was addicted to the subtle way...