Chemical World Lyrics

(Hammill) Existence is a stage on which we pass, A sleepwalk trick for mind and heart: It's hopeless, I know, But onward I must go And try to make a start At seeing something more...Read Full Lyrics

(Hammill) He's a blind man, crouching by the pavement, Only seeing with his third eye, And clutching at the astral shadow Of every passer-by. He's a wise man, trumping all the an...Read Full Lyrics

(Hammill) Day dawns dark, it now numbers infinity. Life crawls from the past, watching in wonder I trace it's patterns in me. Tomorrow's tomorrow is birth again. Boats burn the br...Read Full Lyrics

A charmed circle on the dance floor, a spell-binding display... it's rather more than he bargained for, Snow White or Morgan le Fay. "Drop dead", she said. Hey, big man, l...Read Full Lyrics

By this we are all sustained: a belief in human nature And in justice and parity... All we have is the faith to carry on. Imperceptible the change as our votes become mere gesture...Read Full Lyrics

Sunday night, twelve weeks before winter, the world is in a smoky haze. Suddenly there appears a rider in the East, brandishing flame. He rides on into the wintry darkness, and br...Read Full Lyrics

The city's spread beneath my feet, But not the one that I was after While I've been pounding out this beat The length of the Kudamm. Street legends on the tourist map, A fading scr...Read Full Lyrics

All that we see illusory Every assumption based on blind faith alone... On with the motley, bring it home! Everything's formed from particles, All that you see is a construct...Read Full Lyrics

(Vanblow) I wish that you would set me free forever But the rings on my arms are too deeply burned........Read Full Lyrics

(Hammill, Part ii: Vanblow) I never thought it could come to this, As you sit there crying, Hanging on with your fingertips To something that's already dead. Now we're into a game...Read Full Lyrics