| 歌曲 | Diminished |
| 歌手 | Peter Hammill |
| 专辑 | Thin Air |
| Was it only my imagination | |
| or were we once agreed, in full accord, | |
| that we would meet in time for reconciliation, | |
| for the scratching of old debts | |
| and the settling of old scores? | |
| Once upon a time you think you'll live forever – | |
| only goes to show, in truth, that you | |
| don't even know you're born. | |
| Round and round we trod our drilled, diminished circles, | |
| measured out our days in pleasantries – | |
| what treasures we forswore. | |
| It was only my imagination, | |
| I thought I'd got away with what I'd done before. | |
| I'm unprepared for this investigation. | |
| I'm so scared of what's in store. |
| Was it only my imagination | |
| or were we once agreed, in full accord, | |
| that we would meet in time for reconciliation, | |
| for the scratching of old debts | |
| and the settling of old scores? | |
| Once upon a time you think you' ll live forever | |
| only goes to show, in truth, that you | |
| don' t even know you' re born. | |
| Round and round we trod our drilled, diminished circles, | |
| measured out our days in pleasantries | |
| what treasures we forswore. | |
| It was only my imagination, | |
| I thought I' d got away with what I' d done before. | |
| I' m unprepared for this investigation. | |
| I' m so scared of what' s in store. |