歌曲 | Shell |
歌手 | Peter Hammill |
专辑 | Typical [live] |
下载 | Image LRC TXT |
Turn a card, turn a page, | |
the action sure to start, | |
second-stage reaction | |
to illogical thoughts on random lines – | |
in a Borges dream we move toward | |
the writing of lives. | |
Leave it out, leave it in, no edits – | |
with a shout, with a grin I said | |
it was a certainty that I'd arrive | |
in an Escher sketch | |
we walk around the drawing of lines. | |
The character uncertainty | |
as he contemplates his lot | |
and tries to move with urgency | |
though he's rooted to the spot. | |
On the brink, on the edge, | |
but lately what I think, | |
what I said escapes me | |
in a flash, a tiger burning bright – | |
does the visionary trance obscure | |
the burgeoning night? | |
And she said "What are you doing?" | |
And he said "What do you think?" | |
Oh, no, what on earth are we doing? | |
The characters procrastinate | |
on the threshold of the door; | |
there's something here that fascinates, | |
though the meaning's still unsure | |
and the plot so thick. | |
Is it some kind of history? | |
Sketch the thumbnail to the quick. | |
Oh, even though it's full of contradiction, | |
though it's flawed in the design | |
this is no fiction, | |
it's a lifeline. | |
Here we are, there we went, full circle, | |
shooting stars, heaven-sent, | |
turned turtle on the beach | |
our shells are left behind | |
life a library, like a memory | |
of our ghost-written lives. |
Turn a card, turn a page, | |
the action sure to start, | |
secondstage reaction | |
to illogical thoughts on random lines | |
in a Borges dream we move toward | |
the writing of lives. | |
Leave it out, leave it in, no edits | |
with a shout, with a grin I said | |
it was a certainty that I' d arrive | |
in an Escher sketch | |
we walk around the drawing of lines. | |
The character uncertainty | |
as he contemplates his lot | |
and tries to move with urgency | |
though he' s rooted to the spot. | |
On the brink, on the edge, | |
but lately what I think, | |
what I said escapes me | |
in a flash, a tiger burning bright | |
does the visionary trance obscure | |
the burgeoning night? | |
And she said " What are you doing?" | |
And he said " What do you think?" | |
Oh, no, what on earth are we doing? | |
The characters procrastinate | |
on the threshold of the door | |
there' s something here that fascinates, | |
though the meaning' s still unsure | |
and the plot so thick. | |
Is it some kind of history? | |
Sketch the thumbnail to the quick. | |
Oh, even though it' s full of contradiction, | |
though it' s flawed in the design | |
this is no fiction, | |
it' s a lifeline. | |
Here we are, there we went, full circle, | |
shooting stars, heavensent, | |
turned turtle on the beach | |
our shells are left behind | |
life a library, like a memory | |
of our ghostwritten lives. |
Turn a card, turn a page, | |
the action sure to start, | |
secondstage reaction | |
to illogical thoughts on random lines | |
in a Borges dream we move toward | |
the writing of lives. | |
Leave it out, leave it in, no edits | |
with a shout, with a grin I said | |
it was a certainty that I' d arrive | |
in an Escher sketch | |
we walk around the drawing of lines. | |
The character uncertainty | |
as he contemplates his lot | |
and tries to move with urgency | |
though he' s rooted to the spot. | |
On the brink, on the edge, | |
but lately what I think, | |
what I said escapes me | |
in a flash, a tiger burning bright | |
does the visionary trance obscure | |
the burgeoning night? | |
And she said " What are you doing?" | |
And he said " What do you think?" | |
Oh, no, what on earth are we doing? | |
The characters procrastinate | |
on the threshold of the door | |
there' s something here that fascinates, | |
though the meaning' s still unsure | |
and the plot so thick. | |
Is it some kind of history? | |
Sketch the thumbnail to the quick. | |
Oh, even though it' s full of contradiction, | |
though it' s flawed in the design | |
this is no fiction, | |
it' s a lifeline. | |
Here we are, there we went, full circle, | |
shooting stars, heavensent, | |
turned turtle on the beach | |
our shells are left behind | |
life a library, like a memory | |
of our ghostwritten lives. |