Curtains-Peter Hammill

[ti:Curtains] [ar:Peter Hammill] [al:Fireships] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Curtains (窗帘) - Peter Hammill [00:05.27]Written by：Peter Hammill [00:10.55]Well tommy woke's at morning [00:14.52] [00:15.31]With a headfull of rocks [00:18.09] [00:19.12]And sylvia was in shock [00:22.38] [00:24.92]The story they'd been faking [00:28.74] [00:29.55]Had frozen on their lips [00:32.07] [00:33.13]And fallen through the brush of fingertips [00:39.67]And though they packed their bags [00:42.76] [00:43.27]Ready for the road [00:47.02] [00:47.90]The curtains and the bedroom door [00:52.18]Stayed closed [00:55.57] [00:58.77]For sylvia and tommy [01:00.95] [01:03.04]This is a curtain call [01:06.05] [01:07.84]They've been running away for years [01:12.02]But pride in flight [01:14.40]Precedes a certain fall [01:18.25] [01:22.70]So tommy rubs his stubble [01:25.31] [01:26.25]As if to check his face is there [01:29.87] [01:31.01]And sylvia combs her hair [01:34.75] [01:36.72]Just like nothing really happened [01:40.84] [01:41.40]They'll carry on as before [01:44.71] [01:45.54]But this thing won't work will it any more [01:51.78]And though the bags are packed [01:54.77] [01:55.65]Ready for the road [01:59.29] [01:59.98]The curtains and the bedroom door [02:04.38]Stay closed [02:10.78]For sylvia and tommy [02:13.46] [02:15.24]There's nowhere left to hide [02:17.97] [02:19.90]They've been running for years [02:23.02]To find some kind of thrill [02:26.53]To take away the emptiness [02:30.73] [02:31.44]That they both feel inside [02:35.36] [02:37.12]Making the fictional [02:39.83] [02:41.63]Out of the matter of fact [02:44.11] [02:46.33]Masquerade the picture [02:49.92]But now the frame's all cracked [02:54.84] [02:58.81]For sylvia and tommy [03:01.40] [03:03.36]There's nothing left to try [03:06.36] [03:07.95]They've been running for years [03:10.89]To find some kind of life [03:14.69]That offers an excitement [03:18.70]That the rest of us pass by [03:22.99] [03:27.63]So tommy woke that morning [03:31.14] [03:32.81]With a headfull of rocks [03:35.31] [03:36.19]And sylvia was in shock [03:39.49] [03:41.92]This story they'd been faking [03:45.77] [03:46.44]Was frozen on their lips [03:49.54] [03:50.52]And falling through the brush of fingertips [03:56.57]And though the bags are packed [04:00.27]Ready for the road [04:05.12]The curtains and the bedroom door [04:09.49]Stay closed [04:11.52] [04:14.04]Stay closed [04:16.43] [04:19.15]Stay closed [04:22.43] [04:49.39]For sylvia and tommy [04:51.97] [04:53.77]There's nowhere left to go [04:57.13] [04:58.87]They've been running away so long [05:02.41] [05:02.93]There's just no strength to carry on [05:07.96]They can't get back to what they knew [05:12.47]A life abandoned once and long ago