Trappings-Peter Hammill

[ti:Trappings (2006 Digital Remaster)] [ar:Peter Hammill] [al:The Future Now] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Trappings (2006 Digital Remaster) - Peter Hammill [00:17.47]He could have been so great he could have had it all* [00:25.81]He had it on a plate but he threw it at the wall [00:33.94]And he can't know why but he still said "yes" [00:37.18]To the easy lie and the poisoned vest [00:40.84]The trappings of success [00:46.34]They offered him the deal (Here's the contract) [00:50.25]Just like an autograph (sign on the line) [00:53.60]No need to think or feel (advances are abstract) [00:58.19]Or do anything but laugh (the future defined ) [01:01.10]He's in possession yes he's possessed; [01:06.06]They had no fear he was so impressed [01:09.44]By the trappings of success [01:21.85]You'll see him down the clubs or at the premiere [01:27.99](it's just another movie it's just another act) [01:30.37]Strumming in a pub everywhere that's anywhere [01:34.21] [01:35.43](he's a man of the people just as long as the people don't talk back) [01:38.63]On the Rio shore or the Rome express [01:41.50]With a Chinese whore or a Greek princess - [01:44.94]These are the trappings of success [01:50.89]But he's got no home and he's got no friends [01:54.49]And the human mass repel him [01:56.89] [02:05.71]Now he's on his own and can't comprehend [02:08.84]Did he sell out or was he celled in [02:13.45]He's a prisoner in a gilded cage [02:26.46]He's a prisoner he's all the rage [02:30.77]He's waiting for his plane and his first-class seat; [02:34.91] [02:39.34]They've blown out his brains with sticky kiddies' sweets; [02:47.24]Oh the limo the coke the celebrity guest-list [02:52.18]The toady jokes and the gutter press [02:55.35]The trappings of success [02:58.78]These are the trappings of success [03:02.72]And there's no way out of this one [03:05.62]The trappings of success [03:08.95]The trappings of success [03:11.74] [03:15.16]The trap of fame; [03:18.16](in) the trap big game