Curtains-Peter Hammill

[ti:Curtains] [ar:Peter Hammill] [al:In The Passionkirche Berlin 1992] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Curtains (窗帘) - Peter Hammill [00:12.45]Well Tommy woke that morning [00:16.28] [00:18.26]With a headfull of rocks [00:20.51] [00:22.70]And Sylvia was in shock [00:27.49] [00:29.68]The story they'd been faking [00:33.37] [00:35.09]Had frozen on their lips [00:37.57] [00:38.96]And fallen through [00:41.48]The brush of fingertips [00:45.09]And though they packed their bags [00:48.61] [00:49.53]Ready for the road [00:54.58]The curtains and the bedroom door [00:59.13]Stayed closed [01:05.67] [01:06.64]For Sylvia and Tommy [01:09.25] [01:11.44]This is a curtain call [01:13.80] [01:15.91]They've been running away for years [01:19.46]But pride in flight [01:21.34] [01:21.89]Precedes a certain fall [01:26.68] [01:30.46]So Tommy rubs his stubble [01:32.17] [01:35.75]As if to check his face is there [01:38.76] [01:39.75]And Sylvia combs her hair [01:43.19] [01:46.25]Just like nothing really happened [01:50.08] [01:50.79]They'll carry on as before [01:53.98] [01:54.58]But this thing won't work [01:57.36]Will it any more [02:00.34]And though the bags are packed [02:02.65] [02:03.91]Ready for the road [02:08.54]The curtains and the bedroom door [02:12.63]Stay closed [02:19.82]For Sylvia and Tommy [02:21.91] [02:24.32]There's nowhere left to hide [02:27.84] [02:28.58]They've been running for years [02:30.56]To find some kind of thrill [02:34.13] [02:34.82]To take away the emptiness [02:37.50] [02:39.06]That they both feel inside [02:44.64] [02:47.85]Making the fictional [02:49.92] [02:52.50]Out of the matter of fact; [02:55.29] [02:58.39]Masquerade the picture [03:01.96]But now the frame's all cracked [03:09.90] [03:14.56]For Sylvia and Tommy [03:16.96] [03:19.04]There's nothing left to hide [03:21.29] [03:23.38]They've been running for years [03:25.68]To find some kind of life [03:28.10] [03:29.77]That offers an excitement [03:33.08]That the rest of us pass by [03:41.51] [03:43.13]So Tommy woke that morning [03:45.09] [03:49.48]With a headfull of rocks [03:51.65] [03:53.59]And Sylvia was in shock [03:58.00] [04:01.09]This story they'd been faking [04:05.73]Was frozen on their lips [04:09.20]And falling through the brush of fingertips [04:14.81]And though the bags are packed [04:17.71] [04:18.70]Ready for the road [04:22.62] [04:23.16]The curtains and the bedroom door [04:27.85]Stay closed [04:30.03] [04:32.70]Stay closed [04:34.72] [04:37.80]Stay closed [04:44.72] [05:06.05]For Sylvia and Tommy [05:09.11] [05:11.66]There's nowhere left to go [05:17.05]They've been running away so long [05:20.96]There's just no strength to carry on [05:25.98] [05:26.76]They can't get back to what they knew [05:31.61] [05:32.42]A life abandoned once and long ago