所属专辑:Chameleon In The Shadow Of The Night
歌手: Peter Hammill
时长: 07:23
In The End (Kansas) - Peter Hammill[00:00:00]
I promise you I won't leave a clue:[00:01:12]
No tell-tale remark no print from my shoe [00:01:23]
Still a steady trail to the water's edge[00:01:34]
I will keep my pledge to the end;[00:01:40]
I intend to go free[00:01:51]
No more rushing around no more travelling chess;[00:02:06]
I guess I'd better sit down you know I do need the rest[00:02:17]
Yes it's time to resign with equanimity and placidity[00:02:28]
From the game [00:02:36]
I can't explain;[00:02:41]
I can't relate[00:02:44]
Have I done it all too late [00:02:52]
Now is the time for the commission to report;[00:03:14]
Till lately I thought: I'd been planted [00:03:17]
Trying hard to make it all come real [00:03:22]
Permission to feel is ungranted [00:03:25]
But now it's happening I'd like to keep it private if I can;[00:03:32]
Last words last look make a final stand [00:03:38]
Now my number's come up on the Pools [00:03:42]
Or let board Titanic for a cruise[00:03:45]
Now is the time to make my status clear [00:03:52]
Too late I fear and lonely [00:03:55]
As friends and enemies traverse the stage [00:04:00]
All in a rage disown me [00:04:03]
And all the pip-props shatter into dust about my ears;[00:04:09]
Memory and conscience hope and fear [00:04:14]
As I crawl out further on the limb[00:04:18]
Something tells me I am crawling in[00:04:22]
To unknown prophecies and lives[00:04:24]
The rainbow's end is hemmed around with knives[00:04:32]
As I stand on the boards and the stage lights grow dim [00:05:04]
Shall I go out of doors or shall I maybe go in [00:05:17]
Have I reached the point when I should take my cue[00:05:31]
And follow you and your signs [00:05:37]
I can't remember my line[00:05:43]
At the prompter cat calls[00:05:47]
And the cards all fall[00:05:51]
In the strike[00:05:55]
All the pages are thin all the corners are curled [00:06:09]
Does the starshine fall in through my window on the world [00:06:15]
Or am I living our (the seeds of doubt) a chronicle of revenge [00:06:22]
The willow bends[00:06:33]
As do my hands[00:06:36]
Do you understand [00:06:40]
And will you still be my friend in the end [00:06:45]
When my mouth falls slack[00:06:53]
And I can't summon up another tune [00:06:59]
Shall I then look back and say[00:07:04]
I did it all[00:07:14]
Too soon[00:07:21]