Candle - Peter Hammill
Look
At the candle
As it's life is bought
As the wick just
Rolls over and
Dies
Look at the wax
Drops
As they cease from their
Goal
And the game
They were
Playing loses it's joy
And the youth
Which they played in runs away
How long
Will you be gone
Flames sucks at air now
And it's
Breath comes short
As it wavers
To half it's size
Vacuum closes in
And it attacks the soul
Now the force
Omnipotent
Itself is destroyed
And for lack
Of itself
Just wanes away
How long
Will you be gone
So does my mind fly
As I fight my
Thought
And I lose
For I cannot find
Sent my eyes long miles
They do not know home
For the life
I was part of
Breathes it's last
And not
Only
Life
But hope
Has gone away
How long
Will you be gone
How long
Will you be gone
How long
Will you be gone
