Time To Burn - Peter Hammill

作词：Peter Hammill

作曲：Peter Hammill

Time to burn

We could talk all the problems through

Are the promises still unbroken

Do the spoken words still ring true

Oh

And where are you

Time to burn

Wakes and weddings

Celestial choirs

And while one hand shakes on the bargain

See the other stoke the suttee pyre

So we're all on fire

Burning for tomorrow

So much time wish and hoping

Soon the future will come

With a bridal wreath for the wedding

In the hands of the prodigal son

So much left undone

Here we are with time to burn

So much time wishful thinking

All the whitest of lies

With the prodigal caught at the border

And the order of service awry

No time for goodbyes

Will we ever start to learn

Time to burn

Wakes and weddings become confused

All the faces overfamiliar

In the whirlwind of dejavu

Oh

But where are you

Time to burn

All our lifelines are gathered round

With a speech from the back of a postcard

All the memories free in one bound

Free

And gone to ground

Free

And gone forever

Free

And gone to ground

So I will remember

So much lost and found

Here we are with time to burn