Pretty keen - yes, my hobby keeps me busy And if I talk to myself, what's the crime? In the darkroom I am a dealer in space and time… When all memory is mellowed When the photograph is yellowed Still it never lies There you are, your eyes laced with secret pleasure Saying that you're on the way to change Devouring in inordinate measure Every diversion that's arranged For every appetite, a cruel attraction But there's a panic in your actions… Oh, I never saw you look so strange Fixing memory chemically Holding time on the stop-clock Hanging back from that last frame Just in case it didn't show you In the way I used to know you… I thought you'd always stay the same (But you won't.) Oh, the red light, the silver, the black and the bromide; The silence, the waiting for overview… The past seems under-exposed, low tide But still the images ghost through And you're there in the bath Which is all this has led to And I can't say your path Is a right one to choose…
My favourite VdGG song, but I prefer the version on 'Vital' (also on RUclips). Peter Hammill has a rather gravelly voice for the entire album for some reason.
My favourite track off this brilliant album, as are they all, solo and band.
Peter Hammill and his wonderful voice...always!
Pretty keen - yes, my hobby keeps me busy
And if I talk to myself, what's the crime?
In the darkroom I am a dealer in space and time…
When all memory is mellowed
When the photograph is yellowed
Still it never lies
There you are, your eyes laced with secret pleasure
Saying that you're on the way to change
Devouring in inordinate measure
Every diversion that's arranged
For every appetite, a cruel attraction
But there's a panic in your actions…
Oh, I never saw you look so strange
Fixing memory chemically
Holding time on the stop-clock
Hanging back from that last frame
Just in case it didn't show you
In the way I used to know you…
I thought you'd always stay the same
(But you won't.)
Oh, the red light, the silver, the black and the bromide;
The silence, the waiting for overview…
The past seems under-exposed, low tide
But still the images ghost through
And you're there in the bath
Which is all this has led to
And I can't say your path
Is a right one to choose…
My favourite VdGG song, but I prefer the version on 'Vital' (also on RUclips). Peter Hammill has a rather gravelly voice for the entire album for some reason.
I was there. True!