Traintime lyrics

Artist  : Hammill Peter 
Song : Traintime



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 Along the track the wires are humming
in
bursts of code like far-off drums....
Fathering the message:
further up the
line
someone's shouting
down the
passage of time.
The corridor restrains the
window,
no view without the eye
within....
bold upon the threshold
but
holding on the line
we're shouting
down
the passage of time.
Relatives speak on the
phone, on the train,
talking before they
have thought to explain;
Voices pitched
wildly on tracks in the night
can't pick the
pace up -
Oh let there be light!
How
light becomes the soul!
You know yourself
the centre of attention,
You see yourself
the locus of event...
I'm sorry if it's
painful quarrying the line,
stage centre,
shouting down the passage of time.
The
corridor retains it's shadows,
it's secrets
compartmentalised....
damping down on
ambience,
damp the teeth and grind,
shouting down the passage of time!
What's
there to see or make clear?
What's there to
know
when the voice is right here?
What's there to promise or vow?
What's to
believe when the time is right now?
Relatives spoke on the phone, on the train,
talking before they had sought to retain;
Voices projected, spears in mid-flight,
frozen forever...
Oh let there be light!