Nick Drake - Things Behind The Sun

From the album Pink Moon

Please beware of them that stare
They'll only smile to see you while
Your time away
And once you've seen what they have been
To win the earth just won't seem worth
Your night or your day
Who'll hear what I say.
Look around you find the ground
Is not so far from where you are
Don´t too wise
For down below they never grow
They're always tired and charms are hired
From out of their eyes
Never surprise.

Take your time and you'll be fine
And say a prayer for people there
Who live on the floor
And if you see what's meant to be
Don't name the day or try to say
It happened before.

Don't be shy you learn to fly
And see the sun when day is done
If only you see
Just what you are beneath a star
That came to stay one rainy day
In autumn for free
Yes, be what you'll be.
Please beware of them that stare
They'll only smile to see you while
Your time away
And once you've seen what they have been
To win the earth just won't seem worth
Your night or your day
Who'll hear what I say.

Open up the broken cup
Let goodly sin and sunshine in
Yes that's today.
And open wide the hymns you hide
You find reknown while people frown
At things that you say
But say what you'll say
About the farmers and the fun
And the things behind the sun
And the people round your head
Who say everything's been said
And the movement in your brain
Sends you out into the rain.

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[greyforge27]

Stop playing horrible political ads before my Nick Drake videos!  :(

[Luis Carreyó]

haha that is cool this clip is just OMG i love it AND.. peeps use this to listen in mp3: bit.ly/108GZrS?=tvihi

[david taylor]

I don't know why but this has always been my favourite Nick Drake song even though other songs of his are more highly thought of. As soon as I hear the intro my heart misses a beat!

[Larry Mancino]

Vespa!

[kingsakoil]

How can 14 people dislike this????

[Clinton Santana]

Same here. I am not ashamed of it, in a way, doing so lets my real self drip through my rough crust.

[Sibelius Rilke]

Good tip if you're a drake fan like me. check out nicolas and the iceni summer's end. Beautiful English folk revival stuff :-)

[Andrea Rubio]

Where are the images from? Movie or something?

[Robert Maxwell]

Agreed



[knox140]

I just don't understand how someone could not like this. Even if it's not their taste of music, how can they not realise that this is a masterpiece?!

[MusicFromUsToYou]

Let's fight.