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Uploaded by on Jun 1, 2009

The Silent Corner and the Empty Stage, 1974

Once, all the stars in the sky were bright,
now they're red and fading
and all the colours we wore, the shades that we bore have moved.
And the gold turns to red with no time for changes.
Red Shift, all moving away from we.

Once, constellations were holy, now darkness
pervades all the older ones
and in the brunt of implosion, all yesterday's golden
now reddened suns
and hope is a word with no space for blame in.
Red Shift, displaced now in time and relativity,
Red Shift, all moving away from we.

So here I am, though I might well be with me,
I'm falling down deep to the rim of the wheel.
Is it sham?
Does the world have a meaning?
The more that we know , the greater confusion grows:
stars are like atoms, and atoms are patterns
and probably in the end
maybe its all been a dream ....

Time locked in negative matter,
all theories shatter beneath the weight.
Happy is the man who believes that the world
is a dream and all reason, fate.
And time moves on with no time,
the eye moves on with no rhyme,
and I'm a song in the depth of the galaxies.
Red Shift is taking away my sanity,
Red Shift, all moving away from we ....

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  • thanks for posting this. One of my favourites!!

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  • GRANDIOSE,,le top !!!

  • Just a question,how come David Bowie is so well known and this guy isn't.Even Johnny Rotten thought PH was great.

  • The more we know the greater confusion grows...

  • Guaranteed to resurface in dreams..well, mine anyways!

  • Too freaking excellent to be real!!!!!!!!!

  • one my fav hammill composition

  • I love my bad acid...

  • PHantastic LP ! Many thanks for posting !

  • Holy Crap!

    This album has been sitting in my closet for 30 years and I never knew that Randy California played guitar on that song!!!

    Dr. Sardonicus would be proud.

    

  • Yes, I adore this song. I love it when Peter gets his sci-fi on.

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