The lions converging where you stand,
they must have moved the picture plain
the leaves are heavy 'round your feet,
you hear the thunder of the train
suddenly it strikes you that they're moving into range
and Doctor Strange is always changing size
And it's high time, Cymbaline
please wake me
IBIZA BAR
I'm so afraid of the mistakes that I made
making every time that I lay
I feel like an oddball with a cut-off mind
So if you excuse me it's time
when the count is rhymed
and the story-line is fine
I've been amazed since the first day
I can't get a line too close
take me down, take me down
from the cell of my mind
and hear me slowly floating lonely somewhere
I live far enough on a shelf like a dress
on the end of all that reads like a sad song
leaves began to grow beautiful
and years they began
and hear me slowly floating lonely
flowing down too slow
Ummagumma ‘69
‘69
GRANTCHESTER MEADOWS
Icy wind of night be gone, this is not your domain
in the sky a bird was heard to cry
misty morning whisperings and gentle stirring sounds
be like the deathly silence that lay all around
Hear the knock and hearten
to the barking of the dog fox
gone to ground
see the splashing of the kingfisher
flashing through the water
and the river of green is sliding unseen beneath the trees
laughing as it passes through the endless summer
making for the sea
In the lazy watermeadow I lay me down
all around me golden sunflakes settle on the ground
basking in the sunshine of a bygone afternoon
bringing sounds of yesterday into the city room
In the lazy watermeadow I lay me down
all around me golden sunflakes covering the ground
basking in the sunshine of a bygone afternoon
bringing sounds of yesterday into my city room.
THE NARROW WAY
Flowing in the path
as it leads toward the darkness in the north
weary stranger's faces show their sympathy
they've seen that home before
If you wanna stay for a little bit
rest your aching limbs for a little bit
before you can find his private room
and you can't delay
hear the nightbirds calling him
to care and catch the words to say
close by in the nightmare of your brain
Misty swelling creatures crawling
hear the roar get louder in your ears
you know the volume as you're on the force
behind can't conquer all your fears
All your birds aren't really listening
tell them there is life with every morning
perhaps today you can when you answer me
it's clear, it's all nights warning
Atom heart mother ‘70
‘70
IF
If I were the swan, I'd be gone
if I were the train, I'd be late (again)
and if I were the good man
I'd talk with you more often than I do
If I were to sleep I could dream
if I were afraid I could hide
if I go insane
please don't put your wires in my brain
If I were the moon, I'd be cool
if I were the rule, I would bend
if I were a good man
I'd understand the spaces between friends
If I were alone, I would cry
and if I were with you, I'd be home and dry
and if I go insane
will you still let me join in with the game.
SUMMER '68
Would you like to say something before you leave
perhaps you'd care to state exactly how you feel
we say goodbye before we've said hello
I hardly even like you, I shouldn't care at all
we met just six hours ago, the music was too loud
from your bed I came today and lost a bloody year
and I would like to know, how do you feel
how do you feel
Not a single word we've said, the lights stay without fears
occasionaly you showed a smile but what was the need
I felt the cold far too soon in the world of ninety-five
my friends they're in the sun, I wish that I was there
tomorrow brings another town, another girl like you
have you time before you leave to greet another man
just to let me know, how do you feel
how do you feel
Goodbye to you
shall it bring girls due
I had a love for one day
FAT OLD SUN
When that fat old sun in the sky is falling
summer-evening birds are calling
summer sun do you travel yet
the sound of music in my ears
distant bells, new grown grass smells so sweet
by the river holding hands
you're old enough and lay me down
And if you see, don't make a sound
pick your feet up off the ground
and if you hear as the warm night falls
the silver sound from a time so strange
sing to me, sing to me
When that fat old sun in the sky is falling
summer-evening birds are calling
children's laughter in my ears
and then the sunlight disappears.
Meddle ‘71
‘71
ONE OF THESE DAYS
One of these days
I'm going to cut you into little pieces
A PILLOW OF WINDS
The cloud of eiderdown draws around me
softening the sound
sleepy time when I lie with my love by my side
and she's breathing low, and the candle dies
When night comes down you lock the door
the look falls to the floor
as darkness falls and waves roll by
the seasons changed, the wind is warm
Now wakes the owl, now sleep the swan
behold the dream, the dream is gone
green fields, a cold rain
is falling in a golden glow
And deep beneath the ground the early morning sounds
and I go down
sleepy time when I lie with my love by my side
and she's breathing low, and I rise like a bird
in the haze when the first rays touch the sky
and the night wings die
FEARLESS
You say the hill's too steep to climb, try it
you say you'd like to see me try climb it
you pick the place and I'll choose the time
and I'll climb the hill in my own way
just wait a while for the right day
and as I rise above the tree-line and the clouds