{"id":9610,"date":"2014-08-18T02:00:44","date_gmt":"2014-08-18T02:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/?p=9610"},"modified":"2020-06-01T13:55:55","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T13:55:55","slug":"crazy-man-michael","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/?p=9610","title":{"rendered":"P. Hammill + P. Gabriel"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>\u00a4 \u00a0Peter Hammill \u00a0\u21d3<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wT2WYFOugmM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u0394\u00a0 \u00a0 <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LY14ZzJbKwY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The birds<\/a> \u00a0\u2191<\/strong><\/p>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Spring came far too early this year:<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>May flowers blooming in February.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Should I be sad for the month,\u00a0<strong>or glad for the sky?<\/strong><\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The birds don&#8217;t know which way to sing<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>and, my friend,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>neither do I.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Two days ago, a girl I truly thought I loved<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>suddenly didn&#8217;t seem to matter at all.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Should I sing sad farewells to things\u00a0<strong>I&#8217;m really glad I&#8217;ve left behind?<\/strong><\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The birds don&#8217;t know which way to sing<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>and, my friend,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>neither do I.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>In another day, heavy snow will lie upon the ground<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>and buds prematurely bloomed shall fail;<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>and every creature living now,\u00a0<strong>then will surely die&#8230;<\/strong><\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The birds don&#8217;t know which way to sing<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>and, my friend,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>neither do I.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The birds don&#8217;t know if it&#8217;s time yet to fly;<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>they don&#8217;t know which way to go<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>and, my friend,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>neither do I.<\/strong><\/address>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>\u2022\u2192<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iTxrNGcNAec#t=10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;Just good friends&#8217;<\/a>\u2190 \u00a0\/ \u00a0\u2022\u2192<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=smAIKhZIwog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0&#8216;Ophelia&#8217;<\/a>\u00a0\u2190 \/ \u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u2022\u2192\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qpov1ErD-Bc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;Man-Erg&#8217;<\/a>\u00a0\u21d4 <\/strong>[<a href=\"http:\/\/songmeanings.com\/songs\/view\/3530822107858631729\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lyrics<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p id=\"watch-headline-title\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u25ca \u00a0&#8216;A Better Time&#8217; \u00a0\u2193<\/strong>\u00a0 (Acapella)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qWP4bnPkteg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">As surely as the countdown begins<br \/>\nOur time is not our own;<br \/>\nAlready there&#8217;s the breath of the wind<br \/>\nWhich bleaches bare the bones<br \/>\nOf the deadlines we set, of the jokes we don&#8217;t get<br \/>\nAnd forgetfulness that furrows the brow&#8230;<br \/>\n<strong>No, I&#8217;ll never find a better time<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> To be alive than now.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">So I wake up, to remainder the dream<br \/>\nOf\u00a0personality\u00a0and posture and face<br \/>\nFor nothing can remain as it seems<br \/>\nIn some perfect state of pure grace&#8230;<br \/>\nAll we prize and protect only cause and effect<br \/>\nBut I suspect the furrow may be guiding the plough<br \/>\n<strong>And I&#8217;ll never find a better time<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> To be alive than now&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">No better, no worse, much the same,<br \/>\nWe wait on the why and the when;<br \/>\nNo\u00a0question\u00a0but we&#8217;ll go as we came<br \/>\nWith no shift in the shape of the zen<br \/>\nAnd it is as it is and we take as we find<br \/>\nAlways next season&#8217;s buds on the bough&#8230;<br \/>\nBut I&#8217;ll never find a better time,<br \/>\nHard though it is to allow.<br \/>\n<strong>I&#8217;ll never find a better time<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> To be alive than now.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This is the life and we&#8217;ve only time<br \/>\n<strong>To be alive right now<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"watch-headline-title\" class=\"yt\" style=\"color: #222222; text-align: right;\"><span id=\"eow-title\" class=\"watch-title \" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"Peter Hammill - Spanish TV Show 05\/06\/2002\">\u2207\u00a0 Peter Hammill on Spanish TV \u00a0\u21d3 [2002]<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_DXY1HIyZHg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>1_ &#8216;A better time&#8217; \u00a0 \/ \u00a0<\/strong><strong>2_ &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.oldielyrics.com\/lyrics\/peter_hammill\/bubble.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bubble<\/a>&#8216;\u00a0\u21d0 \u00a0\/ \u00a0<\/strong><strong>3_ &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.oldielyrics.com\/lyrics\/peter_hammill\/wendy_the_lost_boy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wendy &amp; the lost boy<\/a>&#8216;\u00a0\u21d0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>4\u2192\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ndm7dWf7s4I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;I will find you&#8217;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"color: #000000; text-align: right;\">Trapped like a rabbit by the future glare,<\/li>\n<li style=\"color: #000000; text-align: right;\">onrushing headlights that blind you,<\/li>\n<li style=\"color: #000000; text-align: right;\">a frightened runaway,\u00a0at least you know I care,<\/li>\n<li style=\"color: #000000; text-align: right;\">I will seek, I will search, I will find you.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"color: #000000; text-align: right;\">We are written in the star-crossed sky,<\/li>\n<li style=\"color: #000000; text-align: right;\">the spirit music reminds you&#8230;<\/li>\n<li style=\"color: #000000; text-align: right;\">you can run and hide, but surely by and by<\/li>\n<li style=\"color: #000000; text-align: right;\">I will seek, I will search, I will find you.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"color: #000000; text-align: right;\">Far away, in another life<\/li>\n<li style=\"color: #000000; text-align: right;\">you say you&#8217;re going to find your freedom&#8230;<\/li>\n<li style=\"color: #000000; text-align: right;\">don&#8217;t run away to another life.<\/li>\n<li style=\"color: #000000; text-align: right;\">Don&#8217;t be afraid, there&#8217;s no dark unknown,<\/li>\n<li style=\"color: #000000; text-align: right;\">no shadow stalking behind you&#8230;<\/li>\n<li style=\"color: #000000; text-align: right;\">Don&#8217;t be afraid,\u00a0when you&#8217;re lost and most alone<\/li>\n<li style=\"color: #000000; text-align: right;\">I will seek, I will search, I will find you.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"color: #000000; text-align: right;\">Far away, in another life<\/li>\n<li style=\"color: #000000; text-align: right;\">things might not be so very different&#8230;<\/li>\n<li style=\"color: #000000; text-align: right;\">don&#8217;t run away to another life.<\/li>\n<li style=\"color: #000000; text-align: right;\">Trapped like a rabbit by the future glare,<\/li>\n<li style=\"color: #000000; text-align: right;\">onrushing headlights that blind you,<\/li>\n<li style=\"color: #000000; text-align: right;\">a frightened runaway,\u00a0at least you know I care,<\/li>\n<li style=\"color: #000000; text-align: right;\">I will seek, I will search, I will find you.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>5_ &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.songlyrics.com\/peter-hammill\/patient-lyrics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Patient&#8217;\u00a0<\/a>\u21d0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u2192<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=derMy13KjQs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Frankfurt_<\/strong><\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=derMy13KjQs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1992<\/a>\u21d0<\/strong><em>&#8216;I will find you\u00bb&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u2666 \u00a0\u00a0Van Der Graaf Generator<\/strong>\u00a0 \u21d2\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4l6sKDWsokU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>&#8216;Refugees&#8217;<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0 \u21d0 [1970]<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lyricsfreak.com\/v\/van+der+graaf+generator\/refugees_20304488.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>\u00ab&#8230;We&#8217;re refugees, walking away from the life we&#8217;ve known and loved&#8230;<\/em><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lyricsfreak.com\/v\/van+der+graaf+generator\/refugees_20304488.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <em> nothing to do nor say, nowhere to stay; now we are alone.<\/em><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lyricsfreak.com\/v\/van+der+graaf+generator\/refugees_20304488.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <em> We&#8217;re refugees, carrying all we own in brown bags, tied up with string&#8230;<\/em><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lyricsfreak.com\/v\/van+der+graaf+generator\/refugees_20304488.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <em> nothing to think, it doesn&#8217;t mean a thing, but we&#8217;ll be happy on our own&#8230;\u00bb<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: right;\">\u2666\u2192\u00a0\u00a0<a id=\"watch-headline-show-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=V-r8yugQzpU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Van Der Graaf Generator<\/a>\u00a0 \u21d3\u00a0 \u00abPawn Hearts\u00bb (1971)<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sOIrGNddjMQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<table class=\" alignright\" style=\"height: 334px;\" width=\"249\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sofasound.com\/vdgcds\/phtlyrics.htm#1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1. Lemmings (including COG)<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sofasound.com\/vdgcds\/phtlyrics.htm#2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2. Man-Erg<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sofasound.com\/vdgcds\/phtlyrics.htm#3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3. A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0a. Eyewitness<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0b. Pictures\/Lighthouse<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0c. Eyewitness<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0d. S.H.M.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0e. Presence of the Night<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0f. Kosmos Tours<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0g. (Custard&#8217;s) Last Stand<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0h. The Clot Thickens<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0i. Land&#8217;s End (Sineline)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0j. We Go Now<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2234<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a4\u00a0 Growing Up Live \u00a0\u2193 \u00a0[2003]<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-36624\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/P_gabriel.jpg\" alt=\"P_gabriel\" width=\"267\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/P_gabriel.jpg 267w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/P_gabriel-150x119.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 267px) 100vw, 267px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A\u00a0concert film by Hamish Hamilton &amp; <strong>Peter Gabriel<\/strong>. \u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">\u21d3 \u00a0Highlights \u00a0\u00b7 \u00a0\u00b7 \u00a0\u00b7<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2022\u00a0 \u00abHere Comes the Flood\u00bb \u00a0\u2193<\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BszN63wPysI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">When the night shows \u00a0the signals grow on radios<br \/>\nAll the strange things &#8211;\u00a0They come and go, as early warnings<br \/>\nStranded starfish have no place to hide<br \/>\nStill waiting for the swollen Easter tide<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s no point in direction we cannot \u00a0even choose a side.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I took the old track \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0The hollow shoulder, across the waters<br \/>\nOn the tall cliffs \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0They were getting older, sons and daughters<br \/>\nThe jaded underworld was riding high<br \/>\nWaves of steel hurled metal at the sky<br \/>\nAnd as the nail sunk in the cloud, the rain<br \/>\nWas warm and soaked the crowd.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Lord, here comes the flood<br \/>\nWe will say goodbye to flesh and blood<br \/>\nIf again the seas are silent\u00a0in any still alive<br \/>\nIt&#8217;ll be those who gave their island to survive<br \/>\n<strong>Drink up, dreamers, you&#8217;re running dry.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">When the flood calls<br \/>\nYou have no home, you have no walls<br \/>\nIn the thunder crash<br \/>\nYou&#8217;re a thousand minds, within a flash<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t be afraid to cry at what you see<br \/>\nThe actors gone, there&#8217;s only you and me<br \/>\nAnd if we break before the dawn,<br \/>\nthey&#8217;ll use up what we used to be.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Lord, here comes the flood<br \/>\nWe will say goodbye to flesh and blood<br \/>\nIf again the seas are silent\u00a0in any still alive<br \/>\nIt&#8217;ll be those who gave their island to survive<br \/>\n<strong>Drink up, dreamers, you&#8217;re running dry.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>\u2022\u2192<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n7m7Q9VwYqw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00abRed Rain\u00bb<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u21d4 <a href=\"http:\/\/lyrics.wikia.com\/Peter_Gabriel:Red_Rain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[lyrics]<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"wrapper\">\n<div id=\"container\">\n<div id=\"main\">\n<div id=\"content\">\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u2022 \u00a0\u00abMercy Street\u00bb\u00a0\u00a0\u2193 \u00a0[for anne sext]<\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NX7zIypE2FE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">looking down on empty streets, all she can see<br \/>\nare the dreams all made solid &#8211;\u00a0are the dreams all made real<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">all of the buildings, all of those cars<br \/>\nwere once just a dream\u00a0in somebody&#8217;s head<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">she pictures the broken glass, she pictures the steam<br \/>\nshe pictures a soul\u00a0with no leak at the seam<\/p>\n<address style=\"text-align: left;\">let&#8217;s take the boat out &#8211;\u00a0wait until darkness<br \/>\nlet&#8217;s take the boat out &#8211;\u00a0wait until darkness comes<\/address>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">nowhere in the corridors of pale green and grey<br \/>\nnowhere in the suburbs\u00a0in the cold light of day<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">there in the midst of it so alive and alone<br \/>\nwords support like bone<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>dreaming of mercy st. &#8211;\u00a0<strong>wear your inside out<\/strong><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> dreaming of mercy &#8211;\u00a0<strong>in your daddy&#8217;s arms again<\/strong><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> dreaming of mercy st. &#8211; I\u00a0<strong>swear they moved that sign<\/strong><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>looking for mercy \u00a0<strong>in your daddy&#8217;s arms<\/strong><\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">pulling out the papers from the drawers that slide smooth<br \/>\ntugging at the darkness, word upon word<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">confessing all the secret things in the warm velvet box<br \/>\nto the priest &#8211; he&#8217;s the doctor,\u00a0he can handle the shocks<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">dreaming of the tenderness<br \/>\nthe tremble in the hips\u00a0of kissing Mary&#8217;s lips<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>dreaming of mercy st. . .<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">mercy, mercy, looking for mercy &#8230;\u00a0mercy, mercy, looking for mercy<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Anne, with her father is out in the boat<br \/>\nriding the water &#8211;\u00a0riding the waves on the sea<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2022 \u00a0\u00abGrowing Up\u00bb\u00a0\u00a0\u2193<\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Kh80jJNgRrY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">folded in your fleshy purse,\u00a0I am floating once again<br \/>\nwhile the muted sounds are pumping rhythm<br \/>\nall the walls close in on me,\u00a0pressure&#8217;s building wave on wave<br \/>\n&#8216;til the water breaks &#8211; and outside I go, oh<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">one dot, that&#8217;s on or off, defines what is and what is not, <strong>one dot<\/strong><br \/>\ntwo dot, a pair of eyes, a voice, a touch, complete surprise, <strong>two dot<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>growing up &#8230; \u00a0looking for a place to live . . .<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">my ghost likes to travel so far in the unknown &#8211;\u00a0my ghost likes to travel so deep into your space<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">three dot, a trinity, a way to map the universe,\u00a0<strong>three dot<\/strong><br \/>\nfour dot, is what will make a square, a bed to build on, it&#8217;s all there,\u00a0<strong>four dot<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">my ghost likes to travel so far in the unknown &#8211;\u00a0my ghost likes to travel so deep into your space<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">all the slow clouds pass us by &#8211;\u00a0make the Empire State look high<br \/>\nas you take me in your sea-stained sweetness<br \/>\nit spills, it tingles and it stings\u00a0all the pleasure that it brings<br \/>\n&#8216;til the door has let the outside inside here<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">well on the floor there&#8217;s a long wooden table<br \/>\non the table there&#8217;s an open book<br \/>\non the page there&#8217;s a detailed drawing<br \/>\nand on the drawing is the name I took<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">my ghost likes to travel so far in the unknown &#8211;\u00a0my ghost likes to travel so deep into your space<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>growing up &#8230; looking for a place to live . . .<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>my ghost likes to travel &#8230;\u00a0<strong>moving inside of your space . . .<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">the breathing stops, I don&#8217;t know when\u00a0in transition once again<br \/>\nsuch a struggle getting through these changes<br \/>\nand it all seems so absurd\u00a0to be flying like a bird<br \/>\nwhen I do not feel I&#8217;ve really landed here<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\">\u2207\u00a0 \u00a0&#8216;Everybird&#8217;\u00a0 \u21d3<\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\">Taken from the Peter Gabriel album &#8216;Rated PG&#8217;, a collection of songs from the movies. <\/span><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\">The song features in the film &#8216;<em>Birds Like Us&#8217;,<\/em> and this video features animation from the film <\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oe4uMj-0LrA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not the place that I grew up in<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s not the body I was born with<br \/>\nThey&#8217;re not the trees that I once played in<br \/>\nThat now surround us, us in a prison<\/p>\n<p>Every bird was born with feathers<br \/>\nEvery wing was shaped to fly<br \/>\nWe spin around &#8216;til we stop all motion<br \/>\nLet the heart move &#8216;til the earth can touch the sky<\/p>\n<p>In my hunger deep in my bones<br \/>\nIn a thousand deserted homes<br \/>\nAny time that you feel alone<br \/>\nI will find you where you are<br \/>\nGo where you are<\/p>\n<p>In a garden behind the wall<br \/>\nSpinning coins and I watch them fall<br \/>\nThough I&#8217;ve lost all the wherewithal<br \/>\nI will find you where you are<br \/>\nGo where you are<\/p>\n<p>I sing like the earth as you dance on my skin<br \/>\nThen memories release the future<br \/>\nSo this living can begin<\/p>\n<p>Not in the ship that charts the heavens<br \/>\nNot in the words that fall like hail stones<br \/>\nNot in the light you disappear in<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll be the mirror you can see through<\/p>\n<p>Every bird was born with feathers<br \/>\nEvery wing was shaped to fly<br \/>\nWe spin around &#8216;til we stop all motion<br \/>\nLet the heart move until the earth can touch the sky<\/p>\n<p>In all the lines that churned your face<br \/>\nIn a stretch that can open space<br \/>\nAny place that you leave a trace<br \/>\nI will find you where you are<br \/>\nGo where you are<\/p>\n<p>In a city inside the wall<br \/>\nWhere you watched all the embers fall<br \/>\nThough we&#8217;ve lost all the wherewithal<br \/>\nI will found you where you are<\/p>\n<p>Go where you build this nest with lot of feathers<br \/>\nBuild a world to bring back life<br \/>\nBuild the place that holds the future<br \/>\nCan hold the future<br \/>\nFor all who come when we are gone<br \/>\nWhen we are gone<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a4 Peter Hammill \u21d3 <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u0394 The birds \u2191<\/p>\n<p> Spring came far too early this year: May flowers blooming in February. 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