《Shell》歌词

[00:00:00] Shell - Peter Hammill

[00:00:36] Turn a card turn a page the action

[00:00:40] Sure to start second stage reaction

[00:00:44] To illogical thought on random lines

[00:00:48] In a Borges dream we move

[00:00:51] Toward the writing of lives

[00:00:57] Leave it out leave it in no edits

[00:01:01] With a shout with a grin I said it

[00:01:05] Was a certainty that I'd arrive

[00:01:09] In an Escher sketch we walk

[00:01:12] Around the drawing of lines

[00:01:18] The character uncertainty

[00:01:22] As he contemplates his lot

[00:01:27] And tries to move with urgency

[00:01:31] Though he's rooted to the spot

[00:01:35] On the brink on the edge but lately

[00:01:40] What I think what I said escapes me

[00:01:44] In a flash a tiger burning bright

[00:01:48] Does the visionary trance

[00:01:51] Obscure the burgeoning night

[00:01:57] And she said "What are you doing "

[00:02:05] And he said "What do you think "

[00:02:13] Oh no what on earth are we doing

[00:02:23] The characters procrastinate

[00:02:26] On the threshold of the door

[00:02:31] There's something here that fascinates

[00:02:35] Though the meaning's still unsure

[00:02:38] And the plot so thick is it some kind of history

[00:02:44] Sketch the thumbnail to the quick

[00:02:47] Oh even though it's full of contradiction

[00:02:52] Though it's flawed in the design

[00:02:56] This is no fiction it's a lifeline

[00:03:10] Here we are there we went full circle

[00:03:14] Shooting stars heaven sent turned turtle

[00:03:18] On the beach our shells are left behind

[00:03:22] Like a library like a memory

[00:03:25] Of our ghost-written lives