Here Come The Talkies(其他) - Peter Hammill

Hair in the gate let's take a minute
To find out where this character's lost his way
Unless I'm much mistaken I'm at the limit
Of what I can and can't say
Something untoward seems to be occurring
The best that I can do is play along
For much as I deplore it the camera's still turning
You don't have to be bad to be in the wrong
You don't have to be bad to get it all wrong
Fighting the light
There's not much time
What future bright is mine
In the course of that scene you looked right through me
Though I was holding your attention as best I could
I feel I'm dropping down the credits of my own movie
Even when you're in the right you could be gone for good
Take a look at these shoes where the understudy stood
Fighting the light
There's not much time
What future bright is mine
With uncertainty as a constant companion
Yeah you'll never be alone if you're open to your own self doubt
Better let it out
This is no time for you to stutter in dismay
As frame by frame all your references unlock
Wired up as anything the future's on its way
Like electricity you judder with the shock
You judder with the shock
Until you're utterly unblocked
Yeh you judder with the shock
Time to get a grip we're all mummers in a freak show
Come on read my lips and then maybe you'll acquire a different taste
Take another tip find a method in the madness
When everything is stripped I see no fortune in your face
Oh look out
Walking on the coals your star was never brighter
Good as solid gold but that standard's not so relevant today
Typecast in the role is your strength all in your silence
Here come the talkies what's that you say
Fashion what you make from the clay of your experience
You might deserve a break but the longer you go on the less it's fair
You be sure to claim your stake but the ground below you's shifted
Just like Rudy as the Sheikh do you feel there's something alien in the air
Here come the talkies
Obsolescence guaranteed
Here come the talkies don't you see
And you never thought you'd feel so absurd
But now you're fluffing your famous last words
Thank you and goodnight
Fighting the light
There's always time
To stand and fight your decline
Hair in the gate
That Klieg light dim it
Let's find out how this character acts at bay：
If he's strong in his belief there'll be no limit
To what he can and can't say
To what he can and can't
Fighting the light
In tune with time
What future bright will be mine
Will be mine