Traintime-Peter Hammill

[ti:Traintime] [ar:Peter Hammill] [al:Patience] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.01]Traintime - Peter Hammill [00:00.02]Written by：Peter Hammill [00:00.04] [00:37.74]Along the track the wires are humming [00:42.83] [00:43.40]In bursts of code like far off drums [00:48.25] [00:50.50]Fathering the message [00:52.07] [00:54.31]Further up the line [00:55.92] [00:57.71]Someone's shouting [00:59.16] [01:00.68]Down the passage of time [01:04.75] [01:09.11]The corridor restrains the window [01:13.90] [01:14.48]No view without the eye within [01:19.16] [01:21.61]Bold upon the threshold [01:23.39] [01:25.31]But holding on the line [01:27.15] [01:29.27]We're shouting [01:30.05] [01:31.76]Down the passage of time [01:35.96] [01:41.02]Relatives speak on the phone on the train [01:46.06] [01:46.71]Talking before they have thought to explain [01:51.63] [01:52.70]Voices pitched wildly on tracks in the night [01:57.30] [01:58.21]Can't pick the pace up [02:00.73]Oh let there be light [02:06.59]How light becomes the soul [02:11.53] [02:16.42]You know yourself the centre of attention [02:20.88] [02:22.09]You see yourself the locus of event [02:26.53] [02:28.51]I'm sorry if it's painful quarrying the line [02:34.19] [02:35.28]Stage centre shouting down the passage of time [02:43.21] [02:47.10]The corridor retains it's shadows [02:51.80] [02:52.74]It's secrets compartmentalised [02:58.05] [02:59.73]Damping down on ambience [03:01.37] [03:03.55]Damp the teeth and grind [03:05.28] [03:07.42]Shouting down the passage of time [03:14.03] [03:18.98]What's there to see or make clear [03:22.65] [03:24.53]What's there to know [03:26.60]When the voice is right here [03:29.72] [03:30.55]What's there to promise or vow [03:33.61] [03:36.02]What's to believe when the time is right now [03:45.22]Relatives spoke on the phone on the train [03:50.13] [03:50.79]Talking before they had sought to retain [03:56.50]Voices projected spears in mid flight [04:01.28] [04:02.12]Frozen forever [04:04.70]Oh let there be light