Peter Hammill - This Side Of The Looking Glass free for downloading

A gigantinormous talent for over 50 years

Every time that I stand, alone, beneath the firmament... this song comes to my lips...spontaneously. As if it BELONGS to Nature.

Decades ahead of its time

I am slain by this gigantic song every time I've heard it

The stars in the heavens still shine Up above me: How lovely they'd seem If you were with me But you're gone through the looking-glass And I am left to pass these nights alone I'm lost, I'm dumb, I'm blind I am drunk with sadness Sunk by madness The wave overwhelms me The mirror repels me The echo of your laugh Drifts through the looking-glass And I am alone No friendship, no comfort, no future, no home The past lingers with me: You're all the love I've ever known And without you I'm nothing But empty and silent Reflecting on all that I've lost I let you slip away so soon Can you hear me? This is my song: I am dying; you are gone These words are not enough to save my soul They just mock me from the mirror I'm cold and I'm yearning I've told you I'm burning My eyes can't stand the light... Like a stray dog in the night I'll shuffle off alone We all make our futures But I have lost mine; I'm hoping for a miracle But finding no sign.... The stars in their constellations Each one just sadly flickers and falls... Without you they mean nothing at all

Decades ahead of its time

Can you heare me? This is my song! I am dying ;  you are are gone ....

a masterly interpretation by a great troubadour !

Why so few comments for such a masterpeace. It is criminal that this wasnt given airtime. My friends who didnt like Van Der Graaf or Peter did like this, along with Refufees. Peter great musician and composer alround life improver.