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Candle (2005 Digital Remaster)
Peter Hammill
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Look at the candle
As its life is bought
As the wick just
Rolls over and dies
Look at the wax drops
As they cease from their goal
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And the game they were playing loses its joy
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And the youth which they played in runs away
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How long will you be gone?
Flame sucks at air now
And its breath comes short
As it wavers
To half its size
Vacuum closes in
And it attacks the soul
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Now, the force omnipotent itself is destroyed
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And for lack of itself, just wanes away
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How long will you be gone?
So does my mind fly
As I fight my thought
And I lose
For I cannot find
Send my eyes long miles
They do not know home
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For the life I was part of breathes its last
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And not only life, but hope has gone away
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How long will you be gone?
How long will you be gone?
How long will you be gone?
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