Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Candle, artist - Peter Hammill. Date of issue: 31.12.1970
Song language: English
Candle |
| Look at the candle, as it’s life is bought, |
| as the wick just rolls of and dies; |
| look at the wax-drops as they cease from their goal |
| and the game they were playing loses its joy |
| and the youth which they played in runs away… |
| How long will you be gone? |
| Flames sucks at air now and its breath comes short |
| as it wavers to half its size; |
| vacuum closes in and it attacks the soul. |
| Now the force omnipotent itself is destroyed |
| and for lack of itself it wanes away… |
| How long will you be gone? |
| So does my mind fly as I fight my thought — |
| and I lose, for I cannot find: |
| sent my eyes long miles, they do not know home! |
| For the life I was part of breathes its last |
| and not only life, but hope has gone away… |
| How long will you be gone? |
| How long will you be gone? |