Lyrics Child - Peter Hammill

Child

I don’t know quite what’s happening
And my eyes don’t see too clear;
All I know is I need you here
If only to shield me from the mood of the world
And hold me and say it doesn’t matter;
But I’m like a child whose dreams are shattered
Crowding round me, images of broken thought
Lines of my life now overgrown
All I can feel is I’m so alone
Without even your bright eyes to reach into my mind
And say that in my life I’ve done right
And I’m like a moonchild in the sunlight
So cast your thoughts upon me, wherever you are
That I may feel you close beside me
And hold your hand, for you to guide me
Through all these catacombs which freeze me with their touch;
Unknowing, knowing so much, my mind cries out
And I’m like a child when the light’s out
With a child’s fear of the dark…