Darkness (11/11)

Peter Hammill

Day dawns dark, it now numbers infinity
Life crawls from the past, watching in wonder
I trace its patterns in me
Tomorrow's tomorrow is birth again
Boats burn the bridge in the fens
The time of the past returns to my life
And uses it

Don't blame me for the letters
That may form in the sand
Don't look in my eyes, you may see all the numbers
That stretch in my sky and color my hand
Don't say that I'm wrong in imagining
That the voice of my life cannot sing
Fate enters and talks in old words
They amuse it

The hands shine darkly and white
Only in dark they appear
Bless the baby born today,
Flying in pitch, flying on fear

They shine in my eyes and touch my face
Where I have seen them placed before
Don't blame me, please, for the fate that falls
I did not choose it
I did not, no no, I did not
I truly did not choose it

Trivia about the song Darkness (11/11) by Van Der Graaf Generator

On which albums was the song “Darkness (11/11)” released by Van Der Graaf Generator?
Van Der Graaf Generator released the song on the albums “The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other” in 1970, “68-71” in 1972, “The Box” in 2000, and “Real Time” in 2008.
Who composed the song “Darkness (11/11)” by Van Der Graaf Generator?
The song “Darkness (11/11)” by Van Der Graaf Generator was composed by Peter Hammill.

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