If We Must Part Like This by Peter Hammill Lyrics

Already there's no case for special pleading
No points to score, no blow by blow
I look around the room that we'll be leaving
Even while your're here beside me I already know I miss you so

How soon we make our move towards hereafter
Where we will reap what has been sown
A shadow chills the music, stills the laughter
Promise that you'll stay forever, say you'll never go. – I miss you so

I turn my eyes, stare into the distance
The light that dies, the door that's closed
No last goodbye, if we must part like this – I miss you so

I feel so strange and restless, dislocated
I'm homesick even though I'm here at home
Nostalgic for the future, I have waited
My shaking hands, the lump that's in my throat
Even while I'm here beside you
I still miss you so
And it's too late to make it any different
The wave that breaks, the tide that flows
Outrageous fate is tearing us apart – I miss you so
I turn my eyes, stare into the distance
The light that dies, the door that's closed
No last goodbye, if we must part like this
I miss you so, so much

It won't make any difference
To say how much it hurts, I know
No last goodbye, if we must part like this

I miss you so
I miss you so
I miss you so