My Experience - Live by Peter Hammill Lyrics

[Spoken Intro]
Now another song from Sitting Targets, this is called "My Experience"

[Instrumental Intro]

[Verse 1]
It was nothing, it came from nowhere at all
It was a casual remark, not a curtain-call
Late for breakfast – black coffee, brandy-laced...
Oh, that look on your face
I'll remember last night;
I'll look out for the signs;
You were caught in the light
Time after time after time after time

[Chorus 1]
It's been my experience
That when the row gets serious
A certain silence will fall...
But I just can't stop it, oh, tell me what's wrong
My heart goеs like a rocket, the feeling's so strong now
No, I just can't stop it, why don't you tеll me what's wrong?
Don't think about it too long
[Instrumental]

[Verse 2]
I could argue this another way
But on another day I might have to shout
You keep your mouth shut
But it's too late for that now: oh, the word got out
In translation it's lost
In desperation it's mimed;
Is this Paradise lost
Or Paradise time after time after time after time?

[Chorus 2]
It's been my experience
And when the row gets serious
A certain silence will fall...
But I'll never [?], oh, tell me what's wrong
Never [?], the feeling's so strong now
Never [?], why don't you tell me what's wrong?
And don't go thinking about it too long

[Instrumental Outro]

[Spoken Outro: Peter Hammil & someone in the crowd]
Thank you!
Now some older song, uh, ("Necromancer!") like city life past, present and possible future