Child Songtext
von Peter Hammill

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 have shattered


Crowding ′round me, images of broken thought
Lines of my life now overgrown
All I can feel is I′m so alone
With not even your bright eyes to reach to 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 of these catacombs that freeze me with their touch
Unknowing but 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