Now Lover Songtext
von Peter Hammill

In the here and now
Between sensation at the nerve ends
And arrival
Of information at the cortex
Time elapses
So you see, each time we touch
We did so in the past

Oh, now, lover
Slicing through time in a perfect curve
Due for a moment of energy
Somehow we′ll get what we most deserve
In the here and now


In the here and now
Although completely different people
Although completely different people)
In the moment (In the moment)
Before and after having sex (Before and after having sex)
We are time-locked (We are time-locked
We are time-locked, we are time-locked)
Crack forgotten statues, we are
Spangled in the undergrowth
Lost in ancient magic
We are motion, we are wonderful flow
We are time-locked
Unknowing of the code
But addicted to the pulse (Pulse, pulse
Pulse, pulse, pulse, pulse, pulse)
Oh, now, lover (Now, now, now, now, now, now, now)

Melt in the crucible, flesh and blood
Parties consumed by the catalyst
Somehow we'll raise our sights from the mud
We are always now (We are always now)
We are always now

If we were always here and now
Instead of slightly now and then
So immaterial
So lost, embracing all
The grace that comes before the fall
If we were always here and now
Electric shiver in the spine
How could we turn away?
See life as grey and drab
"How come we don′t see what we have?"


If we were always here and now
Soul to soul and skin to skin
Is it some kind of make-believe?
Is it some kind of dream we're in
With a mint copy of original sin?
In the here and now, between sensation at the nerve-ends
And the arrival of the information at the cortex
Time elapses, time elapses...
Crackled garden statues, we are strangled in the undergrowth
Lying on the mattress of the magic and the wonderful
Nothing really matters as we're sucked in by the undertow
We are motion, we are feeling, we are now

Although completely different people, huh
In the moments before and after having sex
We are time-bots, we are time-bots
Though we know each time we touch
We did so in the past, oh, now

Karma, karma lovers, slicing through time in a perfect curve
Two for a moment of energy
Somehow we′ll get what we most deserve
In the here and now
Melt in the crucible, flesh and blood
Bodies consumed by the catalyst
Surrender to nothing, welcome the flood
Of the here and now
Slicing through time in a perfect curve
Two for a moment of energy
Somehow we′ll get what we most deserve
Melt in the crucible, flesh and blood
Bodies consumed by the catalyst
Surrender to nothing, nip the thought in the bud
We are always now
We are always now

We were always here and now