Oblivion Songtext
von Peter Hammill

Heavy they weighed me down
All the drapes and sheets on your bed
There′s so much that I forget
Heavy they suddenly seemed
Your enfolding arms around me in my dreams
My boat has sailed for some distant shore
People drift apart, I forget
Where do I start?


Later we find ourselves in some dim lit bar
Violins replay their parts
In a favourite song of smoke and mirrors
Later we break apart in the cheek to cheek
It's all blurred but I forget
How much I forget

Short, oh, a time so short
Frozen on your face
All the love that oblivion has erased
Brief, oh, the time so brief
As your fingers run over the lines of my life
No backward glance or chances gone astray
Only cancelled trains, oblivion reigns

Deep in the well where all passions lay to rest
Kept within the heaving chest
All the scars the heart must bear
Light at the end of the tunnel, happy days
These oblivion blows away and leaves no trace
I forget, so much I forget