Medley Parts Of I A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers lyrics

(i) Eyewitness

( Hammill )

Still waiting for my saviour, storms tear me limb from limb
my fingers feel like seaweed, I`m so far out I`m too far in.

On the table lies blank paper and my tower is built on stone
I only have blunt scissors I only have the bluntest home.
I`ve been the witness, and the seal of death
lingers in the molten wax that is my head.

I prophesy disaster and then I count the cost
I shine, but shining, dying, I know that I am almost lost.

(iii) Eyewitness

( Hammill )

No time now for contrition; the time for that`s long past
The walls are thin as tissue and if I talk I`ll crack the glass
So I only think on how it might have been
locked in silent monologue, in silent scream.

I`m much too tired to speak
and as the waves crash on the bleak
stones of the tower I start to fr