The Lie-Peter Hammill

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[00:00.00]The Lie - Peter Hammill
[01:48.41]Genuflection erection in church
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[01:58.73]Sacristy cloth moth-eaten shroud
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[02:10.02]Secret silence sacred secrets
[02:19.22]Accumulate dust aggravate the eye
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[02:41.37]Incautious laughter after confession
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[02:51.99]Benediction fictional fear
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[03:00.72]Hidden faces Grace is just a name
[03:06.99]Like Chastity like Lucifer like mine
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[03:27.15]You took me through the window-stain
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[03:34.91]Drowned in image incense
[03:38.33]Choir-refrain and slow ecstasy
[03:43.88]I'd embrace you if I only knew your name
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[04:00.89]The silent corner haunts my shadow prayers
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[04:12.25]Ice-cold statue rapture divine
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[04:31.23]Unconscious eyes the open mouth
[04:35.91]The wound of love
[04:37.95]The Lie
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[04:58.85]You took me gave me reasons for
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[05:06.21]Saints and missals vigils
[05:09.34]All the more holy martyrs
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[05:14.86]I'd embrace you and walk through
[05:18.46]The one-way door
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[05:41.93]I'd embrace you but it would be
[05:50.62]Just another lie