Peter Hammill
From the Safe House
[Verse 1]
This is not the final call
And this is not a ghostly guide
And these are not the words for which we've waited;
Still we're glued to the headsets
While the world's collapsed outside...
Is it all really over now?
It doesn't matter if no-one else will hear
Now you can say what you want, all outspoken
Oh no, it doesn't matter, no-one can get near us now...
So we can send in clear
[Verse 2]
The storm cloud's broken and the old rule's fallen down;
The winds of history whip us naked
Nothing's familiar on the streets of the old town
And chaos is the currency
It doesn't matter if no-one else can hear us now...
It's time to send in clear (Here in the Safe House)
Send in clear (Fear in the Safe House)
Send in clear
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 3]
No messages for coding, no sense in subterfuge...
All hope's in flight, but here we are and here it's ending
Last secrets to be whispered and the dying of the light
Are all that we have left now
It doesn't matter if no-one else can hear
Now we can say what we want, all is open
At last it doesn't matter, no-one can get near us now...
It's time to send in clear (Here in the Safe House...)
Send in clear (Fear in the Safe House)
Send in clear (Here in the Safe House)
Send in clear (All clear)
[Outro]
(And they're coming for you now, if you're ready or you're not)
Send in clear (And they're coming for you now, if you're ready or you're not)
(And they're coming for you now – are you ready?)
(No, you're not and they're here) Send in clear