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A Better Time (Acapella) Lyrics by Peter Hammill

X My Heart

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[Intro]
(Ahh, ahh)
[Verse 1]
As surely as the countdown begins
Our time is not our own;
Already there's the breath of the wind
Which bleaches bare the bones
Of the deadlines we set, of the jokes we don't get
And forgetfulness that furrows the brow...
[Chorus]
No, I'll never find a better time
To be alive than now
[Verse 2]
So I wake up (So I wake up), to remainder the dream
Of personality and posture and face (Of personality and posture and face)
For nothing can remain as it seems
In some perfect state of pure grace... (In some perfect state of pure grace...)
All we prize and protect only cause and effect
But I suspect the furrow may be guiding the plough
[Chorus]
And I'll never find a better time
To be alive than now
To be alive than now
[Bridge]
(Ahh, ah-ah-ahh)
Ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh
Ah-ahh
Ooh, ooh-ooh
Ooh, ooh-ooh
Ooh, ooh-ooh (Ahh, ah-ah-ahh)
[Verse 3]
No better, no worse, much the same
We wait on the why and the when; (Much the same as we wait on the why and the when;)
No question but we'll go as we came (No question but we'll go as we came)
With no shift in the shape of the zen (With no shift in the shape of the zen)
And it is as it is and we take as we find
Always next season's buds on the bough...
[Chorus]
But I'll never find a better time
Hard though it is to allow
I'll never find a better time
To be alive than now
[Outro]
(Ooh, ooh-ooh-ohh, ohh-ohh)
This is the life and we've only time
To be alive right now
Right now
Credits
Peter Hammill

Peter Hammill

About “A Better Time (Acapella)” by Peter Hammill

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