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A Forest of Pronouns Lyrics by Peter Hammill

X My Heart

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[Verse 1]
Yes, questions
Coming up on the autocue
And I'm open to suggestion
But can I say the same for you?
So lost in the forest of pronouns
That I can't see the wood for the trees...
Got to face up to the showdown
Between you, me and him, which is we?
[Pre-Chorus]
Strange language fills my head: (It isn't written, you can take it as read if you dare to believe it)
It isn't written but still I take it as read (The buts stop where the arrow's sped, this is the main chance, take it or leave it.)
[Verse 3]
I heard the grass growing under my feet –
Oh, princess, what might have been?
Once your kisses were so bittersweet
That I got caught in the in-between
[Pre-Chorus]
Strange voices came and went (It isn't certain, but it's 90%, yeah, you'd better believe it)
If I'm uncertain still I leave it unsaid (The buck stops when the arrow's spent, this is the get-out, take it or leave it.)
[Chorus]
I can't take it, can't leave it
I can't take it, can't leave it
I can't take it, can't leave it
I can't take it, can't leave it
[Verse 3]
Yes, questions (Yes, questions) – though responses remain unsure; (Though responses remain unsure;)
Still I stay open for suggestions (Open for suggestions) – for this there's no simple cure (For this there's no simple cure)
And I got lost in the forest of pronouns (Lost in the forest of pronouns)
So I can't see the wood for the trees (So I can't see the wood for the trees)
[Pre-Chourus]
Strange language floods my head... (It isn't certain, but it's 90%, yeah, you'd better believe it)
It isn't written... do I take it as read? (The butts stop where the arrow's sped, this is the get-out, take it or leave it.)
[Chorus]
I can't take it, can't leave it
I can't take it, can't leave it
I can't take it, can't leave it
I can't take it, can't leave it
I can't take it, can't leave it
I can't take it, can't leave it
I can't take it, can't leave it
I can't take it, can't leave it
I can't take it, can't leave it
I can't take it, can't leave it
I can't take it, can't leave it
I can't take it, can't leave it
I can't take it, can't leave it
I can't take it, can't leave it
I can't take it, can't leave it
I can't take it, can't leave it
[Outro]
I can't take it
I can't leave it
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Credits
Peter Hammill

Peter Hammill

About “A Forest of Pronouns” by Peter Hammill

Read the complete lyrics to "A Forest of Pronouns" by Peter Hammill from the album "X My Heart". On Lyrks you can follow along with the full text, explore the artist's discography, and discover related songs. The track is often categorized under Rock, Experimental Rock, Experimental.

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"A Forest of Pronouns" appears on "X My Heart".

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