Peter Hammill - Vision

Song from the album Fool's Mate, 1971

I have a vision of you, locked inside my head;
it creeps upon my mind, and warms me in my bed...
A vision shimering, shifting
moving in false firelight;
a vision of a vision,
protecting me from fear at night,
as the seasons roll on, and my love stays strong.
I don't know where you end, and
where it is that I begin.
You simply open my mind, and the memories flood on in.
I remember waking up, with you arms around me;
I remember losing myself finding that you'd found me,
as the seasons roll on, and my love stays strong.
Be my child, be my lover, swallow
me up in your fire-glow.
Take my tongue, take my torment, take
my hand and don't let go.
Let me live in your life,
for you make it all seem to matter;
Let me die in your arms,
so the vision may never shatter...
The seasons roll on;
my love stays strong.

Video used here is by artist/photographer Daryl Darko. The original, higher-quality version can be found here: http://vimeo.com/34187497