Shingle Song - Peter Hammill

You can see in the 1st light that’s graced as dawn

That there’s nothing in my heart but pain

As I stand, facing sea, knowing that you’re gone

All the elements rage to explain

That I should really be on my way;

But there is something

Which ensures I must stay.

Beneath the roar of the seething surf,

Beneath the caterwaul of scattered call wind

Thoughts and gestures unspoken, unheard--

And now the dance of rapture begins

As the waves rush along across the beach:

Like you, like your love

Forever out of reach.

Look at the sky, but it’s empty now;

Look at the sea, it holds nothing but despair.

I raise my eyes, but my head stays bower…

I look to my side, but you’re not there.

And I can’t get you out of my mind,

No, no, no, no, I just can’t get you from my mind.