Released: October 22, 2012
Featuring: Steven Wilson
Songwriter: Mike Rutherford Peter Gabriel Phil Collins Steve Hackett Tony Banks
Producer: Roger King Steve Hackett
The scattered pages of a book by the sea
Held by the sand washed by the waves
A shadow forms cast by a cloud
Skimming by as eyes of the past, but the rising tide
Absorbs them effortlessly claiming
They told of one who tired of all singing
Praise him, praise him
We heed not flatterers he cried
By our command, waters retreat
Show my power, halt at my feet
But the cause was lost
Now cold winds blow
Far from the north overcast ranks advance
Fear of the storm accusing with rage and scorn
The waves surround the sinking throne
Singing crown him, crown him
"Those who love our majesty show themselves!"
All bent their knee
But he forced a smile even though
His hopes lay dashed where offerings fell
Nothing can my peace destroy as long as no one smiles
More opened ears and opened eyes
And soon they dared to laugh
See a little man with his face turning red
Though his story's often told you can tell he's dead
Held by the sand washed by the waves
A shadow forms cast by a cloud
Skimming by as eyes of the past, but the rising tide
Absorbs them effortlessly claiming
They told of one who tired of all singing
Praise him, praise him
We heed not flatterers he cried
By our command, waters retreat
Show my power, halt at my feet
But the cause was lost
Now cold winds blow
Far from the north overcast ranks advance
Fear of the storm accusing with rage and scorn
The waves surround the sinking throne
Singing crown him, crown him
"Those who love our majesty show themselves!"
All bent their knee
But he forced a smile even though
His hopes lay dashed where offerings fell
Nothing can my peace destroy as long as no one smiles
More opened ears and opened eyes
And soon they dared to laugh
See a little man with his face turning red
Though his story's often told you can tell he's dead
more tracks from the album
From the album
- Genesis Revisited II (2012)
Steve Hackett popular songs
- The Return of the Giant Hogweed
- Prizefighters
- The Chamber of 32 Doors
- The Musical Box
- Watcher of the Skies
- Star of Sirius
- Man in the Long Black Coat
- Can-Utility and the Coastliners
- Broadway Melody of 1974
- Dance on a Volcano
- I Know What I Like
- Dancing with the Moonlit Knight
- Blood on the Rooftops
- Fly on a Windshield
- Supper’s Ready
- Firth of Fifth
- For Absent Friends
- The Lamia
- ...In That Quiet Earth
- Los Endos
- Fountain of Salmacis
- Myopia/Los Endos/Imagining/Ace of Wands/Hackett to Pieces
- Spectral Mornings/Firth of Fifth/Clocks
- Horizons (2012)