Lyrics Anagnorisis - Peter Hammill
In
a
papered
house
The
lights
are
going
down.
In
blissful
ignorance
the
king
Makes
a
hash
of
repairing
His
papier
mache
crown.
The
treasure
in
his
grasp
The
part
he
was
born
to
play,
Have
led
him
up
the
garden
path
With
his
hopes
and
his
broken
heart
shown
on
open
display.
He
doesn't
understand,
They'll
never
let
the
talent
know
That
the
shaking
in
his
hand
Is
a
sign-off:
goodbye
and
not
hello.
So
much
for
awareness
Of
the
crooked
nature
of
the
deal.
In
a
papered
house
there's
no
big
reveal.
He
doesn't
understand,
So
much
he'd
rather
not
know,
But
he
caught
a
glimpse
of
the
seating
plan
And
so
the
story's
blown.
Grandees
and
groundlings,
they've
seen
it
all
before
And
there's
no
sense
of
romance
left
at
the
artists'
door.
Anagnorisis,
It's
all
given
away;
In
a
papered
house
There's
hell
to
pay.
1 My Unintended
2 Reputation
3 Charm Alone
4 What Lies Ahead
5 Anagnorisis
6 Torpor
7 Milked
8 Girl to the North Country
9 On Deaf Ears
10 The Descent
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