The Comet, the Course, the Tail - 2006 Digital Remastered Peter Hammill

[Verse 1]
They say we are endowed with Free Will -
At least that justifies our need for indecision
But between our instincts and the lust to kill
We bow our heads in submission
They say that no man is an island
But then they say our castles are our homes;
It's felt the choice is ours, between peace and violence...
Oh, yes, we choose, alone?
While the comet spreads its tail across the sky
It nowhere near defines the course it fliеs
Nor does it find its own direction
Though the path of thе comet be sure
Its constitution is not
So its meaning is possibly more
Than the tracing of a tail
In one brief shot at glory

[Verse 2]
Love and peace and individuality
So order and society are man-made?
War and hate and dark depravity
Or are we slaves?
Channeling aggressive energies
Like the death Wish and the Will to survive
Into finding and preserving enemies
Is that the only way we know we're alive?
In the slaughterhouse all corpses smell the same
Whether queens or pawns or innocents at the game;
In the cemetery a uniform cloaks the graves
Except for outward pomp and circumstance