Unrehearsed Peter Hammill

[Verse 1]
Time for the unrehearsed entrance
Show a leg you can break
Down the cocktail
While it's laughing at you for heaven's sake....
I can't be your protector
From these deliberate mistakes

[Verse 2]
Between the "can't" and the "maybe"
A lifetime's hovering in the wings:
Grasp the nettle, bite the bullet
Push your own buttons and pull your own strings
Name your poison
While you've got the power, 100 proof
I can't be your protector
From self-neglect or abuse
This is not a rehearsal
And fear is not an excuse

[Bridge]
And if you won't step out on the boards
You'll find your place already on the shelf –
You can only find the sum of your parts yourself

[Verse 3]
Unprepared and unready
Is that an excuse or a point of view?
You can block out the words in anagrammatical sword play
But it's your own life you'll be running through
Time to drink a cocktail
Of your own invention for pity's sake
I can't be your protector
I won't be there when you wake
To honour all the hidden intentions
In your deliberate mistakes
In your deliberate mistakes
Behind your deliberate mistakes