Harlequin

Harlequin

 

[Verse 1]

Came the night a mist dissolved the trees

And in the broken light colours fly, fading by

Pale and cold as figures fill the glade

Grey is the web they spin, on and on, and on and on

Through the flame still summer lingers on

Though her pictures soon shatter

 

[Chorus]

All, always the same

But there appears in the shades of dawning

Though your eyes are dim

All of the pieces in the sky

 

[Verse 2]

There was once a harvest in this land

Reap from the turquoise sky, harlequin, harlequin

Dancing round, three children fill the glade

Theirs was the laughter in the winding stream, and in between

Close your door, the picture fades again

From the flames in the firelight

 

[Chorus]

All, always the same

But there appears in the shades of dawning

Though your eyes are dim

All of the pieces in the sky

 

[Outro]

All, all is not lost

And light appears in the shades of dawning

When your eyes can see

Order the pieces, put them back, put them back

 

Produced By: John Anthony

Written By: Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford, Peter Gabriel, Steve Hackett & Tony Banks

Recorded At: Trident Studios, London

Release Date: November 12, 1971

 

 

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