《Painting By Numbers(2007 Digital Remaster)》歌词

[00:00:00] Painting By Numbers (2007 Digital Remaster) - Peter Hammill

[00:00:10] It's not that complicated

[00:00:14] No more than a clench of fist -

[00:00:17] She want to paint her heart out

[00:00:21] She want to tell it as she sees it is

[00:00:25] Authority condemns her

[00:00:29] They say to paint's a waste without a base

[00:00:34] Some bedrock of idea

[00:00:36] Painting by numbers doesn't add up

[00:00:42] Painting by numbers doesn't add up

[00:00:48] It's passionless bed-rest

[00:00:50] Work-body that's headless

[00:00:53] A head that's without heart -

[00:00:56] Painting by numbers doesn't add up to art

[00:01:00] Her constant vows mean nothing

[00:01:04] Not content alone that sells -

[00:01:08] The Market Theory beckons

[00:01:11] No-one remembers what the story tells;

[00:01:15] No-one remembers passion

[00:01:19] We just recite the line

[00:01:23] That art is fine and fashion costly

[00:01:27] Painting by numbers doesn't add up;

[00:01:32] Safety in numbers put your hands up

[00:01:38] In mute surrender

[00:01:41] They'll break her or bend her

[00:01:44] For the heart on her sleeve

[00:01:46] Painting by numbers all the modern world believes

[00:01:53] And the whole thing falls apart

[00:02:01] When the movement's more important than the art;

[00:02:09] When we're more concerned

[00:02:11] With what's been thought than said

[00:02:14] This is the moment when the culture's dead

[00:02:26] It's not that complicated

[00:02:29] It's simple as can be:

[00:02:33] She want to paint her heart out

[00:02:37] They want a programme for the BBC

[00:02:40] Where academic critics can talk of art that's fine

[00:02:48] Like holy wine - the Blessed Intellectuals

[00:02:52] Painting by numbers doesn't add up;

[00:02:58] Safety in numbers put your hands up

[00:03:04] The poets from Venus assume that they've seen us -

[00:03:09] They're quick to depart

[00:03:11] Painting by numbers doesn't add up to art

[00:03:15] Painting by numbers doesn't add up;

[00:03:21] Safety in numbers put your hands up

[00:03:27] It's passionless bed-rest

[00:03:29] Work-body that's headless

[00:03:32] A head that's without heart -

[00:03:38] Painting by numbers doesn't add up to art