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ISLANDS
(Fripp, Sinfield)
Earth, stream and tree encircled by sea
Waves sweep the sand from my island.
My sunsets fade,
Field and glade wait only for rain
Grain after grain love erodes my
High weathered walls which fend off the tide
Cradle the wind
to my island.
Gaunt granite climbs where gulls wheel and glide
Mournfully cry o'er my island.
My dawn bride's veil, damp and pale,
Dissolves in the sun.
Love's web is spun - cats prowl, mice run
Wreathe snatch-hand briars where owls know my eyes
Violet skies
Touch my island, touch me.
Beneath the wind turned wave
Infinite peace
Islands join hands
'Neath heaven's sea.
Dark harbour quays like fingers of stone
Hungrily reach from my island.
Clutch sailors' words, pearls and gourds
Are strewn on my shore.
Equal in love, bound in circles.
Earth, stream and tree return to the sea
Waves sweep the sand from my island,
from me.
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Robert Fripp: Guitar, Mellotron, Peter’s Pedal Harmonium and sundry implements
Mel Collins: Flute, Bass Flute, Saxes & Vocals
Boz: Bass Guitar, Lead Vocals & Choreography
Ian Wallace: Drums, Percussion & Vocals
Peter Sinfield: Words, Sounds & Visions
Featured players
Keith Tippett: Piano
Paulina Lucas: Soprano
Robin Miller: Oboe
Mark Charig: Cornet
Harry Miller: String Bass
Engineer: Andy Hendrikson
Cover Design & Painting: Peter Sinfield
Equipment: Vick & Mike
Recorded at Command Studios, Piccadilly, London
Outer cover illustration ‘Trifid Nebula in Sagittarius’ by courtesy of The Institute of Technology and Carnegie Institution of Washington
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