Here we are, static in the latter half
Of the twentieth century
But it might as well be the Middle Ages,
There'll have to be some changes
But how they'll come about foxes me.
I want the future now,
I want to hold it in my hands;
All men equal and unbowed,
I want the promised land.
But that doesn't seem to get any closer,
And Moses has had his day...
The tablets of law are an advertising poster,
Civilisation here to stay
And this is progress?
You must be joking!
Me, I'm looking for any kind of hope.
I want the future now,
I want to see it on the screen,
I want to break the bounds
That make our lives so mean.
Oh, blind, blinded, blinding hatred
Of race, sex, religion, colour, country and creed,
These scream from the pages of everything I read.
You just bring me oppression and torture,
Apartheid, corruption and plague;
You just bring me the rape of the planet
And joke world rights at the Hague.
Oh, someday the Millennium!
But how far is someday away?
I want the future now
I'm young, and it's my right.
I want a reason to be proud.
I want to see the light.
I want the future now,
I want to see it on the screen,
I want to break the bounds:
Make life worth more than dreams
Peter Joseph Andrew Hammill (nato il 19 agosto 1948) è un cantautore, tastierista e polistrumentista britannico, noto soprattutto per essere stato il frontman dei Van der Graaf Generator e per la sua prolifica carriera solista. Hammill ha iniziato a suonare musica all'età di sette anni, influenzato da artisti come Bob Dylan e The Beatles. Nel 1967 formò i Van der Graaf Generator, band prog rock che raggiunse un grande successo negli anni '70 con album come "Pawn Hearts" (1972) e "Godbluff" (1970). Hammill è noto per il suo stile vocale unico, potente e teatrale, spesso accompagnato da testi complessi e introspettivi. Dopo la prima scioglimento dei Van der Graaf Generator nel 1978, Hammill continuò a registrare musica sotto il proprio nome, pubblicando oltre 30 album in carriera. Tra i suoi brani più rappresentativi si ricordano "A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers" (1973), "Man-Erg" (1976) e "The Silent Corner and the Empty Stage" (1982). La sua musica è caratterizzata da un'atmosfera oscura, melodica e spesso sperimentale, con influenze che spaziano dal rock progressivo al jazz fusion. Hammill ha collaborato con numerosi artisti, tra cui David Sylvian e Robert Fripp.
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