Dave Cousins - Hanging In The Gallery
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Is it the painter or the picture
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Hanging in the gallery?
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Admired by countless thousands
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Who attempt to read the secrets
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Of his vision of his very soul
[Verse 2
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Is it the painter or the picture
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Hanging in the gallery?
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Or is it but a still life
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Of his own interpretation
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Of the way that god had made us
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In the image of his eye?
[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
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Is it the sculptor or the sculpture
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Standing in the gallery?
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Touched by fleeting strangers
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Who desire to feel the strength of hands
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That realised a form of life
[Verse 4]
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Is it the sculptor or the sculpture
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Standing in the gallery?
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Or is it but the tenderness
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With which his hands were guided
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To discard the unessentials
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And reveal the perfect truth?
[Interlude]
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[Verse 5]
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Is it the actor or the drama
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Playing to the gallery?
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Heard in every corner
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Of the theatre of cruelty
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That masks the humour in his speech
[Verse 6]
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Is it the actor or the drama
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Playing to the gallery?
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Or is it but the character
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Of any single member of the audience
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That forms the plot
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Of each and every play?
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 7]
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Is it the singer or his likeness
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Hanging in the gallery?
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Tongue black, still and swollen
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His eyes staring from their sockets
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He is silent now, will sing no more
[Verse 8]
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Is it the singer or his likeness
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Hanging in the gallery?
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Or is it but his conscience
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Insecurity, and loneliness
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When destiny becomes at last
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The cause of his demise?