Richard Dawson
Richard Dawson
Richard Dawson
Richard Dawson
Richard Dawson
Richard Dawson
Richard Dawson
Richard Dawson
Richard Dawson
Richard Dawson
This song addresses the theme of sight loss, a common theme in Richard Dawson’s work. Richard suffers from juvenile retinoschisis which he has stated causes him to experience hallucinations http://thequietus.com/articles/17205-richard-dawson-interview-2
A grid of starlit blood
Forming in the cracks between the paving stones
Soaking through my shoes
Crawling up the walls of an invisible room
[Chorus]
Man has been struck down by hands unseen
Hands unseen
Man has been struck down by hands unseen
Hands unseen
I was woken through the night
By a terrible sound i thought the moon had
Fallen down, fallen down
From its mooring
Every single building in the town was somehow changing shape
A sphere of stone or a ball of wood
Rolling down the high street into the sea, sea
The silence of the dead, a slow coagulation of the sky
Drowning out the light, thrown across the void by a spinning ball of fire
[Chorus]
Man has been struck down by hands unseen
Hands unseen
Man has been struck down by hands unseen
Hands unseen
Magic bridge
Here i am, here i am
I am waiting
The trees have disappeared into a bank of fog
I cannot see my own two hands in front of me
Sweeping through the rushes of this waking dream
Dream, dream, dream, dream, dream, dream, dream, dream
Man Has Been Struck Down By Hands Unseen was written by Richard Dawson.