Accidents - Peter Hammill

This meeting is a coincidence

Which deserves a second look:

We’ve seen the chapter of accidents

Become the longest in the book

I see your face in the picture for better or worse

All power to the accident!

Oh, the sweetest is the one I’m holding in my arms

And the fleetest is the one who survives

But the meetest is the one who’s running on the spot

Where the accident’s about to arrive

I know my place on the planet, chapter and verse

All part of the accident

I know my place in the story, a line of blank verse

A part of the accident

No system worth its salt

Lays all its cards upon the table;

No discipline of thought

Will render me more able

To buck those random throws

This meeting is a coincidence

Which deserves a second look —

We’ve seen the chapter of accidents

It’s the longest in the book

Oh, the sweetest is the one I’m holding in my arms

And the fleetest is the one who survives

But the meetest is the one who’s running on the spot

Where the accident’s about to arrive…

(The accidental, the accident!)

Your face in the picture for better or worse

All power to the accident!

I know my place on the planet, chapter and verse

All part of the accident

I know my place in the story, a line of blank verse

A part of the accident

I see your face in the picture for better or worse

All power to the accident

All power to the accident!