Still In The Dark - Peter Hammill

Oh, brighter than a thousand suns

The march towards the stars

On the wheel, on the car

Off the plane, off the planet

And on in the search

Yes, we pray in the dark in the Sciences' church

Upon the tree of knowledge

The fruit is bitter-sweet;

To the man in the street

All its myriad benefits Science confers

But we’re still in the dark, much as we always were

Run your mind down the Sciences;

None of them lay claim to show more than a part

But still we shout out what we know…

The silence is enough to break the mortal heart

So bow down in adoration to the wonder that is man;

We have learned all we can

We explore every frontier that straddles our way

But we’re still in the dark, though we now call it day

No, there is no answer

There is no eternal proof

There is no timeless truth;

Though we learn to encompass yet more with the eye

We are still in the dark when it comes to the why

We are still in the dark

Bedded down

And so we still lie