Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Peter Hammill
Canonical path: /peter-hammill/your-word
Related lyric paths: 6
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Your Word
Read Your Word lyrics by Peter Hammill on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Your Word
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Burnt the bridges, burnt the tread;
the sodden syllables are turned.
You can't take back what you said
when you give your word.
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Peter Hammill performs "Your Word", and this lyric page sits inside the Peter Hammill catalog on LyroVerse.
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Yes. The related section below points to The Institute Of Mental Health, Burning and A Headlong Stretch: iii. The Twelve with a short reason for opening each page next.
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