From the opera, The Fall Of The House Of Usher. This is from the 1999 re-release, "The Fall Of The House Of Usher (Deconstructed & Rebuilt)". The original 1991 release, under Some Bizzare Records, contained drum parts. When Hammill regained rights to the opera, he removed the drum parts and added string parts, played by Stuart Gordon on violin.Music by Peter HammillLibretto by Chris Judge SmithThe House - Peter HammillRoderick Usher - Peter HammillMadeline Usher - Lene LovichMontresor - Andy BellThe Herbalist - Herbert GrönemeyerChorus - Sarah Jane Morris--------------------------------------MONTRESOR, MADELINE: As we walkso we treadon the words left unsaidI can't say them no matter how hard I tryWe chatter on, then the moment's gone,the one for which I've hopedand I've prayed and I've planned.Stop the clock's advance!I need a second chance,I need that second's glancewhen my hand touched your hand.I'd take you in my arms and say 'I love you'but it won't come back to me.It's over now,it's over now,it's over now, you see.If I hadn't been afraid to touch youwould you have been afraid to fall in love with me?Would it be over?Would it be over now?Perhaps it wouldn't be.And each hour limits choicein so gentle a voice'till the hour that we realise no choice remains.So we awaitjust one chance to cheat our fate,but then if we hesitatewe lose the power to act at all.For once that moment's pastwe simply stand aghastas life rolls to disasterand we stand an watch it fall.I'd take you in my arms and say 'I love you'but I think we both agree.It's over now,it's over now, you see.It's over now,it's over now, you see.If I hadn't been afraid to touch youwould you have been afraid to fall in love with me?Would it be over?Would it be over now?Perhaps it wouldn't be.If I hadn't been afraid to touch youwould you have been afraid to fall in love with me?Would it be over?Would it be over now?The way it seems to be.