Peter Hammill - Act 2. Leave This House

[Montresor]

Oh, my poor dear friend,
You must see you are not well.
I've read of this before,
I think it's called Hyperaesthesis.
I'm no doctor, but it's clear
Your nerves have gone to pieces.
You need to get away,
You need a holiday,
You need a change of air!
You need an ocean cruise,
You need to be amused!
I tell you plain, this House
To me seems most unhealthy.
You're unattached, you're free to go, you're wealthy.

[Usher / Montresor / The Chorus]

Leave this House.
Leave this House.
Leave this House
And come away.
Leave this House
I cannot!
Leave this House!
I cannot!
Leave this House!
Here I must stay.
Here I must stay.
You are wasting
Your time.
He will never
Leave...

I can never
Leave here
Therefore do
Not ask me

Say no more I've heard of this before
And let me be I think it's called Hyperaesthesis
I can never I'm no doctor but it's clear
Leave here your nerves have gone to pieces.
Therefore do your nerves have gone to pieces.
Not ask me.

Say no more
And let me be
I cannot leave
He cannot leave
The House is I
The House is he
We are as one
They are as one
And I would die
And so must die
Now you must leave

I He cannot leave
Cannot Now you must fly
Leave The House is he
Now you must run
The They are as one
House is No-one will die
I And so must die
I cannot leave
Now you must leave
He cannot leave
The House is I
Now you must fly
The House is he
We are as one
Now you must run
And so must die
And so must die
No-one will die

[Usher / Montresor / The House]

We shall
Not let
Him go!
We shall not
Leave let him go!
Do not torture me! this We shall not
Do not try to persuade! House let him go!
We shall not
Leave let him go!
It only brings me grief this We shall not
House let him go!
Leave this House We shall not
I cannot leave let him go!
We shall not
Let him go!
Shall not let him go!

[Usher / Montresor / The Chorus / The House]

Leave this House
I cannot
Leave this House
I cannot
Leave this House Leave this House
And come with me We shall not
Let him go.
Leave this House
I cannot Never, never
Leave this House never!
I cannot
Leave this House
And come with me Never! Never, never,
Never!
Never! Never, never,
Never!

I can never We are bound
Leave here together
Therefore do for the last time so never
Not ask me I entreat you He shall he shall
Say no more never leave never leave
And let me be. We are bound
Together
For the last time so never
I entreat you He shall he shall
Leave! never leave never leave.
Do not
Talk to me Never
Do not try never
To persuade Leave! never
He shall never
Never leave
Leave this house

Oh Montresor never never
I beg of you never never
I can never never
Never leave never never
I can never never never
Leave this house Leave this house never never
I can never You are wasting never never
Leave this house Leave this house you time never never
I can never he will never never never
Leave this house Leave! leave never never
Never!
The House
Is I.