| Song | On the Surface |
| Artist | Peter Hammill |
| Album | Out of Water |
| On the surface | |
| phosphorus gleaming; | |
| deep down we carry on dreaming. | |
| On the surface | |
| compass and charts checked; | |
| deep down the currents run | |
| in a shining vortex, | |
| in a swirling vortex. | |
| On the surface | |
| oil troubled water | |
| sails set the seas on fire | |
| to the farthest quarter... | |
| Are we dreaming? | |
| Dream deep of childhood, | |
| dream deep of future days – | |
| it'll all come good, | |
| deep dreaming. | |
| On the surface | |
| head above water | |
| legs kick the carry-on... | |
| (dreaming) break the surface; | |
| dreaming of long-lost childhood, | |
| hoping for better days – | |
| it'll all come good, | |
| deep dreaming. | |
| It'll all come good, | |
| deep dreaming. | |
| It'll all come to the surface, | |
| it'll all rise to the surface, | |
| deep dreaming. |
| On the surface | |
| phosphorus gleaming | |
| deep down we carry on dreaming. | |
| On the surface | |
| compass and charts checked | |
| deep down the currents run | |
| in a shining vortex, | |
| in a swirling vortex. | |
| On the surface | |
| oil troubled water | |
| sails set the seas on fire | |
| to the farthest quarter... | |
| Are we dreaming? | |
| Dream deep of childhood, | |
| dream deep of future days | |
| it' ll all come good, | |
| deep dreaming. | |
| On the surface | |
| head above water | |
| legs kick the carryon... | |
| dreaming break the surface | |
| dreaming of longlost childhood, | |
| hoping for better days | |
| it' ll all come good, | |
| deep dreaming. | |
| It' ll all come good, | |
| deep dreaming. | |
| It' ll all come to the surface, | |
| it' ll all rise to the surface, | |
| deep dreaming. |