Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors

Do you still keep paper flowers In the bottom-drawer with your belgian lace Taking them out every year To watch the colours fade away Do you still believe in fairy tales In battlements of shiny castles Safe from the dragons That lie beneath the hill Are you still a Russian princes Rescued by a gipsy-dancer To anyone who'll listen Is that a story you still tell You live a life of fantasy Your diary romantic fiction Can't you see it's hard for me Read more on Last.fm.

1. Derek William Dick, better known as Fish (born 25 April 1958 in Dalkeith, Midlothian) is a Scottish progressive rock singer, writer and actor. After an early career as a gardener and forestry worker, he came to public attention in 1981 with the British group Marillion, which he left in 1988. Album sleeve artwork for his four Marillion albums and most of his solo albums has been done by Mark Wilkinson. Fish is not to be confused with Phish, Chris Squire (“The Fish”), Barry Melton (the Fish of Country Joe & the Fish), Grossa or Bradley Fish. He has worked with many other artists, including Tony Banks (Genesis) and Arjen Anthony Lucassen’s (Ayreon) as the Highlander in Into the Electric Castle. 2. Fish is a Chinese experimental electronic musician. 3. fish is the name of a Soundcloud account used by electronic musician Gupi. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.