Man-Erg Van Der Graaf Generator

cloisters hang the acolytes of gloom And Death's Head throws his cloak onto the corner of my room and I am doomed, But laughing in my courtyard play the pranksters of my youth And solemn, waiting Old Man

Man Erg Van Der Graaf Generator

cloisters hang the acolytes of gloom and Death's Head throws his cloak into the corner of my room and I am doomed But laughing in my courtyard play the pranksters of my youth and solemn, waiting old man

The Undercover Man Van Der Graaf Generator

strange - my spirit feels rigid, me body deranged; still that's only from one point of view and we can't have illusion between me and you, my constant friend, ever close at hand - you and the undercover man

Door (Live) Van Der Graaf Generator

He's a blind man, crouching by the pavement, only seeing with his third eye, and clutching at the astral shadow of every passer-by.

Door Van Der Graaf Generator

He's a blind man, crouching by the pavement only seeing with his third eye and clutching at the astral shadow of every passer-by He's a wise man, trumping all the answers she's a wild girl, trying to keep

Masks Van Der Graaf Generator

He's a man of the past and one of the present, a man who hides behind a mask behind a mask. A clown, a fool, believing it cool to be down or that the game is all about who laughs the last.

Chemical World Van Der Graaf Generator

In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king; in the country of the sheep, they call him Cyclops.

The Wave Van Der Graaf Generator

The wave hits the beach, writing words on the sand; to the academic man, this could be the answer.... In fact, it's no more than a hunch.

After The Flood Van Der Graaf Generator

The water rushes over all, cities crash in the mighty wave; the final man is very small, plunging in for his final bathe.

A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers Van Der Graaf Generator

I am a lonely man...my solitude is true my eyes have borne stark witness and now my knights are numbered too. I've seen the smiles on dead hands-- the stars shine, but they're not for me.

The Sphinx In The Face Van Der Graaf Generator

I'm gonna head for the island when the summer's out, I'm gonna do all the stuff that I can, drink like a fish in a waterspout - I'm a fan of the flow it began long ago I'm a man who should know it doesn't

Childlike Faith In Childhood's End Van Der Graaf Generator

All is bogus - we don't yet know what we are... laughing, hoping praying, joking, Son of Man!

Scorched Earth Van Der Graaf Generator

Snow tracks are all that's left to be seen of a man who entered the course of a dream, claiming nothing but the life he's known - this, at least, has been his own

La Rossa Van Der Graaf Generator

dance to a strange tune when all of those years I've longed to lie with you but have bogged myself down in the web of talk, quack philosophy and sophistry - at physically I've always baulked, like the man

Arrow Van Der Graaf Generator

Stub towers in the distance, riders cross the blasted moor against the horizon Fickle promises of treaty, fatal harbingers of war, futile orisons swirl as one in this flight, this mad chase, this s...

Ship Of Fools (Live) Van Der Graaf Generator

The captain's in a coma, the lieutenant's on a drunk;the owner's in his cabin with his special friend, the monk;the midget's on the bridge, dispensing platitudes and junk -those wild and special pl...

Still Life (Live) Van Der Graaf Generator

What have we become?What have we chosen to be?Now all history is reduced to the syllablesor our name -nothing can ever be the same:now the Immortals are here.At the time it seemed a reasonable cour...

Last Frame (Live) Van Der Graaf Generator

Pretty keen - yes, my hobby keeps me busyand if I talk to myself, what's the crime?In the darkroom I am a dealer in space and time....When all memory is mellowed,when the photograph is yellowed,sti...

Mirror Images (Live) Van Der Graaf Generator

If I'm the mirror and you're the imagethen what's the secret between the two,these 'me's and 'you's, how many can there be?Oh, I don't mind all that around the place,as long as you keep itwell away...

Pioneers Over C (Live) Van Der Graaf Generator

fingers groping for the galaxies,reddened eyes stared up into the void,1000 stars to be exploitedSomebody help me I'm falling, somebody help me, I'm falling downInto sky, into earth, into sky, into...

Lizard Play Van Der Graaf Generator

Frozen moment, cold blood time:the Iguana lady is saying goodbye.She's not quite ready, she wants to stay,she wants to be perfect, but not in the way.He tries to be cautious, one more cigarette,he ...

The Habit Of The Broken Heart Van Der Graaf Generator

Oh, the Sisters of Blindnessfrom the Convent of the Broken Heart,they want to smother it with kindness,they want to tear it all apart.And there's a rock of sterile virtu'in the centre of the bay......

The Siren Song Van Der Graaf Generator

Letters in pencilsome of them as heavy as leadas dated as carbonas black as coalbut burning as redClues faintly stenciledthe message,though bleached,is on redas secret as marbleas youngas oldas liv...

Last Frame Van Der Graaf Generator

Pretty keen - yes, my hobby keeps me busyand if I talk to myself, what's the crime?In the darkroom I am a dealer in space and time....When all memory is mellowed,when the photograph is yellowed,sti...

When She Comes Van Der Graaf Generator

Slow motion in the quiet of your room:so potent is the smell of her perfumethat you think she's eternalthat you think she's everything-but no-one knows what she is....Repentance for all you should ...

A Place To Survive Van Der Graaf Generator

It's easy to say, when you're so down,that everything's pointless;your eyes burn, your ears howl,your limbs are disjointed.Barren fields, the barren earth, never more will it flower-rub your face a...

Wondering Van Der Graaf Generator

I will arise;in the depths, I will open my eyes;as my breath almost fails me, survive.Wait-there's something unclear,there's something I fear now drawing close.Could it b you? Whose is that voice?I...

Pilgrims Van Der Graaf Generator

Sometimes you feel so far away,distanced from all the action of the play,unable to grasp significance,marking the plot with diffident dismay,stranded at centre stage,scrabbling through your diary f...

Still Life Van Der Graaf Generator

Citadel rever berates to a thousand voices,now dumb;What have we become?What have we chosen to be?Now all history is reduced to the syllablesor our name -nothing can ever be the same:now the Immort...

My Room (Waiting For Wonderland) Van Der Graaf Generator

Searching for diamonds in the sulphurmine, leaning on props which are rotten,hoping for anything, looking for a signthat I am not forgotten.Lost in a labyrinth of future mystery,tracing my steps, a...

Killer Van Der Graaf Generator

So you live in the bottom of the sea,and you kill all that come near you ....but you are very lonely, because all the other fishfear you .....And you crave companionship and someone to call your ow...

House With No Door Van Der Graaf Generator

There's a house with no door and I'm living thereat nights it gets so cold and the days are hard to bear inside.There's a house with no roof, so the rain creeps in,falling through my head as I try ...

Pioneers Over c Van Der Graaf Generator

fingers groping for the galaxies,reddened eyes stared up into the void,1000 stars to be exploitedSomebody help me I'm falling, somebody help me, I'm falling downInto sky, into earth, into sky, into...

Darkness (11/11) Van Der Graaf Generator

Day dawns dark, it now numbers infinity.Life crawls from the past, watching in wonderI trace its patterns in me.Tomorrow's tomorrow is birth again.Boats burn the bridge in the fens;the time of the ...

Refugees Van Der Graaf Generator

N. was somewhere years ago and cold:ice locked the people's hearts and made them old.S. was birth to pleasant lands, but dry:I walked the waters' depths and played my mind.E. was dawn, coming alive...

White Hammer Van Der Graaf Generator

In the year 1486 the Malleus first appeared,designed to kill all witchcraft and end the papal fears:prescribing tortures to kill the Black Arts......and the Hammer struck hard.Malleus Maleficarum s...

Whatever Would Robert Have Said? Van Der Graaf Generator

I AM the suck of air you take that you've had many times before;I AM the blow of air you fake, but which still throws you out the door;I AM the air that fills your lungs, but leaves you emptier tha...

Out Of My Book Van Der Graaf Generator

We sat by ourselves, still looking for company;there could have been peace, but that eluded meall I could think of was what was on your mind.You tried to be kind,but I blocked your feelings.Now, se...

Afterwards Van Der Graaf Generator

You stare out in yellow eyes larger than my mind;in viscous pools of joy, relaxing, we glide...it's all too beautifulfor my mind to bear.and, as we shimmer into sleep, something's unshared.But, see...

Necromancer Van Der Graaf Generator

Yes I live in the black woods, where you dare not evenspeak my name.If there is evil in your heart and you will come near to me you willlose your sane.My form is mystic, but my heart is pure,you'd ...

The Boat Of Millions Of Years Van Der Graaf Generator

Horus, the son of Isis, lay in the marshes of Buto,poisoned by Set.She called out to the High God Rato kill this evil, that her child may live yet.Casting aside her present fearsshe called out on t...

Lemmings (Including Cog) Van Der Graaf Generator

I stood alone upon the highest cliff-top,looked down, around, and all that I could seewere those that I would dearly love to share withcrashing on quite blindly to the sea:I tried to ask what game ...

w Van Der Graaf Generator

Life is an endless succession of waves,you're happy and you're sadand you don't appreciate the good timesuntil you'e in the bad....You wake up one morning - w -and you're twice as unhappy as you've...

Ship Of Fools Van Der Graaf Generator

The captain's in a coma, the lieutenant's on a drunk;the owner's in his cabin with his special friend, the monk;the midget's on the bridge, dispensing platitudes and junk -those wild and special pl...

Sleepwalkers Van Der Graaf Generator

At night, this mindless army, ranks unbroken by dissent,is moved into action and their pace does not relent.In step, with great precision, these dancers of the nightadvance against the darkness - h...

Lost Van Der Graaf Generator

Dance in Sand and SeaSo here we are, or rather, here I am, quite alone,I'm seeing things that were shared before, long ago ...my memory stretches and I am dazed: you know I knowhow good the time wa...

Every Bloody Emperor Van Der Graaf Generator

By this we are all sustained: a belief in human natureand in justice and parity...all we have is the faith to carry on.Imperceptible the change as our votes become mere gesturesand our lords and ma...

Nutter Alert Van Der Graaf Generator

It might come in a letter,darkness falls in a telephone call;I await the unexpectedwith one ear to the party wall.Is it the pricking of the conscience,is it the itching of hair shirt,is it the dict...

The Sleepwalkers Van Der Graaf Generator

At night, this mindless army, ranks unbroken by dissent,Is moved into action and their pace does not relent.In step, with great precision, these dancers of the nightAdvance against the darkness. Ho...

In Babelsberg Van Der Graaf Generator

The city's spread beneath my feet,but not the one that I was afterwhile I've been pounding out this beatthe length of the Kudamm.Street legends on the tourist map,a fading script in Gothic,out in t...