On The Beach Van Der Graaf Generator

If we had all the time in the world we might talk about how it used to be. We could have thrown in our cards when the going got hard but evidently we went on interminably.

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.

Pilgrims Van Der Graaf Generator

Kicking a stone across the beach, aching for love and comfort out of reach: the way ahead seems to be so bleak, there's no-one with any friendship left to speak or show any relation between your present

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.

The Siren Song Van Der Graaf Generator

Letters in pencil some of them as heavy as lead as dated as carbon as black as coal but burning as red Clues faintly stenciled the message,though bleached,is on red as secret as marble as young as old

A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers Van Der Graaf Generator

On the table lies blank paper/my tower is built on stone/ I only have blunt scissors/I only have the bluntest home....

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 Ra to kill this evil, that her child may live yet.

A Place To Survive Van Der Graaf Generator

So stand staright looking over your shoulder, walk on though you fear to arrive, don't wait till you know that it's over, be strong-it's your place to survive.

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 places

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 places

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 than

The Habit Of The Broken Heart Van Der Graaf Generator

Oh, the Sisters of Blindness from the Convent of the Broken Heart, they want to smother it with kindness, they want to tear it all apart.

Last Frame (Live) Van Der Graaf Generator

Pretty keen - yes, my hobby keeps me busy and if I talk to myself, what's the crime? In the darkroom I am a dealer in space and time....

Last Frame Van Der Graaf Generator

Pretty keen - yes, my hobby keeps me busy and if I talk to myself, what's the crime? In the darkroom I am a dealer in space and time....

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.

My Room (Waiting For Wonderland) Van Der Graaf Generator

Searching for diamonds in the sulphur mine, leaning on props which are rotten, hoping for anything, looking for a sign that I am not forgotten.

Arrow Van Der Graaf Generator

surge across the marshy mud landscape until the meaning is forgotten.

Childlike Faith In Childhood's End Van Der Graaf Generator

Existence is a stage on which we pass, a sleep-walk trick for mind and heart: it's hopeless, I know, but onward I must go and try to make a start at seeing something more than day-to-day survival chased

Lemmings (Including Cog) Van Der Graaf Generator

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

Every Bloody Emperor Van Der Graaf Generator

By this we are all sustained: a belief in human nature and in justice and parity...all we have is the faith to carry on.

Chemical World Van Der Graaf Generator

Well what's the harm? It's good clean fun... why don't you just go on and have another one? When there's hanky-panky in the boardroom, wooly-bully on the farm, what's the harm?

Refugees Van Der Graaf Generator

E. was dawn, coming alive in the golden sun: the winds came gently, several heads became one in the summertime, though august people sneered... we were at peace, and we cheered We walked along, sometimes

In Babelsberg Van Der Graaf Generator

The city's spread beneath my feet, but not the one that I was after while I've been pounding out this beat the length of the Kudamm.

The Sleepwalkers Van Der Graaf Generator

roots the matter of both Beauty and the Beast.

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

Nutter Alert Van Der Graaf Generator

It might come in a letter, darkness falls in a telephone call; I await the unexpected with one ear to the party wall.

Scorched Earth Van Der Graaf Generator

Just one crazy moment while the dice are cast, he looks into the future and remembers what it past, wonders what he's doing on this battlefield, shrugs to his shadow, impatient, too proud yet to kneel.

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

Necromancer Van Der Graaf Generator

Yes I live in the black woods, where you dare not even speak my name. If there is evil in your heart and you will come near to me you will lose your sane.

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.

The Undercover Man Van Der Graaf Generator

Here at the glass - all the usual problems all the habitual farce.

Out Of My Book Van Der Graaf Generator

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

Darkness (11/11) Van Der Graaf Generator

Life crawls from the past, watching in wonder I trace its patterns in me. Tomorrow's tomorrow is birth again. Boats burn the bridge in the fens; the time of the past returns to my life and uses it.

Sleepwalkers Van Der Graaf Generator

roots the matter of both Beauty and the Beast.

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 fish fear you .....

La Rossa Van Der Graaf Generator

The streets seemed very crowded, I put on my bravest guide - I know you know that I am acting, I can see it in your eyes.

When She Comes Van Der Graaf Generator

Slow motion in the quiet of your room: so potent is the smell of her perfume that you think she's eternal that you think she's everything -but no-one knows what she is....

Pioneers Over C (Live) Van Der Graaf Generator

The universe is on fire, exploding without flame.

Pioneers Over c Van Der Graaf Generator

The universe is on fire, exploding without flame.

Lost Van Der Graaf Generator

land and the sea. hoping that I can catch all of the memories, then I must crawl off upon my way, all of me listening hard for the final words.

After The Flood Van Der Graaf Generator

Continuing the story, humanity stumbles gone is the glory, there's a far distant rumble. The clouds have gathered and exploded now: axes shattered, there is no North or South!

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.

Mirror Images (Live) Van Der Graaf Generator

If I'm the mirror and you're the image then what's the secret between the two, these 'me's and 'you's, how many can there be?

Still Life (Live) Van Der Graaf Generator

Now all history is reduced to the syllables or our name - nothing can ever be the same: now the Immortals are here.

Still Life Van Der Graaf Generator

Now all history is reduced to the syllables or our name - nothing can ever be the same: now the Immortals are here.

Man-Erg Van Der Graaf Generator

The killer lives inside me: I can feel him move.

Man Erg Van Der Graaf Generator

The killer lives inside me: yes, I can feel him move.

Afterwards Van Der Graaf Generator

But, seeing the flower that was there yesterday, a tear forms just behind the soft peace of your shades... The world's too lonely for a message to slip but between the dying rails of peace you trip.

House With No Door Van Der Graaf Generator

There's a house with no door and I'm living there at nights it gets so cold and the days are hard to bear inside.

w Van Der Graaf Generator

Life is an endless succession of waves, you're happy and you're sad and you don't appreciate the good times until you'e in the bad....