Lizard Play Van Der Graaf Generator

And the sun beats down on the baking earth in the land where the lizards play. And the tongues flick out - though they want to touch all the words get in the way.

The Sphinx In The Face Van Der Graaf Generator

I remember what it felt like at seventeen: I was a cat, a snake, a lizard, a mouse. Still got an interest in the limousine and a spouse and a brat, country house, London flat.

Lemmings (Including Cog) Van Der Graaf Generator

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 this was, but knew I might not play

On The Beach Van Der Graaf Generator

All joking apart let's play it from the heart because at last even the Silver Surfer agrees: the wave you brave rides on a deeper complexity. Ah, come on: surf's up! Even the Silver Surfer agrees.

Man-Erg Van Der Graaf Generator

But stalking in my 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

Man Erg Van Der Graaf Generator

But stalking in my 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

In Babelsberg Van Der Graaf Generator

Tale another step, another move, another pace, what isn't written in the manuscript is a note to play with grace and if I exit from this story in a way I might retrace it will have fallen through the cracks

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

Childlike Faith In Childhood's End Van Der Graaf Generator

And though dark is the highway and the peak's distance breaks my heart, for I never shall see it, still I play my part, believing that what waits for us is the cosmos compared to the dust of the past..

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...

The Undercover Man Van Der Graaf Generator

Here at the glass - all the usual problemsall the habitual farce.You ask, in uncertain voice, what you should doas if there were a choicebut to carry on miming the songand hope that it all works ou...

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...

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...

After The Flood Van Der Graaf Generator

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

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...

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...

La Rossa Van Der Graaf Generator

Lacking sleep and food and visionhere I am again, encamped upon youfloor, craving sanctuary andnourishment, encouragement andsanctity and more.The streets seemed very crowded,I put on my bravest gu...

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...

A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers Van Der Graaf Generator

i. EyewitnessStill waiting for my saviour,storms tear me limb from limb;my fingers feel like seaweed...I'm so far out I'm too far in.I am a lonely man...my solitude is truemy eyes have borne stark ...

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...

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...

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...

Door Van Der Graaf Generator

He's a blind man, crouching by the pavementonly seeing with his third eyeand clutching at the astral shadowof every passer-byHe's a wise man, trumping all the answersshe's a wild girl, trying to ke...

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...

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...

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 shadowof every passer-by.He's a wise man, trumping all the answers;she's a wild girl, trying t...

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...

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.Still we try to eat it -I think we're all pretty out to lunch....

Chemical World Van Der Graaf Generator

Well what's the harm?It's good clean fun...why don't you justgo on and have another one?When there's hanky-panky in theboardroom, wooly-bully on the farm,what's the harm?It's quite allright -I mean...

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...

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 downor that the game is all about who laughs the last.So he tells 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...

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...