[ti:The Undercover Man (2005 Digital Remaster)] [ar:Van Der Graaf Generator] [al:Godbluff] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Undercover Man (2005 Digital Remaster) - Van Der Graaf Generator [00:18.87]Here at the glass [00:25.49]All the usual problems [00:28.20]All the habitual farce [00:34.81]You ask [00:38.64]In uncertain voice [00:42.94]What you should do [00:46.62]As if there were a choice [00:50.74]But to carry on [00:55.45]Miming the song [00:58.85]And hope that it all works out right [01:04.20]Tonight [01:07.59]It all seems so strange [01:12.00]My spirit feels rigid [01:15.61]My body deranged; [01:20.19]Still that's [01:23.41]Only from one point of view [01:27.71]And we can't have illusion [01:32.00]Between me and you [01:36.00]My constant friend [01:39.97]Ever close at hand [01:43.61]You and the undercover man [02:00.00]I reflect Its very strange [02:07.46]To be going through this change [02:11.12]With no idea of what it's all been about [02:15.51]Except in the context of time ' [02:17.78]Oh but I shirk it [02:21.48]I've half a mind not to work it all out [02:31.81]Is this madness just the recurring [02:37.14]Wave of total emotion [02:39.70]Or a hide for the undercover man [02:47.61]Or a litany all the signs are [02:52.18]There of fervent devotion [02:55.60]Or the cracking of the dam [03:11.29]It's cracked [03:13.83]Smashed and bursting over you [03:16.60]There was no reason to expect such disaster [03:22.62]Now panicking you burst for air [03:25.39]Drowning you know you care [03:27.03]For nothing and no-one but yourself [03:30.42]And would deny [03:33.49]Even this hand which stretches [03:35.15]Out towards you to help [03:43.15]But would I leave you [03:45.61]In this moment of your trial [03:51.30]Is it my fault that I'm here to see you crying [03:59.48]These phantom figures all around you [04:03.61]Should have told you [04:05.17]You should have found out by now [04:09.11]If you hadn't gone and tried [04:11.04]To do it all by yourself [05:08.61]Even now [05:12.05]We are not lost: [05:15.75]If you look out at the night [05:19.24]You'll see the colours and [05:21.01]The lights seem to say [05:23.65]People are not far away [05:25.80]At least in distance [05:28.20]And it's only our own dumb resistance [05:31.41]That's making us stay [05:39.41]When the madness comes [05:41.85]Let it flood on down and over me sweetly [05:47.14]Let it drown the parts of me weak [05:50.75]And blessed and damned [05:54.79]Let it slake my life let it take my soul [05:59.89]And living completely [06:02.68]Let it be who I am [06:08.74]There may not be time for us all to [06:13.12]Run in tandem together [06:16.82]The horizon calls with it's parallel lines [06:24.73]It may not be right for you to have [06:28.30]And hold in one way forever [06:32.71]And yet you still have time [06:41.23]You still have time