Van Der Graaf Generator - Still Life Lyrics
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 Immortals are here.At the time it seemed a reasonable courseto harness all the forceof life without the threat of death, butsoon we found that boredom and inertiaare not negative, but all the law we know,and dead are will and words like survivalArrival at immunity from all age, all fearand all end...why do I pretend?Our essence is distilledand all familiar taste is now drainedand though purity is maintainedit leaves us sterile, living through themillions of years,a laugh as close as any tear;living, if you claim that allthat entails is breathing, eating,defacating, screwing, drinking, spewing,sleeping, sinking ever down and downand ultimately passing away time whichno longer has any meaning.Take away the threat of death and allyou're left with is a roundif make-believe.Marshall every sullen breath and thoughyou're ultimately bored by endless ectasyit's still the ring by which you hope to beengagedto marry the girl who will give youforever - it's crazy and plainlythat simply is not enough.What is this dulles and bluntest of pains,such that my eyes never close withoutfeeling it there?What abject despair demands an end toall things of infinity?If we have gained, how do we now meetthe cost?What have we bargained, and what havewe lost?What have we relinquished, neverknowing it was thee?What thoughts now of holding fast theline, defying death and time?Everything we had is gone,everything we laboured for and favouredmore that earthly things revealsthe hollow ring of false hope andfalse deliverance.But now the nuptial bed is made, thedowry has been paid:the toothless, haggard features of eternitynow welcome me between the sheetsto couple with her withered body -my wife.Hers forever,hers forever,hers forever,in still life
