The Sphinx In The Face (2005 Digital Remaster)-Van Der Graaf Generator

[ti:The Sphinx In The Face (2005 Digital Remaster)] [ar:Van Der Graaf Generator] [al:The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.35]The Sphinx In The Face (2005 Digital Remaster) - Van Der Graaf Generator [00:02.32]Written by：Peter Hammi [00:03.16] [00:27.66]I remember what it felt like at [00:29.74]Seventeen [00:31.28]I was a cat a snake a lizard a mouse [00:33.95] [00:35.14]Still got an interest in the limousine [00:37.97]And a spouse [00:39.28] [00:41.89]And a brat [00:42.68] [00:45.16]Country house london flat [00:46.74] [00:49.21]I'm gonna head for the island when [00:51.29]The summer's out [00:52.53]I'm gonna do all the stuff that I can [00:55.56] [00:56.35]Drink like a fish in a waterspout [00:59.48]I'm a fan [01:00.69] [01:02.76]Of the flow [01:04.05] [01:06.42]It began long ago [01:08.08]I'm a man who should know [01:09.83] [01:11.82]It doesn't stop [01:12.66] [01:59.47]There's so much to remember [02:01.45] [02:02.47]So much to forget [02:05.05] [02:05.76]We're all in the possession of the [02:07.42]Future tense but don't know it yet [02:10.05] [02:12.31]The flesh comes through the spirit [02:14.56] [02:15.40]The spirit through the flesh [02:17.95] [02:18.75]We look the sphinx in the face [02:21.26]For answers and of course we're [02:24.46] [02:25.21]Really not impressed [02:26.48]We're caught between age and beauty [02:29.40]Experience and youth [02:31.71]So we feel the need acutely [02:34.25]For any kind of truth [02:36.31] [02:37.89]Oh but we get copped some days [02:41.02]Caught between options we've failed [02:43.64]To play such wasted chance [02:46.77] [02:48.86]So I join the wastrel's dance [02:52.32] [02:54.27]It has slow as well as fast movement [02:58.88]And any change must be an [03:00.94]Improvement on simply fossilising [03:05.77]Standing still [03:12.88] [03:34.47]I got a steady vocation for [03:36.72]The quiet zone [03:38.03]I just can't wait for the song to be sung [03:40.80] [03:41.45]I'm still possessed by the promise [03:43.58]Of the pleasure dome [03:45.19]You're so young [03:46.24] [03:48.76]So oldd [03:50.15] [03:52.25]So here so gone [03:54.05]Such a drag [03:54.91] [03:57.47]To be told [03:59.04] [04:01.05]So near so wrong [04:02.59]You're so wrong [04:03.80] [04:06.20]Such a drag [04:08.20] [04:10.01]So queer so strong [04:11.35]Such a drag [04:12.60] [04:14.76]To be told [04:16.47] [04:18.20]You're so here so gone [04:20.01]You're so gone [04:21.32] [04:23.42]So wrong [04:24.72] [04:26.79]So near so wrong [04:28.66]Such a drag [04:29.94] [04:31.89]To be told [04:33.39] [04:35.29]You're so queer so strong [04:36.90]So hear [04:38.10] [04:40.41]So gone [04:41.83] [04:43.94]So hear so gone [04:45.54]Such a drag [04:46.79] [04:48.93]To be told [04:50.08] [04:52.36]You're so hear so gone [04:54.16]You're so young [04:54.96] [04:57.70]So oldd [04:58.39] [05:01.11]So queer so strong [05:02.55]Such a drag [05:03.64] [05:05.94]To be told [05:06.86] [05:09.50]You're so here so gone [05:11.19]You're so young [05:12.02] [05:14.34]So oldd [05:15.27] [05:17.77]So near so wrong [05:19.35]Such a drag [05:20.21] [05:22.69]To be told [05:24.05] [05:26.13]You're so here so gone [05:27.74]You're so young [05:28.63] [05:31.34]So oldd [05:32.35] [05:34.59]So near so wrong [05:36.17]Such a drag [05:37.28] [05:39.52]To be told [05:40.37] [05:43.00]You're so here so gone [05:44.53]You're so young [05:45.53] [05:47.58]So oldd [05:48.72] [05:51.39]So near so wrong [05:52.79]Such a drag [05:53.72] [05:56.11]To be told