Man-erg

Van Der Graaf Generator

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


Sometimes he's lightly sleeping


in the quiet of his room,


but then his eyes will rise and stare through mine;


he'll speak my words and slice my mind inside.


Yes the killer lives.


Angels live inside me: I can feel them smile...


Their presence strokes


and soothes the tempest in my mind


and their love can heal the wounds


that I have wrought.


They watch me as I go to fall


- well, I know I shall be caught,


while the angels live.





How can I be free?


How can I get help?


Am I really me?


Am I someone else?





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 solemn, waiting Old Man


in the gables of the roof:


he tells me truth...





And I too, live inside me and very often


don't know who I am:


I know I'm not a hero, well,


I hope that I'm not damned.


I'm just a man, and killers, angels,


all are these:


Dictators, saviours, refugees in war and peace


as long as Man lives...





I'm just a man, and killers, angels,


all are these:


Dictators, saviours, refugees...