Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song The Sphinx In The Face , by - Van Der Graaf Generator. Release date: 31.12.1976
Song language: English
The Sphinx In The Face |
| 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 |
| I’m gonna head for the island when the summer’s out |
| I’m gonna do all the stuff that I can |
| Drink like a fish in a waterspout — |
| I’m a fan of the flow |
| It began long ago |
| I’m a man who should know |
| It doesn’t stop |
| There’s so much to remember |
| So much to forget: |
| We’re all in the possession of the future tense |
| But don’t know it yet |
| The flesh comes through the spirit |
| The spirit through the flesh… |
| We look the Sphinx in the face for answers |
| And, of course, we’re really not impressed |
| We’re caught between age and beauty |
| Experience and youth |
| So we feel the need acutely |
| For any kind of Truth |
| Oh, but we get copped some days |
| Caught between options we’ve failed to play |
| Such wasted chance |
| So I join the wastrel’s dance: |
| It has slow as well as fast movements |
| And any change must be an improvement |
| On simply fossilizing, standing still |
| I got a steady vocation for the Quiet Zone |
| I just can’t wait for the song to be sung |
| I’m still possessed by the promise of the Pleasure Dome |
| You’re so young |
| So old, such a drag to be told |
| Youre so here, so gone |
| So near, so wrong, so queer, so strong, so… |
| Such a drag to be told… |