Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song The Wave , by - Van Der Graaf Generator. Release date: 31.12.1976
Song language: English
The Wave |
| To the academic man, this could be the answer… |
| In fact, it’s no more than a hunch |
| Still we try to eat it — |
| I think we’re all pretty out to lunch |
| The wave is out of reach |
| Trailing words from the hand |
| Only air can understand |
| Semaphore on the shoreline |
| Waiting for distance to recede, unhappily imperfect |
| When we should be happy just to breathe |
| But with each bated breath |
| So present, tense |
| We want to know |
| We want it sure |
| It don’t make sense! |
| So I’ll do mine and you do yours |
| But let’s not trade sand and sea |
| For brick and cement |
| The wave hits the beach, laps around abandoned clothes |
| Wants to share a joke with those who’ll brave the breakers |
| Who’ll break bread rather than pray |
| While the definition-maker's |
| Lost in the small print of the day |
| The words are only pictures |
| That the next wave wipes away |