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Octopus - Lyrics by Van Der Graaf Generator


Lyrics
I want to paint you poems full of fire,you who I do not know.
Now my mind is tested with love whichtwists and wavers from side to side and whichsome day soon you may see...I want you to cascade through ten thousandrainbows with me and dredge mountainsfrom the sea:you who I now begin to know.
But emotion is pent up inside,too scared of dying again to live,and meanwhile I must endure yourred-copper hair screaming like awater-baby black eyes starefrom my ceiling:you who I now truly know...
Now I cannot see too clearlyand already my trellis stands bare...
How can I break free of these overclingingarms which entwine and enfold me?... And reachto the clear blue sea?I want you to know, but how can Itell you? I want you to seebut my own eyes are blind...
The Octopus now enfolds me,I know you too well...--

Book: Shattered Sighs