A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers (New Stereo Mix 2021) Van der Graaf Generator

A.) Eyewitness

Still waiting for my saviour
Storms tear me limb from limb;
My fingers feel like seaweed...
I'm so far out I'm too far in
I am a lonely man, my solitude is true
My eyes have borne stark witness
And now my nights are numbered, too
I've seen the smiles on dead hands
The stars shine, but they're not for me

I prophesy disaster and then I count the cost...
I shine but, shining, dying
I know that I am almost lost
On the table lies blank paper
'and my tower is built on stone
I only have blunt scissors
I only have the bluntest home...
I've been the witness, and the seal of death
Lingers in the molten wax that is my head

When you see the skeletons
Of sailing-ship spars sinking low
You'll begin to wonder if the points
Of all the ancients myths
Are solemnly directed straight at you...