Man-Erg - New Stereo Mix 2021

by Van der Graaf Generator

From the album: Pawn Hearts

Track 9 of 12 on Pawn Hearts (1971).

Duration: 10:22

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Lyrics for Man-Erg - New Stereo Mix 2021

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 The 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 For as long as man lives I'm just a man And killers, angels, all are these Dictators, saviours, refugees

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