Van der Graaf Generator — Octopus

[Intro] I want to paint you long poems full of fire You who I do not know [Verse 1] Now my mind is tested with love which Twists and wavers from side to side And which some day soon you may see... I want you to cascade Through ten thousand rainbows with me And dredge mountains on the sea: You who I now begin to know [Verse 2] But emotion is pent up inside Too scared of dying again to live And meanwhile I must endure All your red-copper hair screaming like a water-baby Black eyes stare from my ceiling... You who I now truly know [Interlude] [Verse 3] Now I cannot see too clearly And already my trellis stands bare How can I break free of these overclinging arms Which entwine and enfold me And reach to the clear blue sea? I want you to know, but how can I tell you? I want you to see but my own eyes are blind [Bridge] The Octopus now enfolds me I know you too well... I know you too well... I know you too well... I know you too well... [Instrumental Outro]