Afterwards

Afterwards - Van Der Graaf Generator

Written by：Peter Hammi

You stare out

In yellow eyes larger than my mind

In viscous

Pools of joy relaxing we glide

It's all too beautiful

For my mind to bear

And as we shimmer into sleep

Something's unshared

But seeing

The flower that was there yesterday

A tear forms

Just behind the soft peace of your shades

The world's too lonely

For a message to slip

But between the dying rails of peace

You trip

The petals that were blooming are just paper

In your hand

Your eyes which

Were clear in the night are opaque as you stand

It was too beautiful

For it to last

These visions shimmer and fade out of

The glass

The petals that were blooming are just paper

In your hand

The petals that were blooming are just paper

In your hand

The petals that were blooming are just paper

In your

Hand