Lifetime Lyrics - Merlin Atmos: Live Performances 2013 - Van Der Graaf Generator

I can remember it so well, 

the bed of roses where we lay, 

the crown of thorns I was so keen to give away. 

All the warning signs ignored, 

the passion's played. 

I could foresee what was to come, 

I had a sense of what might happen. 

The river runs and very rapidly 

becomes a torrent, sweeping us 

towards our ricochet. 

It takes a lifetime to unravel all the threads 

that have tied us in our webs of tourniquet. 

I stake no claim on memory. 

I stand on ceremonial quicksand. 

I look for something with solidity to hold: 

something lasting, something pristine, 

with no sense of decay. 

Can you remember how that was? 

Can you remember? 

It takes a lifetime's understanding of the flow 

to surrender, let the current sweep you away. 

What if I'd told you I would never let you go, 

I would hold you every step along the way? 

It takes a lifetime to unlearn all that you know 

to return the things you borrowed for a day.