lost dance in sand and sea

Van Der Graaf Generator

So here we are, or rather, here I am, quite alone,
I m seeing things that were shared before, long ago ...
my memory stretches and I am dazed: you know I know
how good the time was and how I laughed ..
Times have changed, now you re far away, I can t complain:
I had all my chances but they slipped right through my hands-
like so much sand;
I know I ll never dance like I used to

I ll just wait till day breaks upon the land and the sea.
hoping that I can catch all of the memories,
then I must crawl off upon my way, all of me
listening hard for the final words.
But there are none; the sunrise calls, I ve lingered on
too close for comfort and I don t know quite why
I feel like crying -
I know we ll never dance like we used to.

I look up, I m almost blinded by the warmth of what s inside me
and the taste that s in my soul,
but I m dead inside as I stand alone ....