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Aloft

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Aloft was released on September 30, 2016 by STRIKE FORCE ENTERTAINMENT as a part of the album Do Not Disturb

Song Details

AlbumDo Not Disturb

Release DateSeptember 30, 2016

LabelSTRIKE FORCE ENTERTAINMENT

LanguageEnglish

Melodicness

Acousticness

Valence

Danceability

Energy

BPM171

OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Van Der Graaf Generator

Van Der Graaf Generator

Performer

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Guy Evans

Composer

Hugh Banton

Composer

Peter Hammill

Composer

Lyrics

Whispers of a wind to lift you off the ground,

the breath of air that'll take you where it will,

this flight of fancy carries you until you know for sure

there's no going back

to where you were before,

now you've lost the knack.

With best-laid plans you once flattered to deceive,

of fatted calf were intent to eat your fill.

Perpetual motion carries you but still you know for sure

that you can't keep track

and you can't keep score

there's no going back any more.

You were tethered

eyes and ears peeled tightly on the ground,

wondering whether

what goes up is certain to come down...

steady measures,

learn to take the whole thing in the round.

Keep on talking,

for that's all that's keeping you aloft

it was awkward

holding in your breath before the off.

Now you travel, though you're not so eager to arrive.

On the journey what respect you earn is token,

faith in progress goes unspoken

and that's all that's keeping you alive.

And you know it's not the going, it's the getting there

that'll slow you, so you really can't remember where

you were heading when you started;

all was eloquence but now it's all hot air.

Draw breath in apprehension,

no safety features left in place,

your sentence in suspension.

you're clinging on, a basket case.

You didn't want to tell me

about your secret passion.

What dummy would you sell me

with such unfashionable haste?

Hold it steady,

can't afford to let direction drift.

Are you ready?

The denouement when it comes is swift.

Are you joking? Were you hoping for some jolly japes?

Eat those words or spit them out before they choke you.

Failing progress

from this moment

I don't see you making your escape.

And you know it's not the going, it's the getting there

that'll get you, that'll get you, no-one lets you

know you're slowly in the process of forgetting where

you were heading when you started.

All was eloquence

or was it all hot air?

So the pay-off's due,

now you've told your tale.

All the words you used

are exhaled.

Written by: Guy Evans, Hugh Banton, Peter Hammill

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