Almost the Words Songtext
von Van der Graaf Generator

These are almost the words I intended to say
This so nearly makes sense, although the cut′s too close for comfort
Language goes eventually astray
There goes the neighbourhood under the flood
And comprehension's culled and clustered
Round the sudden onrush of hot blood
And in imprecision we are all lost for words
All lost, alas, alack, all points allah
Sounding out the sweet Sargasso sea of language we are all beguiled
So close, almost the words, but nearly isn′t clear
And drains our understanding of the overheard


In incomprehension we are all lost for words
We are all lost for words
All at last lost, all at last lost
We are all lost for words
At last you come round to believe what you heard
At circumstance found you've lost for words
The secret's unspoken, the sense is absurd
The sentiment′s broken, lost for words
The secret′s unspoken, the sense is absurd
The sentiment's broken, lost for words
Lost for words, lost for words