After the Flood Songtext
von Van der Graaf Generator

Continuing the story
Humanity stumbles
Gone is the glory
There′s a far distant rumble

The clouds have gathered
And exploded now
Axes shattered
There is no North or South

Far off, the ice is foundering slowly

The ice is turning to water (the ice is turning to water)

The water rushes over all
Cities crash in the mighty wave
The final man is very small
Plunging in for his final bathe

The water rushes over all
Cities crash in the mighty wave
The final man is very small
Plunging in for his final bathe


This is the ending
Of the beginning
This is the beginning
Of the end

Middle of the middle
Mid-point, end and start
The first peak rises
Forces the waves apart

Far off, the ice is now re-forming

Poles are fixed once more
Water is receding
Like death and blood leaving

And when the water falls again
All is dead and nobody lives
And when the water falls again
All is dead and nobody lives

And when the water falls again
All is dead and nobody lives
And when the water falls again
All is dead and nobody lives


And then, he said
"Every step appears to be
The unavoidable consequence of the preceding one
And, in the end, there beckons more and more clearly
Total annihilation"

This is the ending
Of the beginning
This is the beginning
Of the end

And when the water falls again
All is dead and nobody lives
And when the water falls again
All is dead and nobody lives

And when the water falls again
All is dead and nobody lives
And when the water falls again
All is dead and nobody lives
Not one single one