Lords of the Backstage

'I'm so far out and I'm too far in'
Chris McGarel pointed out that this line is taken from the forth line of the first section of A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers by Van Der Graaf Generator, from their album Pawn Hearts:

i. Eyewitness

Still waiting for my saviour,
storms tear me limb from limb;
my fingers feel like seaweed...
I'm so far out I'm too far in.
I am a lonely man...my solitude is true
my eyes have borne stark witness
and now my knights are numbered too.
I've seen the smiles on dead hands-
the stars shine, but they're not for me.
I prophesy disaster and then I count the cost....
I shine but, shining, dying,
I know that I am almost lost.
On the table lies blank paper/my tower is built on stone
I only have blunt scissors/I only have the bluntest home....
I've been the witness, and the seal of death
lingers in the molten wax that is my head.
When you see the skeletons of sailing-ship spars sinking low
You'll begin to wonder if the points of all the ancient myths
are solemnly directed straight at you...

Songs with a link have explanations.

• Introduction 
• Pseudo Silk Kimono 
• Kayleigh 
• Lavender 
• Bitter Suite 
• Heart of Lothian 
• Waterhole (Expresso Bongo) 
• Lords of the Backstage
• Blind Curve 
• Childhoods End?
  
• White Feather 
• Lady Nina 
• Freaks

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