The Incredible String Band - Explorer lyrics

I can no longer hear you call 'cross the airwaves

Fog on the line has shaken my will not to yield

The one left here, my command all gone down

I'm caught, caught, where the cold dark fingers trace

Where the men who failed, they lie and kiss the dark earth's face

I am lost, lost, by the storm clouds am tossed

Now here comes the snow deep

And I will take a sleep, sweet Margaret my dear

Tell me

It was long and a strong and sweet year indeed

To get lost in

I've seen the survivors when they come home from the icefields

The lace and the ladies' flush and a pearl on the eye

Fine bone china and the log fire spark high

But I'm back in the wasteland low, where the ripe seed never gets blown

What chance I'll see te sun on the lea, hear the cornfield moan

I am lost, lost, by the storm clouds am tossed

Now here comes the snow deep

And I will take sleep, sweet Margaret my dear

Tell me

It was a long and a strong and a sweet year indeed

To get lost in

No one to hear me when I cry

No one to hold me when I sigh

No one to watch me when I die

How will I live again