One and the Same

I've a vision, I'm waltzing
In the company of my sister
We are synchronised and similar
As fruit upon a vine

She is smiling, I am smiling
Faces vaguely familiar
And we laugh as we try in vain
To keep three quarter time

I've a vision, I'm drowning
In the arms of my mother
An embrace sweet and tender
As fruit upon a vine

And on the rocks I founder
Where there's no fear or danger
And flailingly, I falter
Like a flounder on a line

When there's nobody left to forget us
All the times you failed to make a fist
The calls for help that you missed
The calls you made and no one came
They all become one and the same

I've a vision, I'm staring
Into the eyes of my father
Where there's a little water
Clinging like fruit to a vine

It's caressing the corner
And constantly collecting
And glistening with the salt
Of irretrievable time

When there's nobody left to forget us
All the times you held your silence and
Had not the nerve to raise your hand
All the times you stood and took the blame
They all become one and the same

I've a vision, I'm lying
Beneath bended boughs a-dappling
The sunlight, I am eating
Fruit straight from a vine

And how I'm enjoying
The light in which I'm bathing
And the sugar I am suckling
And for a moment I am mine

When there's nobody left to forget us
All the times glory seemed assured
Moments later to be floored
All along you were never in the game
They all become one and the same