Lyric discussion by Paul825 

Cover art for Arrow lyrics by Van Der Graaf Generator

Another piece of genius writing from Hammill. I agree absolutely with Dobbo, this is a song about death, running through life, scrabbling every which way to escape the inevitable.It's on your tail, your options narrow down and it impales you in the end. (cf also the arrow of time and 'Time's Arrow' byMartin Amis)