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Liberte Fraternite Egalite
"Stubborn resistance was met in some places" Hiding in the the catacombs Lying low in the labyrinths Beneath the shattered city streets The sleepers lie in wait Taking improbable chances When opportunities arise Pitching wits against selected hits Never toeing olliciallines Infiltrate. agitate, exacerbate, manipulate Eradicate, decimate, retaliate, annihilate We will never surrender Men, women and children From every walk of life Using any means available with which to fight Proudly preserving the integrity of their nation Vichy France could never be our ultimate identity Never Invalidate, facilitate, emancipate, consolidate Identify, rectify, pacify, unify Our spirit never shall be broken Watch out Take cover Someone's been talking They're on their way They're armed to the teeth Machine guns on motor bikes A Panzer division Crawling with soldiers in broad daylight No subtlety here Our daily injection of fear I want you to search Every nook and cranny high and low To flush out these rebels and deal with them accordingly Quick return once again to the secret passages Candlelight in hand, Safe and Sound, Gone to Ground Keep the noise down.... Sssh! Outmanoeuvred once again Ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! hee! hee! hee! hee! hee! We will yet be free! Foiled again, foiled again You've been recalled again Gabardines and greatcoats Mingle in the shadows Animated figures, of dubious origins Loiter in the corners Looking for the fallers Stench of cigarettes hangs heavy in the air Stella slips slowly through nervous throats Who is who? Nobody knows Who is who? Nobody knows Informers, incognito Heroes and martyrs to be Shuffle, avoiding the enemy Everybody is under cover Everyone is wary of each other Who is who? Nobody knows Who is who? Another pale moon rises Another blood red sun sets Another hard day gone Another nervous night to come Survival guaranteed At least until tomorrow Who knows what a new dawn will bring A New Era? All becomes clearer In the end |
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I dreamt of you
Skirt billowing in the breeze Angelic smile on your pretty face So young, so fresh Like new leaves in the springtime It makes me shudder When I think of what happened Julie Anne - is that you that I can hear? Julie Anne - are you trying to call my name? Julie Anne - I'll never forget you as long as I live Julie Anne - there'll always be a place for you in my heart Laughing and fooling In the long grass of summer Chasing in circles around the old tower Fond recollections Of the best days of our lives No one can take those memories away Julie Anne - I can sense that you are near Julie Anne - are you trying to call my name? Julie Anne - I'll never leave you as long as I live Julie Anne - there'll always be a place for you in my heart Slow motion miracles So vivid, so real Julie Anne - is that you that I can hear? Julie Anne - are you trying to call me? Are you trying to call my name ? Julie Anne - I'll never forget you as long as I live Julie Anne - there'll always be a place for you in my heart Julie Anne - is that you, is that you that I can hear? Are you trying to call me? There'll always be a place for you in my heart Julie Anne - are you trying to call me? Are you trying to call my name? |
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| 3. |
| 9:54 |
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Part One: Even The Brightest Burn
We had it good in the eighties Everything coming up roses We were drowning in success Only dealing with the best Really couldn't care about the rest They meant nothing to us MONEY POWER GREED Porsche 911, penthouse over the Thames We had everything we desired But the bubble had to burst Unless we gave out first We never thought it was an option SELF-DECEIT SELF-CORRUPT We live and learn Even the brightest burn We live and learn Each of us has our turn We rage and scorn Don't even know we are born We live and learn Even the brightest burn Sure enough the big bang came We were finally out of the game Dizzy heights that we had scaled Proved too much - we'd finally failed Nothing left but rubble and dust But now it all seems like A perfect blessing in disguise A learning experience To which we are now wise SELF-REALISATION REGAINING SELF-ESTEEM We live and learn Even the brightest burn We live and learn Each of us has our turn We rage and scorn Don't even know we are born We live and learn Even the brightest burn But now I've got all in a better perspective Now I'm back, jiving in the real world I've got the love of a family and friends Self-respect and happiness Nothing more, nothing less It's all that matters to me Part Two - Learning Curve Learning curve Learning curve Rising, falling, arcing Learning curve |
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| 4:19 |
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Sit tight, under the strip light
You've got to keep calm You'll be alright Hold your head up, open up wide So that I can see, what lies inside 5 4 3 2 And now we're gunning for you Extractions required This may make you feel a little tired Now I'm drowning in the daylight I'm staring at the ceiling And I look into my nurses eyes The kindest eyes I'll see today I'll see today Needle sharp, don't carp We've got to make a start You know I've got a heart Now just sit still Don't move I'm closing in now It's coming through Now you're feeling numb Your senses, they all disappear I'll just turn on the power With a flick of the switch And we're ready to begin I'm drowning in the daylight I'm staring at the ceiling I look into my nurses eyes The kindest eyes I'll see today I'll see today I hear the sound of a drill edging closer Making contact with my inner self Though I feel no pain I'm aching from the stillness of being laid up here all this time But I'm sure he knows what he is doing Doesn't he? I hope so Now I'm drowning in the daylight Staring at the ceiling I look into my nurses eyes The kindest eyes I'll see today I'll see today The kindest eyes The kindest eyes The kindest eyes that I'll see today The kindest eyes The kindest eyes The kindest eyes that I'll see today |
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Sleeping beauty, rest thine eyes
What lies beneath, your fragrant disguise A natural blossom, of nature's colours Born to woo, attracting a fervour In a fading half-light, leading the way Adorned with the robes of a queen's display Moving in silence, a memory that was sold Along with my heart a long time ago Sleeping beauty, rest thine eyes Pictures of bliss, foreboding sighs Reei with delight, in a satin mirage Raising a smile, I lie at your charge No need to awaken, no sounds of the dawn A silent approach, a new love is born? But it dies as it reaches, and soon turns so cold As did my desire, a long time ago A long time ago |
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Part One: Transcendence
As we transcend the realms of mere mortality Our souls released as we salute infinity Visions like these exist in our minds Chasing our dreams, forever, all time Part Two: Heaven Was And Will Be Past life fascinations Meddling with the spirits Seance and science Similar or separate Strange ways, in the old days Looking back with affection (and a wry smile!) We've seen it all before And I guess we'll see it again Trying to be so clever Beating the natural at its own game We'll never build a perfect world We'll never build a perfect world Before, after and beyond Looking to the future Planning, speculating Peculiar priorities Not always in order Utopian ideals Dreams of Nirvana (heaven was and will be!) We've seen it all before And I guess we'll see it again Trying to be so clever Beating the natural at its own game We'll never build a perfect world We'll never build a perfect world Before, after and beyond Dereliction of our duties In current situations Half-hearted lip service Of limited duration By those who Have the power to Help us to Overcome our Worldly problems And solve them Once and for all We've seen it all before And I guess we'll see it again We're trying to be so clever Beating the natural at it's own game We'll never build a perfect world We'll never build a perfect worid Before, after and beyond We'll never build a perfect world Whatever happened to that perfect world? Before, alter and beyond Past Imperfect Present Imperfect Future Imperfect Forever Imperfect |
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| 7. |
| 9:15 |
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Hush now baby, please don't cry
Everything is going to be alright I'll make sure our secret never gets out Of that I know there is no doubt One whisper from you And I know I'll go down Four times life And I'll be out for the count So hush now baby, don't say a word For if you do they'll think it quite absurd It's ridiculous, preposterous It just couldn't happen here, no way! Could it? For I am a man of standing And you are but a disturbed child So who do you think they are going to believe... Who? Sad boy sits a'weeping on his bed Thinking about what the principal did Thinking of his friends and Mum and Dad And the loving life that he once had But now it's been replaced by the seediest show And no one it seems even wanted to know I'd like to climb inside Your warped and evil mind Taking a sharp knife To the Devil's cancer festering within you The pain that I provide Will make you realise That your conscience Will be racked with guilt forever EXORCISING DEMONS I'd like to climb inside Your godforsaken soul And tear out your jaded heart EXORCISING DEMONS Such a shame you have to live Paid for the state I'd rather see you dead Though I know it's much too late EXORCISING DEMONS Young man sits a'pondering alone Coming to terms with the ghost of his past Psychological scars Are never going to heal The pain subsides as the years go by Now that he is older And has grown much stronger Maybe he's got the will to live again Exorcise those demons once and for all |
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It's getting late in the evening
And the party is almost over A quarter to three, we are alcohol free And the music's faded away It's just you and me sinking further into the sofa Everybody's gone to say hello to the moon Drifting together into the realms Of another dimension Where nothing is ever Quite as it appears to be Always the unexpected Lurking, around every corner Now it seems we are standing on the middleground A no man's land, hearing unfamiliar sounds My vulnerability, it's scaring me I'm not so sure about this middleground Everything is calm The sounds have all disappeared Get back on the tracks you know There really is nothing to fear As long as we stay on the path that leads to ecstasy Comforting each other, and our minds will be free And now it seems we're caught up in the middleground A no man's land hearing unfamiliar sounds My sensibility, it's deserting me Not so sure about this middleground Now I feel trapped in the middleground It's plain to see, it's not easy When you're caught in the middleground Julius Caesar beware of the Ides They are coming to get you And the house on the hill, is feeling quite ill Too many spirits you know! Poor old Canute cannot hold back the sea Keeps getting confused between reality and fantasy... And now it seems we're leaving the middleground Rising above the chaos on which we're staring down Moving further into the distance Now we're flying away from the middleground Towards the morning and more familiar sounds Not so keen on this great divide Got to keep well clear of the middleground It's quarter to nine and time to rise, again |
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| 11:43 |
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We're never in, we're never out
We're always roundabout We're never far, we're never near We're always not quite here We're never up, we're never down We're ever changing sound... chaser... Here today, here tomorrow Gone today, gone tomorrow Amaranth, you're the overseer of all Never gonna fall Amaranth, eternally lie, never gonna die You're timeless You're never gonna fade You've got no need to pray Timeless Wish I could be like you Forever blessed with life We never win, we never lose We always battle through We climb up high, we lay down low But we never follow the flow We never arrive and we never depart We're not seen as modern But we're state of the art Here today, here tomorrow Gone today, gone tomorrow Amaranth, sitting pretty in the mud Took your chance and survived the flood Amaranth, mocking flesh and blood Though I don't disagree You're timeless Well, you've seen it all before What lies behind that door Timeless Watching us fade We're gonna tear it all apart I lie awake at night Empty, for fear of another worldly nightmare We journeyed through green valleys And along the rivers of life In search of a holy chalice To provide us all with the wisdom That we may need to conquer Our darkest thoughts and emotions Never once looking behind us For fear of loss in our faith But we never lost our faith What, what? You don't believe in us? You fools! For if you perish Then I will wither You are my spirit We will fade together I will guide you Never fail you Keep you breathing Spare your lives Through whatever may come your way Through wars and famine Disease and flooding I will always be at your side And your love lies bleeding Swamped by fear and misunderstanding But our resolve and constant searching Will nourish our dreams and keep us thriving |
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