It's a little bit funny this feeling inside
I'm not one of those who can easily hide
I don't have much money but boy if I did
I'd buy a big house where we both could live
If I was a sculptor, but then again, no
Or a man who makes potions in a travelling show
I know it's not much but it's the best I can do
My gift is my song and this one's for you
And you can tell everybody this is your song
It may be quite simple but now that it's done
I hope you don't mind
I hope you don't mind that I put down in words
How wonderful life is now you're in the world
I sat on the roof and kicked off the moss
Well a few of the verses well they've got me quite cross
But the sun's been quite kind while I wrote this song
It's for people like you that keep it turned on
So excuse me forgetting but these things I do
You see I've forgotten if they're green or they're blue
Anyway the thing is what I really mean
Dumb with astonishment and amazement which bordered on
stupefaction, they fled the forest. Instinctively, they made
towards the Lidenbrook Sea. Discovering a rusty dagger on the
beach, and the carved initials of the explorer before them on a
slab of granite, they realised that thay were once again treading
the route of Arne Saknussemm. Following a short sea journey around
a cape, they came ashore where a dark tunnel plunged deep into
rock. Venturing down, their progress was halted by a piece of rock
blocking their way. After deciding to blow their way through, and
setting the charge, they put out to sea for safety. With the
explosion, the rocks before them opened like a curtain, and a
bottomless pit appeared in the shore. The explosion had caused an
earthquake, the abyss had opened up, and the sea was pouring into
it. Down and down they plunged into the huge gallery, but on
regaining their senses found their raft rising at tremendous
speed. Trapped in the shaft of an active volcano they rose through
the ages of man to be finally expelled out on a mountain-side
riddled with tiny lava streams. Their journey was completed and
they found themselves 3000 miles from their original starting
point in Iceland. They had entered by one volcano and they had
come out by another. With the blue mountains of Calabria in the
east they walked away from the mountain that had returned them.
And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled. And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount. And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly. And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice. And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up. And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish. And let the priests also, which come near to the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them. And Moses said unto the LORD, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it. And the LORD said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto the LORD, lest he break forth upon them. So Moses went down unto the people, and spake unto them. ¶And God spake all these words, saying, I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. ¶Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not commit adultery. Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's. ¶And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off. And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die. And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not. And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was. And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven. Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold. An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee. And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it. Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.
Return to the centre of the earth
A world within a world
An endless journey in time
Return to an origin of life
Of secrets left untold
A montain yet to climb
A story to unfold
Return to the origin of life
To the hidden cry of man
To a sanctuary of life beneath the earth
Return to the centre of the earth
The return to the centre of the earth
To the centre of the earth
To the centre of the earth
Who's deprived and depraved?
Who's been carrying the can?
Who's been working till his fingers bleed
Since this planet began?
That's you and me baby
Ain't no different now
Ain't no progress been made
We still get it from the guys who got it
Screwed, hammered, laid
Us honey - the prole tariat
We are the underlings, the vulgar common herd
Who's the guy who gets hit?
Who's got his back to the wall?
Sent to the front line by generals
In well protected halls
I'm dirty, I'm common, I'm prole?
I would take to the streets
But I know where I'm at
I stay in my apartment on the 99th floor
You can't get lower than that
And I'm at the bottom - I'm a prole?
The spaceman came from time unknown
His knowledge way ahead of man
To seek the cycle starting here
The evolution plan
Each day he watched the world evolve
Eternal life for him to prove
Watching man grow powerful
Detroying life with every move
The spaceman's world a burning mass
Destroyed by his own kind
A sole survivor lost in space
A growing world must find
He saw the birth of hate and war
Of death before our life was born
With human fear the spaceman saw,
And changed from human form
His voyage led back to Nemo's world
A peaceful start of human form
He knew one day he'd leave again
To witness other planet's born
He watches helpless, tearful,
As the world embittered grows
Moving closer to the end of earth
The spaceman only knows
The spaceman only knows the truth
He's seen it from eternal youth
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. ¶And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. ¶And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day. ¶And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the third day. ¶And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the fourth day. ¶And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. And the evening and the morning were the fifth day. ¶And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good. ¶And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. ¶And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so. ¶And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover. And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people. Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve. And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him unto them. And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money. And he promised, and sought opportunity to betray him unto them in the absence of the multitude. ¶Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed. And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us the passover, that we may eat. And they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare? And he said unto them, Behold, when ye are entered into the city, there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into the house where he entereth in. And ye shall say unto the goodman of the house, The Master saith unto thee, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples? And he shall shew you a large upper room furnished: there make ready. And they went, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover. And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve apostles with him. And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer: For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God. And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves: For I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come. And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me. Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you. ¶But, behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table. And truly the Son of man goeth, as it was determined: but woe unto that man by whom he is betrayed! And they began to enquire among themselves, which of them it was that should do this thing. And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest. And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors. But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve. For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth. Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations. And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me; That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren. And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both into prison, and to death. And he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me. And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye any thing? And they said, Nothing. Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one. For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the transgressors: for the things concerning me have an end. And they said, Lord, behold, here are two swords. And he said unto them, It is enough. ¶And he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the mount of Olives; and his disciples also followed him. And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that ye enter not into temptation. And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast, and kneeled down, and prayed, Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done. And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him. And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground. And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow, And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. ¶And while he yet spake, behold a multitude, and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and drew near unto Jesus to kiss him. But Jesus said unto him, Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss? When they which were about him saw what would follow, they said unto him, Lord, shall we smite with the sword? And one of them smote the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear. And Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye thus far. And he touched his ear, and healed him. Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and the elders, which were come to him, Be ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and staves? When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched forth no hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness. ¶Then took they him, and led him, and brought him into the high priest's house. And Peter followed afar off. And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the hall, and were set down together, Peter sat down among them. But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, and earnestly looked upon him, and said, This man was also with him. And he denied him, saying, Woman, I know him not. And after a little while another saw him, and said, Thou art also of them. And Peter said, Man, I am not. And about the space of one hour after another confidently affirmed, saying, Of a truth this fellow also was with him: for he is a Galilaean. And Peter said, Man, I know not what thou sayest. And immediately, while he yet spake, the cock crew. And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And Peter went out, and wept bitterly. And the men that held Jesus mocked him, and smote him. And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee? And many other things blasphemously spake they against him. And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the chief priests and the scribes came together, and led him into their council, saying, Art thou the Christ? tell us. And he said unto them, If I tell you, ye will not believe: And if I also ask you, ye will not answer me, nor let me go. Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on the right hand of the power of God. Then said they all, Art thou then the Son of God? And he said unto them, Ye say that I am. And they said, What need we any further witness? for we ourselves have heard of his own mouth.
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
Fight, fight, fight, fight
Excalibur the sword of right
Lancelot you rise a knight
Many quests will soon be fought
To win your place in Arthur's Court
Go to waste land if you dare
Lure the black knight from his lair
Fight and kill the evil man
Rid his evil from our land
Kneeling in prayer, Lancelot gave the knight
Knowing to save the waste land, he must fight
Eager to kill all those who came his way
He must stay, he must fight
The black knight, the black knight
Fight, fight, fight, fight
Fight, fight, fight, fight
The dawn approaches, clearing sky
Very soon a knight must die
Black knight towering on his horse
Struck Lancelot with fearsome force
Lancelot held fast his ground
Then struck the black knight to the ground
Leaped from his horse and then he smote
A single thrust and pierced his throat
Answer my prayers, help me to save this land
Guide me by truth laid down by Arthur's hand
Evil is gone, only good we shall see
Victory in this land
By God's hand
Taken from the castle feast
To an abbey in the East
Three knights stood in pride as one
Lancelot beheld his son
Arthur's court he made him come
Galahad his bastard son
Battles soon for him to fight
Blessed his youthful son of knight
Arthur and the knights, marvelous stone
Floating upon the river alone
Pointing from the rock, the sword shining bright
Glittering jewels, shimmering light
Pull me, pull me, pull me, pull me
Gawain first he tried to draw from the stone
To wear by his side
Each knight took it's turn, brave to the last
Faced with the sword, remaining fast
[Incomprehensible]
Arthur called a knight young Galahad
Saw in his sheath no sword he had
Took him where the sword held by the stone
Offered him there to make it his own
Pull me, pull me, pull me
He fell on his knees, to pull out the hilt
And drew it with ease
The dolorous stroke it once struck with pride
The sword that once hung by Sir Gawain's side
I had doubts as to where we're going
But you gotta hand it to the guys upstairs
I've been put on a whole new programme
Don't have to handle my own affairs
Everything I want is on my print-out
I don't need anything any more
I'm not confused by useless knowledge
I don't even know if it's 1984 for sure
Rules rule ok ask no questions
Welcome to the age of consent
Fasten seat belts drive with caution
Don't take shots at the president
Robot man is a wonderful creation
Automatically obeys the law
Laws of nature, man and physics
I don't even know if it's 1984 for sure
1984?
The only thing you have to know
Big brother is watching you
You love him
Robot man is a wonderful creation
Automatically obeys the law
You love him, you love him, you love him
I don't even know if it's 1984 for sure
The only thing you have to know
Big brother is watching you
You love him
What I need is a real emotion
A little love and a lot of despair
Robot man has a problem breathing
Robot man don't know how to care
Payed my dues but the dudes don't listen
I'd cry out but who the hell for?
I'd love to know what is means to suffer
I don't even know if it's 1984 for sure
Now love, sweet love, Ooh now that love has won
Ooh now that love has won
Now love, our love, how love has ended war
He'll torture man no more
Your words give meaning to my song
How love created harmony with faith we'll gather universe through infinity
Last at last I'll live in peace at last,
Forgiven for my past peace at last
Ooh at last at last I'll live in peace at last forgiven for my past
Peace at last, at last, at last
Ooh I live in peace at last forgiven for my past, Peace at last.
At last, Ooh at last I'm gonna live in peace at last forgiven for my past..peace at last
At last, I'm gonna live in peace at last, forgiven for my past peace at last.
Memories of a life on earth go flashing past,
Of home, of Grauben, friends of whom he's seen his last
Contemplating what his life's been worth,
While trapped beneath the earth,
An embryo at birth
Pain and fear destroy the beauty I have seen,
Of caverns, where no other man ever has been
Silurian epoch hosts me as my grave,
My final bow I wave,
A life too late to save
Crystals of opaque quartz, studded limpid tears,
Forming magic chandeliers, lighting blistered galleries.
The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side. And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore. And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow; And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up: Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth: And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away. And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them: But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath. Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive: For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them. But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them. Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower. When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side. But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it; Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended. He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful. But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. ¶Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares? He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn. Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field: Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof. Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them: That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world. Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field. He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world. The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. ¶Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind: Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away. So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just, And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord. Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.
I know I'm asking a lot
Forgive my persistence
But I want what I haven't got
Proof of my existence
Look up - what do I see
Mankind looking like me
And I know it's not because I am
mankind's hero
At times it's good to hide
Get swept along with the tide
But I've suddenly seen that I'm one big zero
No name - tell me, who am I?
what's my name?
The shadow of the noose grew long
A sun dial of the time
The prisoner had left to live
A self inflicted crime
To pay with death for pain he gave
To those he soon will meet
The rope hung loosely round his neck
The Devil at his feet
"You shall hang," said the judge,
For your presence here on earth,
is no use for those who wish to live in peace.
Your evil is forever.
"You shall hang", said the judge.
"You shall hang,
You shall hang,
You shall hang."
The hangman checked the rope
Aware the prisoner was afraid
The preacher softly praying
To Our Lord his soul to save
The blindfold placed around his eyes
An unlit funeral pyre
The hangman pulled the lever
He heard an astral choir
One man's life has cost another
You shall not lie in sacred ground
The time has come to meet your Maker
Down on earth, they heard no sound
Your evil is for ever,
"You shall hang," said the judge.
All earthly life in you has ceased.
He tried to call out to the Maker
On no earthly soil he fell
The Maker motioned all around
He felt his soul dragged down to Hell
He saw the man that he had murdered
People he had pained on earth
Of souls returning reincarnate
No hope for his rebirth
"You shall hang", said the Maker,
For your presence on our planes,
Is no use for those who wish to rest in peace.
Your evil is for ever,
"You shall hang", said the Maker
You shall hang,
Verse 1
Nothing comes of nothing,
Never is a long, long time.
Waiting in the queue for a life to start.
It's a waste of your time and mine.
Verse 2
No time like the present.
Tomorrow never comes.
An underground journey through your mind.
Never mind, the fun's only just begun.
Bridge:
Speed kills,
going nowhere,
Fast life, in a meltdown,
Spaceman in the fast lane.
Never is the right time.
Head down, 'til we're certain, showdown,
Just a maze of secrets left unanswered.
Never is a long, long time.
Chorus:
Find the answer, ask the question.
Pay the price, then count the cost.
Take the prize and never finish,
Life is won, life is lost.
Free yourself from independence.
Give Big Brother all control.
Look around, obey the sign.
Ever-falling to the place of retribution.
Never-ending journey, finding reasons to be free.
Free from questions, giving answers,
Count the cost then pay the price.
Never is a long, long time,
Ever-moving downward,
sign of time decreasing.
Everlasting movement, to the centre
of the earth.
Never is a long, long.
Never is a long, long.....
Verse 3
Welcome to the longest journey.
To a place you'll never, ever go.
Welcome to a theme that doesn't have a park.
Without a life, a place without a home.
Verse 4
Hear the voice of freedom.
Singing the eternal line,
Looking for a sixth dimension.
Never is a long, long time.
Chorus
Speed kills, going nowhere.
Fast life in a meltdown.
Spaceman, in the fast lane.
Never is the right time.
Head down, 'til we're certain, showdown.
Just a maze of secrets left unanswered.
Never is a long, long time.
Chorus 2
Find the answer, ask the question.
Pay the price and count the cost.
Take the prize and never finish.
Look around, all is lost.
Free yourself from independence.
Give Big Brother all control,
Look around, obey the sign.
Ever-moving downward, sign of time decreasing.
Everlasting movement, to the centre
of the earth.
Never is a long time.
Never is a long time.
Looking for a homeland
Somewhere is my homeland
I'm looking for my home
Someone there to meet me
My family to greet me
The place to call my own
Somewhere, someplace, some special time
I'll find a welcome
With hands reaching out to mine
Homeland
My home
My homeland
My home
A place to call my own
To call my own
To call my own
Hoping to surround me
With missing friends
Who have found me
To welcome to my home
You don't have to love me
Only hymn above me
I only need my home
Somewhere, someplace, some special time
I'll find a welcome
White hands reaching out to mine
Homeland
My home
My homeland
My home
A place to call my own
My homeland
My home
My homeland
My home
Astral planes, the unknown sense,
lives on past human life.
No man can sense the whole.
The missing sense his soul.
Governed by an unknown factor.
Fiction in our life.
No man can sense it whole.
The missing sense his soul.
Take us to your leader
to the man who rules the mind.
Reincarnate knowledge,
as the soul reborn unwinds.
All life’s secrets now unfold.
The mind begins to glow,
as helpless, watching living man
destroys and doesn’t know.
Spaceman living in his suicide mind.
Odyssey colours for the soul to find.
Vision blurred by cutting knife.
Seeping blood from dying life.
Spaceman help me leave this Hell.
Save my living music cell.
Brains destroyed, my body cold.
Leave the ruins, music soul.
Inbuilt into human form.
A symphony of sight and sound.
Life direction in music found.
Senses dead, the time has come
To stop and dwell on ruined time
Wasted wars and selfish pride
Leaving tastes of music wine
Searching useless wasted mind
Reaching for the reapers hand
Lead him from his suicide
Please, is there a Promised Land.
Let me guide your journey long
Leave them while they mourn
We will journey back in time
And you will be reborn
From you I shall take your music
Place it back on earth
You shall witness long its voyage
A music soul rebirth.
Did you see the graves today
With weeds all overgrown
Wilting plants, like man to dust
it’s too late now to help yourself.
Time for the Maker to help himself.
Foolish man with days to live.
Waste not your time.
It’s way too late to save your soul in time.
You’re far too old your soul to find.
You’ve wrecked your head
and-blown your mind.
It’s too late to find your music soul.
It’s too late now to help yourself.
Time for the Maker to help himself.
It’s too late to find your music soul.
In younger men you watch yourself
Destroy themselves like you.
It’s way too late to save their lives in time.
You’re far too old,their souls to find.
You’ve wrecked your head,
and blown your mind.
It’s too late to find your music soul.
It’s too late now to help yourself.
Time for the Maker to help himself.
Knowing,
Gift of music showing.
Gift of love to show me the way
to the little man.
Teaching the way for the little man.
Show the way the music stems from love.
Music of my soul.
Maker.
Let me meet my Maker.
Let me see the man
who will offer eternal life.
Show me the way to eternal life.
Reincarnate music of my soul.
Music of my soul.
Love, let love guide the way
for man, to find his music
Love, let music be love,
to guide man to his soul.
Taste of fruitful inhibitions of a human.
Incapable of future seeing
beyond his thoughts of music.
Birth of music, birth of child is one.
Language of the world, the missing sense.
Wait, wait, look at the sun,
music of blinding light,
sound strength destroying sight.
Warning man, time for collection.
Take for you your choice of senses.
Warning man, time for collection.
One which has no earth connection.
Feel and touch the music sense.
Hear the cycle man should have.
Feel and touch the music sense.
To fight emotion, mans defense.
Music is the spaceman's time.
A travel form of moving love.
Music is the spaceman's time.
Placed on earth for man to find.
Music has no earthly connection.
Taken from the source of Creation.
Music has no earthly connection.
Listen, time for your collection.
Taste of fruitful inhibitions of the man.
Beyond his thoughts of music.
Created and abused by man.
I see your face
In every place
But you don't hear the message of mine
You think you know
All there is to know
But you don't see the sign of times
And if you don't fit
Well you'll just get hit
With a punishment to fit the crime
So listen real good
And you know you should
To the message, the message of mine
Oh, look around you
Oh, can you hear the sea
Oh, can you hear the sea
Oh, I know that could be me
If you help yourself
To help yourself
Then you'll open up a passage of time
And pave the way
For a judgement day
Which will come with thundering sign
So look real hard
And pick your card
But the joker's still hidden inside
So until you hear me
Loud and clear
You won't get the message of mine
Listen to the message of mine
Listen to the message of mine
Listen to the message of mine
Listen to the message of mine
If you could see
What I can see
Then you'd understand the message of mine
As you grow old
And the future grows cold
For children yours and mine
For they wanna give
And they wanna live
In a world that is loving and kind
So act right now
Cause' we all know how, the message of mine
Oh, look around you
Oh, you've done it all too few
Oh, can it all harm you
Oh, it's finished all since here
Oh, will you listen
Oh, one more chance to hear
The message of mine
The message of mine
The message of mine
By Wart the king of Merlin
Struck foot most far before us
His birds and beasts supply our feast
And his feats our glorious chorus
Never shall man take me hence
But only he by whose side
I ought to hang and he shall
Rick Wakeman - Men in Suits
I have a feeling
That there is no love anymore
I only want to know I'm needed
And what I'm needed for
Please tell me there's a reason
That someone really cares
The world was meant for living
And love was meant to share
If only I could see you
There is so much I would say
The leaders cannot guide us
There are no leaders anyway
There are no leaders anyway
There's a place not a very nice place
Where the war mongers go to stay
Where the plans are lay down
To keep mear mortals fighting
Then they plan things anyway they can
To keep the power in the hand of greed
Looking for the gods of thunder
to supply the lightning
Oh tolling by pollitical means
Is a source of income
To the men in suits who think they
Rule with the braun of steel
See the extra letter in pain
To change the word to panic
There's a wound of evil
That somehow we can heal!
Please tell me there's a reason
And someone really cares
The world is meant for living
And love is meant to share
I have a feeling
That there is no love anymore
I only want to know I'm needed
Write the rules for the games we play
Carved in stone for a future time
Broken pieces thrown away
Broken pieces that are mine
Hope in words so nearly true
Peaceful times are long unseen
Promises I give to you
Only I know what they mean
Charter for a freedom lost
Made by man who knows not why
Leaving youth to count the cost
They only suffer times gone by
It would never be the same
If ruler lived beyond his past
He would have to live his game
And speed of truth is never fast
Should there ever be a charter
With words to change the course of man
To give us peace and hope and understanding
And take us back to where it all began
The sword is still the only answer
The loudest sound that can be heard
The scream of silence as the fear grows stronger
Hear the people
Cry to no-one
No-one hears their words
And so
Time moves on
A war
Waged in words
With Kings and Church and common man
But no winner
Or beginner
Can understand the battle plan
But the battle never lasts long
Even though it is an old song
And the singer never sings the same old verse
Turn the melody to war chant
Change the flowers into warplants
Kill them all
Just to swell the purse
Pray to the Father
Peace ever after
Only love
Up above
Glory to the war
So for peace we wage a war
As in war we fight for peace
Death to all, be rich or poor
Comes in such a bloody feast
Will they meet in a future time?
Will it happen yet again?
Only God knows the truth they say
Only He is ahead of our time
Where is the charter made for love?
Where is the charter for killing war?
Sadly hidden in the warrior's glove
Making light for ever more
Magna Charter shows a path
Over which no truth can stray
Floating as a neutral craft along its way
Should there ever be a charter
With words to change the course of man
To give us peace and hope and understanding
And take us back to where it all began
The sword is still the only answer
The loudest sound that can be heard
The screams of silence as the fear grows stronger
Hear the people
Cry to no-one
Ooh Love Ooh Love as long as love is Young
As long as love is young
Ooh Love, Ooh Love
As long as life shall last
As Long as Life shall last
The hour will come when we shall weep
On thoughts of love and pleasures past
The hour will come when we shall weep on pleasures past.
Ooh love, in love our innocence is sharing
As long as love is true
In love in love our innocence will last
Our innocent will last as sure my heart in sacred hours
Providing you my secret quest.
Ooh love sweet love as long as love is young
As long as life shall last
Ooh love sweet love as long as love is young
I'm dreaming of a lifetime's freedom
That stretches all around the world
I'm talking about the biggest creature
I'm talking about the smallest bird
I'm singing out for liberation
I wanna move where I please
I wanna strike a note for freedom
Here's my song of liberty
Well all right
Here's my song
Are you doing all right
Here's my song
Are you ready to fight
To be free
Gonna fight for the right
Liberty
Well you're doing all right
I'm fighting for my children
As my father fought for me
Blood and sweat go hand in hand
Here's my song for liberty
Liberty
Well I'll fight for the right
Liberty
Are you doing all right
Liberty
Well I'll fight for your right
Liberty
I'm living on a crime of passion
A passion that will set me free
I'm ready now to really suffer
To do just as I please
I've got him on my side
I know he'll fight for me
I hear the bells a ringing
They ring for liberty
Liberty
Well can you hear
Liberty
Well can you see
Liberty
Well can you feel
Liberty
You're doing all right
Liberty
Liberty
Liberty
Liberty
I'm looking for a chain reaction
When people start to cheer
I feel my body shaking
As my cause begins to steer
To war's a big solution
To war's the final show
This time is right for action
I know it's time to go
Here's our song
Well you doing all right
Hold me strong
Are you ready to fight
To be free
Then fight for the right
Liberty
Well you're doing all right
All right
There's gonna be revolution
Everything will turn out fine
There's only one solution
Show that banner, show that sign
We're searching for our independence
It belongs to you and me
Sing a song of future freedom
The song of liberty
Liberty
Wanna hear you sing
Liberty
Come on and bring
Liberty
Only love
Liberty
Well sing your song
You're doing all right
All right
Liberty
Let me hear you sing
Liberty
Come on and bring
Liberty
And only love
Liberty
Well sing your song
Game
Oh it's just a game
Oh, oh just a game
It's just a game
It's all the same
No-one ever listen to me
It's just the same
It's all a game
No-one gives you nothing for free
It doesn't matter what I do
It doesn't matter what I say
If only I could read your mind
And you read mine
I'm just a pawn
A useless pawn
Easily taken for free
I'm in the way
Or so they say
But everybody's looking at me
I never get the right of rules
Even though I have to play
Because the game is played the same
Across the world
Game
Oh it's just a game
Oh, oh it's just a game
I've given up
Of looking up
As there's no-one up there looking at me
I'm sick and tired
Of being wired
To a life I didn't fancy for me
It doesn't matter who I am
It doesn't matter who you are
If I could only take your place
And you take mine
But may be you
Yes I mean you
Could play the game of life with me
And maybe you
Just me and you
Could change a thing or two for free
It doesn't matter how I live
It doesn't matter how I die
The game is played the same
Across the world
Game
Oh, it's just a game
Run.. heart in my mouth
Run so hard that it beats
and repeats in my head like a gun.
East - west, north and south
No direction to go
but I know that the ending's begun.
I know I made a mistake coming here again.
But I had to remind myself of where and
when
We threw off our chains.
Hid ourselves in ourselves from the world
and its organised hell.
Now - nothing remains.
Barely a trace of the place where I knew
him well.
Down
Down he said get on the floor.
And stay well away from the door
Or someone will see us for sure.
And I
Loved him like no-one before.
Princess madonna and whore.
Kept comig back for more.
Run - goodness knows where.
I'm a poor refugee
and I might as well be on the moon.
Still why should I care?
I had it all in one grand afternoon.
Down
Down he said get on the floor.
And stay well away from the door.
Or someone will see us for sure.
And I
Loved him like no-one before.
Princess madonna and whore.
Kept comig back for more.
Feeling the death and decay.
Didn't expect him to say
Stay with me Julia stay
But I
Only remember that day
As ruler of all I survey
Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me. But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. ¶But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken. Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep. So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not. And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah. Then said they unto him, Tell us, we pray thee, for whose cause this evil is upon us; What is thine occupation? and whence comest thou? what is thy country? and of what people art thou? And he said unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land. Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him, Why hast thou done this? For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them. ¶Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us? for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous. And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you. Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them. Wherefore they cried unto the LORD, and said, We beseech thee, O LORD, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O LORD, hast done as it pleased thee. So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging. Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the LORD, and made vows. Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in. And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour. And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days. And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets. And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him. ¶And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them, Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD. And he said unto the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let him that is armed pass on before the ark of the LORD. And it came to pass, when Joshua had spoken unto the people, that the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns passed on before the LORD, and blew with the trumpets: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed them. And the armed men went before the priests that blew with the trumpets, and the rereward came after the ark, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets. And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not shout, nor make any noise with your voice, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall ye shout. So the ark of the LORD compassed the city, going about it once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp. And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the LORD. And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD went on continually, and blew with the trumpets: and the armed men went before them; but the rereward came after the ark of the LORD, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets. And the second day they compassed the city once, and returned into the camp: so they did six days. And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times: only on that day they compassed the city seven times. And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew with the trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, Shout; for the LORD hath given you the city. ¶And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent. And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it. But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are consecrated unto the LORD: they shall come into the treasury of the LORD. So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city. And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword. But Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out the country, Go into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye sware unto her. And the young men that were spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; and they brought out all her kindred, and left them without the camp of Israel. And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein: only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD. And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho. And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it. So the LORD was with Joshua; and his fame was noised throughout all the country.
Chorus 1
Does anyone know my name?
Is there anybody there?
You're as near me as you can ever be.
Watching me.
Watching me.
Tag 1
Does anyone love me?
Does anyone need me?
Nobody knows my name.
Takes my blame.
Feels my pain.
Chorus 2
Does anyone care for me?
I just need a life to share.
All my life
I've searched
For someone just like you.
Is there anybody there?
Is anyone there?
Anyone there?
Verse 1
I don't know why you make mc wanna stay,
'Cos there's no-one left to love.
I'm losing my life for a reason,
I'm losing my life 'cos of you.
Tag 2
Is anybody really there?
Bridge
No-one waits for no-one.
No-one cares at all.
Nowhere left to hang around.
No-one left to call.
Patience is my virtue.
By virtue of my shame.
Broken pieces everywhere.
Everything's a game.
Where have all the people gone
That once were in my life.
Why has everybody gone away?
Chorus 3
Does anyone know my name?
Or does anybody care?
There's a reason Why I know 1 have to stay.
So is there anybody there?
I'm losing my life for a reason,
I'm losing my life 'cos of you.
I want to know you're out there just for me.
Chorus 4
I'm tired of waiting here for you.
Now I've made up my mind.
You're no good,
I don't need you.
I don't care anymore when you cry.
I'm sending my love far away With a piece of my heart And a tear for each day That I cried.
So there must be a reason for living
There must be a reason for loving.
it's all right.
It's all right.
Tag 4
Will anybody really care If 1 just walk away.
With a tear in each eye
And a reason not to stay?
Does anybody really know me?
Does anybody really care?
Silly little man
Without a plan
How the hell do you know
What I want if you don't know
Who I am
I'm sitting in a place
Just another face
Can't see me
I guess you don't know who I am
I'm tired of walking
Sleeping, talking
Shouting off my head
To a man who thinks he's Uncle Sam
I'm sitting in a mass of confusion
In which I really don't matter at all
But if you ask me
Then I'm the solution
And the boss man
Who thinks he's the face
Well he's a fool
I'm sick to death
All that's said
Another day gone
And I'm still not dead, or so they say
I don't matter, so they don't mind
I've searched myself
But I still can't find a better way
I'm lost in space
Locked inside
My tiny world, my tiny mind
I'm here to stay
Confusion, confusion, confusion
Well he's a fool
Here we go
Another show
I'm not the star
But I play the most important role
I sing and shout
And round about, the time that you
Think you're in for drought
Then I let go
Silly little man
Without your plan
You can't expect to win
The curfew tolls the knell of parting day
The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lee
The ploughman homeward plods his weary way
And leaves the world to darkness
And to me
Now fades the glimmering landscape on the site
And all the air a solemn stillness holds
Save where the beetle wheels his drewning flight
And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds
Save that from yonder isly mantle tower
The moping owl doest to the moon complain
Of such as, wondering near her secret bower
Molest her ancient solitary reign
Beneath those rugged elms that yew tree shade
Where heaves the turf in many a mouldering heap
Each in his narrow cell forever laid
The rude forefathers of the hamlets
The breezy call of incense breathing morn
The swallow twittering from the strawdirt church
The cock's shrill clarion of the echoing hoard
No more to arouse them from their noble death
For them no more the blazing hearths will burn
Or busy housewifes ply their evening care
No children run to list their sires return
Or climb his knees, the envied kiss to share
Oft' did the harvest to their sick weald
Their furrow oft' a stubborn glebe was broke
How jockened did they drive their team afield
How bowed the woods beneath their sturdy stroke
Let not ambition rock their useful toil
Their homely joys and destiny obscure
Nor grandeur here with a disdainful smile
The short and simple annals of the poor
The boast of heraldry
The pomp of power
And all that beauty
All that wealth 'er-gave
Awakes alike the inevitable hour
The paths of glory lead but to the grave
Nor you 'ere prow
Impute to these the fault of memory
Or their tool no trophies raise
Where through the long drawn aisle
Of threaded vault
The peeling anthem swells a note of praise
The stored urn or animated bust
Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath
Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust
Or flattery soothe the dull cold ear of death
Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid some heart
Once pregnant with celestial fire
Hands that the rod of empire might have swayed
Or wake to ecstacy
The living liar
The knowledge to their eyes
Her ample page
Rich with the spoils of time
Did n'er unroll
'Til penury repressed their noble rage
And froze the genial current of the soul
For many a gem of purest ray serene
The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear
For many a flower is born to blush unseen
And wasted sweetness on the desert air
Some village hamlet
But with dauntless breast the little tyrant of his fields
Withstood some mute and glorious pilgrim
Here may rest
Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood
The applause of listening senates to command
The threats of pain and ruin to despise
To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land
And weave their history in a nation's eyes
Their lot forbade
Nor circumscribed alone their growing virtues
But their crimes confide
The mad to wade through slaughter to a throne
And shut the gates of mercy on mankind
The struggling pangs of concious truth to hide
To quench the blushes of ingenious shame
Or heat the shrine of luxury and pride
With incense kindled at the muses' flame
Far from the madding crowds
Ingnoble strife
Their sober wishes never learned to stray
Along the cool sequestered vale of life
They kept the noiseless tenor of their way
Yet in these bones, from insult
To protect some frail memorial
Still erected nigh
With uncouth rhymes
And shapeless sculptured debt
Implores the passing tribute of a sigh
Their name
Their years
Spelt by the unlettered muse
The place of fame and elegy supply
And many a holy text around she strews
That teach the rustic moralist to die
For who, to dumb forgetfulness at pray
This pleasing anxious being 'er resigned
Left the warm precints of the cheerful day
Or cast one longing, lingering look behind
On some fond breast the parting soul relies
Some pious drops the closing eye requires
E'en from the tomb
The voice of nature cries
E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires
To thee, who mindful of the un-honoured dead
Doest in these lines their artless tale relate
If chance, by lonely contemplation led
To some kindred spirit, should enquire thy fate
Happily some hoary headed swain may say
Oft' we've seen him at the peep of dawn
Brushing with hasty steps the dews away
To meet the sun upon the aplen lawn
There at the foot of yonder nodding beach
That weaves its old fantastic route so high
Its listless lenght at moontide
Would he stretch
And pour upon the brook that babbles by
Hard by yon wood
Now smiling at him scorn
Muttering his wayward fancys he would roam
Now drooping
Would for one
Like one forlorn
Or crazed with care
Or crossed in hopeless love
One morn' I missed him on the 'customed hill
Along the heath
And near his favourite tree
Another came
Nor yet beside the rill
Nor up the lawn
Nor at the wood was he
The next
Its dirges due in sad array
Slow through the churchway path
We saw him borne
Approach and read
For thou canst read
The ley graved on the stone
Beneath yon aged thorn
Here rests his head
Upon the lap of earth
The youth to fortune and to fame unknown
Fair science frowned not on his humble birth
And melancholy marked him for her own
Large was his bounty
And his soul sincere
Heaven did a recompense as largely send
He gave to misery all he had
A tear, he gained from heaven
T'was all he wished
A friend
No father seek his merits to disclose
Or draw his frailties from their dread abode
There they alike in trembling hope repose
Baby, baby
Every time I want you near me
You say maybe
I don't think you see
It isn't easy for me
Baby, I said baby
Every little move you make
Just drives me crazy
But you still won't let go
And you don't wanna know
You tell me
Don't touch the merchandise
If you and me were together
Then for me, it would make my dreams
You could knock me down with a feather
If you could hear me scream
Baby, oh baby
You're edgy, you foxy little lady
But you're locked up from me
Oh yeah, I don't have a key
You tell me
Don't touch the merchandise
Baby oh I said, baby
The day that you say yes
Then I'll say maybe
Because the bait is not cold
Oh you know the passion is old
Baby, baby, Oh, I said baby, baby
Oh now that you can touch
It drives me crazy
You had plenty of time
Now you can just read the signs
It says,
Don't touch the merchandise
Don't touch the merchandise
Verse 1
Nowhere left for me to hide.
Waiting for my paranoia.
Way too late to change my mind.
No-one wants to beat me.
Locked away no place to go.
Everything is disappearing.
Angels rush to meet the foolish.
No-one comes to meet me.
Chorus
I'm just buried alive.
Nowhere else left to hide.
No-one knows me inside.
No-one gets out alive.
Verse 2
(Alive) again don't breathe a word.
Listen hard and hear the silence.
Starve the poor and feed the rich.
There's no revolution.
Build me up then knock me down.
Watch my life collapse around me.
Prison cells with no release date.
There is no resolution.
Chorus:
No-one gets out alive.
Nowhere else left to hide.
No-one knows me inside.
I'm just buried alive.
Bridge.
Come and get me and take me away.
I don't want you to go.
I'm locked in a nightmare Where you never stay.
It can't be the end of the show.
Tag 1
Head for the wings and then run for your life.
I hope you have somewhere to hide.
The devil, no longer has all the best tunes.
We've all been buried alive.
Chorus:
No-one wants to be me.
No-one cares if I'm free.
Only God knows that we're all buried alive.
Tag 2.
No-one wants to come and save me.
No-one wants to save my face.
No-one wants to stand beside me.
No-one wants to take my place.
Chorus I'm just buried alive.
Nowhere else left to hide.
No-one knows me inside.
No-one gets out alive.
Chorus:
No-one wants to be me.
No-one cares if I'm free.
Listen, people
All you people
Here's my story
Here's my story
You're all mad
And I'm glad
But the lady looks a riot
Even though that she's sad
I'm cross
And I'm lost
But the shady little lady
Don't doubt on my boss
I'm fat, I'm thin
I'm pulling off skin
It doesn't really matter if you're out
Or you're in
Well all right
Good night
The brain is not the same
But the time is all right
Listen people, you people, you people
Here's a story, a story, a story
Listen people, you people, you people
Here's a story, a story, a story
Tell me, tell me
Won't you tell me
Won't you tell me
Won't you tell me
Listen, people
All you people
Here's a story
Yes a story
In my brain
It might shine
But the crazy little lady
Well she's doing just fine
I'm tall, and I'm strong
But the lady comes a running
When she hears my call
I'm sad, it's all brag
Bugs bunny, bugs bunny
Doesn't live in my head
Well I'm near
Well I'm here
Well al right, right, right, right
Listen people, you people, you people
Here's my story, my story, my story
Come and join me, yes join me, yes join me
I'm feeling all right
There's a way
That you look at me
I can see
That our love is dying
And you know
That my need for you
Has so much
And I can hear it crying
Oh, help this heart to mend
A heart to be your friend
A heart that need to send
All it's love
As a gift for you
Full of joy
And of love and laughter
And to give
For the rest of time
Of my life
Forever after
Oh, listen to nature
Oh, it's not a dream
Oh, feeling that blossom
Made upon my dreams
Oh, when there was love
Made upon dreams
Made upon dreams
If a time
Could be set for me
I would take
Not a minute longer
And a smile
Would be all I ask
For a love
That could grow no stronger
Every man
Has the gift of love
Just to share
For the briefest time
Then it's gone
In a cloud of mist
To a place
That is hard to find
Oh, listen to nature
Oh, there's so much love
Oh, feelings that blossom
Hold me
In the morning
While the stillness is there
Whisper
Gentle lover
Whisper to me you still care
Touch me
Touch me gently
I need you
I need you there
So hold me
Every morning
With just love in the air
Never want to lose you again
Never handle the pain
Of anybody else
In your life
Again but me
Never want to cry anymore
Never weep as my tears
Run deep in rivers of regret
Through my life
Looking for you
Call me
Call me in the morning
I need you
I need you to set me free
Help me
Help to save me
Throw the lifelines of love to me
Come to me and hold me
Remember what you told me
Only you can open me
Dreaming is for sleeping
Loving is for keeping on
Never try to fight love
Love
Call me
In the morning
Don't try to fight me
Please don't try
I only want to hold you
Hold you closely
Then I want to love you
Until I die
I pray
You know I pray a lot
To give you everything, everything I've got
Then I have to stop
And wait, wait for you to answer
Listen, listen to me
Listen once for me
Whisper
Or call me
Or shout to me
Or shout love
Take me in the morning
The loving stillness
Everywhere
I want you
I want to hold you
Hold you every morning
A love to share
So just call me
Call me in the morning
My answer
After prayers
Call me
In the morning
Call me
After prayers
Oh love
Love you in the morning
A man conceived a moment's answers to the dream,
Staying the flowers daily, sensing all the themes.
As a foundation left to create the spiral aim,
A movement regained and regarded both the same,
All complete in the sight of seeds of life with you.
Changed only for a sight of sound, the space agreed.
Between the picture of time behind the face of need,
Coming quickly to terms of all expression laid,
Emotion revealed as the ocean maid,
All complete in the sight of seeds of life with you.
Turn round tailor, Coins and
Assaulting all the mornings of the Crosses
Interest shown, Never know
Presenting one another to the cord, Their fruitless worth;
All left dying, rediscovered Cords are broken,
Of the door that turned round, Locked inside
To close the cover, the mother earth.
All the interest shown, They won't
To turn one another, to the sign Hide, hold, they won't
At the time Tell you, watching the world,
To float your climb. Watching all of the world,
Watching us go by.
And you and I climb over the sea to the valley,
And you and I reached out for reasons to call.
II. Eclipse
(Anderson/Bruford/Squire)
Coming quickly to terms of all expression laid,
Emotion revealed as the ocean maid,
As a movement regained and regarded both the same,
All complete in the sight of seeds of life with you.
III. The Preacher the Teacher
(Anderson/Bruford/Howe/Squire)
Sad preacher nailed upon the coloured door of time;
Insane teacher be there reminded of the rhyme.
There'll be no mutant enemy we shall certify;
Political ends, as sad remains, will die.
Reach out as forward tastes begin to enter you.
Ooh, ooh.
I listened hard but could not see
Life tempo change out and inside me.
The preacher trained in all to lose his name;
The teacher travels, asking to be shown the same.
In the end, we'll agree, we'll accept, we'll immortalise
That the truth of the man maturing in his eyes,
All complete in the sight of seeds of life with you.
Coming quickly to terms of all expression laid,
As a moment regained and regarded both the same,
Emotion revealed as the ocean maid,
A clearer future, morning, evening, nights with you.
IV. Apocalypse (Anderson/Bruford/Howe/Squire)
And you and I climb, crossing the shapes of the morning.
And you and I climb, over the sun for the river.
And you and I climb, clearer, towards the movement.
In the still of the night
When you think you're all right
There's an evil little creature
Who will give you a fright
His name is African Bach
His name is African Bach
Born out of time
Out of face
Out of mind
Beware of African Bach
Beware of African Bach
He's living in part of your brain
With sounds that you'll never explain
Oh no one can hear you
Shout out or even scream
Sounds ringing out in your head
Oh maybe you're clinically dead
Creating a nightmare
Out of a scary dream
Oh, oh, oh African Bach
His name is African Bach
With your eyes wide open
He's still living inside
He won't give you any peace
Until you go for a ride
With African Bach
With African Bach
Wasting away, as the night turns to day
He only comes in the dark, does African Bach
You won't hear him during the day
It's night time he comes out to play
Hoping to catch you under the cover of dark
And just when you think he's not there
And maybe you think you don't care
You'll shiver with fear, as you feel him come near
Remember his name
It's African Bach
Oh, oh, oh African Bach
His name is African Bach
Oh, oh, oh African Bach
I hear lots of voices
And they tell me I've got choices
But for some it's still a game
The people I've seen looking at me
From a scream
God loves them as his children
And I think I feel the same
There's no magic potion
That can set this world in motion
And I feel I know the people
But I don't know their names
It's easy to fashion
Understanding and compassion
But we haven't got their pain
If only we knew them
Then it might explain the reason
Why we seem to block the picture
But it never goes away
If only I could help
Then I would help
And I should help
But distance blurs my vision
And it's all so far away
I hear people preaching
But it doesn't help the teaching
If we never, ever listen
So it's harder to explain
But somebody loves them
Even though he's far above them
RETURN TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH
1. NARRATION 1: A VISION
On the 24th of May 1863, Professor Lidenbrook and his nephew Axel discovered an old parchment within a 12th century volume entitled "Heims Kringla", itself a chronicle of the Norwegian Princes who had ruled over Iceland.
Written in runic manuscript by Arne Saknussemm (an alchemist of the 16th century) it translated:-
......"Descend into the crater of Sneffels Yokul, over which the shadow of Scataris falls before the kalends of July, bold traveller, and you will reach the centre of the earth."
Two centuries forward from this discovery, three geologian explorers traversed land and sea before they reached the mass of volcanic tufa known as Iceland. Veiled in secrecy, their purpose: - to emulate the journey that had been taken by their forefathers two hundred years previous.
For fear of being followed, their identities were known to no-one, and for this reason, as they began their ascent through vast fields of ice toward the magnificent snowy nightcap of the Sneffels volcano, their expectations became inexplicably intertwined with those of unease, as they prepared to challenge timeless history.
On reaching the tabletop summit, they slowly descended into the crater of Sneffels Yokul.........
The flowering youth... of Germany Was raped by the beast
The fearful power... of German gold Was pillaged by the beast
Great the sorrow in the night But I heard you moan, no more
The new messiah His day at hand, We'll drive the beast from our land
NARRATION
Narration 5
Having made a raft from wood taken from the giant mushroom forest,
with rigging consisting of a mast made of two staves lashed
together, a yard made of a third, and a sail borrowed from their
stock of rugs, they set sail from the harbour - Port Grauben,
named after Axel's fiancee. With a north-westerly wind propelling
them along at about three miles an hour, silvery beams of light,
reflected here and there by drops of spray, produced luminous
points in the eddy created by the raft. Soon all land was lost to
view. Five days out to sea, they witnessed a terrifying battle
between two sea monsters. One having the snout of a porpoise, the
head of a lizard, and teeth of a crocodile - an Ichthyosaurus. And
the other, the mortal enemy of the first, a serpent with a
turtle's shell, the Plesiosaurus.
Lyrics
Five days out on an infinite sea, they prayed for calm on an ocean free,
But the surface of the water ws indicating some disturbance.
The raft was hurled by an unseen source, two hundred feet, with
frightening force
And a dark mass rising showed to be a giant porpoise
Rising out of the angry sea, towered the creatures' enemy,
And so the two sea monsters closed for battle
Crocodile teeth, lizard's head, bloodshot eye, stained ocean red
Moving close to their raft's side, the two men prayed as one and cried
"Save me, save me, save me, save me"
The serpents' fight went on for hours, two monsters soaring up like towers
And driving downn to the depths in a single motion
Suddenly, the serpent's head, shot out of the water bathed in red
And the serpentine form lay lifeless on the ocean
Crocodile teeth, lizard's head, bloodshot eye stained ocean read
Battle won, a victor's pride, the three men thanked the Lord and cried
"Praise God, praise God, praise God, praise God."
NARRATION
Narration 6
Cumulus clouds formed heavily in the south, like huge wool packs
heaped up in picturesque disorder. Under the influence of the
breezes they merged together, growing darker, forming a single
menacing mass. The raft lay motionless on the sluggish waveless
sea and in silence they waited for the storm.
Narration 7
For four days the storm had raged as they clung to the mast of
their raft for safety. Finally, with their raft wrecked after
being bashed against the reefs, they lay sheltered from the
pouring rain beneath a few overhanging rocks where they ate and
slept. The next day all trace of the storm had disappeared and
what remained of their stock seemed intact. Checking the compass
brought only heartbreak as it showed that a chance of wind during
the storm had returned them to just a few miles north of Port
Grauben. So, deciding to try and find the original route they
advanced with difficulty over granite fragments mingled with
flint, quartz, and alluvial deposits, eventually reaching a plain
covered with bones. like a huge cemetery. A mile further on, they
reached the edge of a huge forest made up of vegetation of the
Tertiary period. Tall palms were linked by a network of
inextricable creepers, a carpet of moss covering the ground and
the leaves were colourless, everything having a brownish hue.
Exploring the forest they discovered a heard of gigantic animals,
Mastadons, which were being marshalled by a primitive human being,
a Proteus. He stood over twelve foot high and brandished an
Seems the size of passion
Actually sound of retro
In the guides of fashion
Always standing near me
Always making music
Doctor can you hear me?
Earth to sound control
Send her music soul
Learning notes of freedom
Switched on composer
Sends the Doctor's vision
To the sound enclosure
Blessings to the Maker
yes music came around
Turned the gift of sound
Earth to sound control
Send her music soul
Sending our soul sound source
He'd in the
A music ever last then
His gift to place before us
Always standing near me
Always making music
Doctor Can you hear me?
Earth to sound control
(Liszt / Lyrics: Benson / Daltrey)
You are my soul no strength to fight your teary hands
Please spare me I am alone kill me and you destroy yourselves. be soothed
You take me on, make me whole
These moments can not be controlled
My shame, be my gain, together we can light the flames
Flames of life, flames of truth.
Take my life in this hell
Surrender with me to the spell
We'll go, let it show, our harmony makes music flow.
Lead me on; let my past be gone
You are my lives, Oh good my life's be gone
Journey on through ages gone, to the centre of the earth
Past rocks of quartz and granite, which gave mother nature birth
Burial ground of ancient man, his life no more is seen,
A journey through his time unknown, I wonder where he's been
Wonder where he's been, wonder where he's been, wonder where he's been
The shore now gone behind the hills, a forest in our sight,
Rocks and distant mountains, bathed in waves of blinding light
Forests from far gone time, no living man has seen,
A private prehistoric world, for you and I a dream
Brownish hue dicates my eye, no colour hides their fear,
Flowers faded, dull and cold, now bleached by atmosphere
Creatures twisting under trees, huge monsters soaked with rage
Hidden deep below our earth, a frightening, bygone age
Their shepherd came, now long extinct, a huge primeval man
The three men filled with disbelief, just turned as one and ran
NARRATION
Narration 8
Dumb with astonishment and amazement which bordered on
stupefaction, they fled the forest. Instinctively, they made
towards the Lidenbrook Sea. Discovering a rusty dagger on the
beach, and the carved initials of the explorer before them on a
slab of granite, they realised that thay were once again treading
the route of Arne Saknussemm. Following a short sea journey around
a cape, they came ashore where a dark tunnel plunged deep into
rock. Venturing down, their progress was halted by a piece of rock
blocking their way. After deciding to blow their way through, and
setting the charge, they put out to sea for safety. With the
explosion, the rocks before them opened like a curtain, and a
bottomless pit appeared in the shore. The explosion had caused an
earthquake, the abyss had opened up, and the sea was pouring into
it. Down and down they plunged into the huge gallery, but on
regaining their senses found their raft rising at tremendous
speed. Trapped in the shaft of an active volcano they rose through
the ages of man to be finally expelled out on a mountain-side
riddled with tiny lava streams. Their journey was completed and
they found themselves 3000 miles from their original starting
point in Iceland. They had entered by one volcano and they had
come out by another. With the blue mountains of Calabria in the
east they walked away from the mountain that had returned them.
Upon a New Year's day
A host of knights did pray
That from the anvil one could draw the sword.
As each knight took his turn
They found the anvil, held it firm;
None worthy of a future King and Lord.
Sir Kay the bravest knight
Appeared to try his might
He dreamed of being King, as all the rest
To Arthur Sir Kay called to search
And bring for him a sword
In earnest Arthur set about his quest.
A churchyard in the wood
The sword and anvil stood
And Arthur drew the sword out of the stone
The anvil now defeated
His quest for the sword completed
A sword that was to place him on the throne
A sword that was to place him on the throne.
Sir Ector and Sir Kay saw the sword
And knelt to pray
Then gently took it from young Arthur's hand
They marvelled at his quest
Proclaiming to the rest
Arthur is the King of all this land
Love me my Guinevere
In my court, please be near
While our realm is dying
And brave knights are crying
Stay close by my side.
Lancelot felt no fear
Loved his king's Guinevere
All his love he gave her
Fought through quests to save her
Love, showing the way.
Guinevere
Golden tresses shining in the air
Spread against the jasper sea.
Sorrow beheld her face
False love supplying grace
Knowing Arthur's fights
And his trusted knights
Meant more than his Queen.
Guinevere
Golden tresses shining in the air
Spread against the jasper sea.
Love me my Guinevere
In my court, Please be near
While our realm is dying
And brave knights are crying
Stay close by my side.
Guinevere
Golden tresses shining in the air
I have a feeling That there is no love anymore I only want to know I'm needed And what I'm needed for
Please tell me there's a reason That someone really cares The world was meant for living And love was meant to share
If only I could see you There is so much I would say The leaders cannot guide us There are no leaders anyway There are no leaders anyway
There's a place not a very nice place Where the war mongers go to stay Where the plans are lay down To keep mere mortals fighting Then they plan things anyway they can To keep the power in the hand of greed Looking for the gods of thunder To supply the lightning
Oh tolling by political means Is a source of income To the men in suits who think they Rule with the brawn of steel See the extra letter in pain To change the word to panic There's a wound of evil That somehow we can heal!
Please tell me there's a reason And someone really cares The world is meant for living And love is meant to share
Return to the centre of the earth, A world within a world, An endless journey in time. Return to an origin of life, Of secrets left untold, A mountain there to climb.
Return to the centre of the earth Heaven waiting for life to appear In a perfect creation of time, A message for no-one to hear.
Time, Time within a world, Centre, Centre of the earth, Searching for secrets of time, A sign.
Return to the origin of time, To the hidden cry of man, To a sanctuary of life beneath the earth, A meeting place, A point of no return to the centre of the earth.
I would not love you if I understand you I do not want to behold your face Uncomprehending I'm contented Knowing my station and my place O precious saviour O great creator Don't give me signs I don't want to see Better by far that you stay unfathomed I could not love someone just like me
Here come old flattop he come grooving up slowly He got joo-joo eyeball he one holy roller He got hair down to his knee Got to be a joker he just do what he please
He wear no shoeshine he got toe-jam football He got monkey finger he shoot coca-cola He say "I know you, you know me" One thing I can tell you is you got to be free Come together right now over me
He bag production he got walrus gumboot He got Ono sideboard he one spinal cracker He got feet down below his knee Hold you in his armchair you can feel his disease Come together right now over me
(Liszt / Lyrics: Benson /Vocal: Daltrey)
Life is pain, pain is lost
Life is pain, pain is lost
Lost is mine for living wild
The innocent are dying
They were pure as pure as love
Ooh they were pure as pure as love
But now they're crushed before the weight of man's desire for self
Destruction.
War is waste and waste is guilt
War is waste and waste is guilt
Guilt is mine for watching while my countrymen are dying
My man is dead, my love's destroyed
With your mercury mouth in the missionary times,
And your eyes like smoke and your prayers like rhymes,
And your silver cross, and your voice like chimes,
Oh, who among them do they think could bury you?
With your pockets well protected at last,
And your streetcar visions which you place on the grass,
And your flesh like silk, and your face like glass,
Who among them do they think could carry you?
Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands,
Where the sad-eyed prophet says that no man comes,
My warehouse eyes, my Arabian drums,
Should I leave them by your gate,
Or, sad-eyed lady, should I wait?
With your sheets like metal and your belt like lace,
And your deck of cards missing the jack and the ace,
And your basement clothes and your hollow face,
Who among them can think he could outguess you?
With your silhouette when the sunlight dims
Into your eyes where the moonlight swims,
And your match-book songs and your gypsy hymns,
Who among them would try to impress you?
Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands,
Where the sad-eyed prophet says that no man comes,
My warehouse eyes, my Arabian drums,
Should I leave them by your gate,
Or, sad-eyed lady, should I wait?
The kings of Tyrus with their convict list
Are waiting in line for their geranium kiss,
And you wouldn't know it would happen like this,
But who among them really wants just to kiss you?
With your childhood flames on your midnight rug,
And your Spanish manners and your mother's drugs,
And your cowboy mouth and your curfew plugs,
Who among them do you think could resist you?
Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands,
Where the sad-eyed prophet says that no man comes,
My warehouse eyes, my Arabian drums,
Should I leave them by your gate,
Or, sad-eyed lady, should I wait?
Oh, the farmers and the businessmen, they all did decide
To show you where the dead angels are that they used to hide.
But why did they pick you to sympathize with their side?
Oh, how could they ever mistake you?
They wished you'd accepted the blame for the farm,
But with the sea at your feet and the phony false alarm,
And with the child of a hoodlum wrapped up in your arms,
How could they ever, ever persuade you?
Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands,
Where the sad-eyed prophet says that no man comes,
My warehouse eyes, my Arabian drums,
Should I leave them by your gate,
Or, sad-eyed lady, should I wait?
With your sheet-metal memory of Cannery Row,
And your magazine-husband who one day just had to go,
And your gentleness now, which you just can't help but show,
Who among them do you think would employ you?
Now you stand with your thief, you're on his parole
With your holy medallion which your fingertips fold,
And your saintlike face and your ghostlike soul,
Oh, who among them do you think could destroy you
Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands,
Where the sad-eyed prophet says that no man comes,
My warehouse eyes, my Arabian drums,
Should I leave them by your gate,
Gone are the days of the knights
Of the Round Table and fights
Gallant men softly crying
Brave armies dying
The last battle soon to be lost.
Hearing of great civil war
Saxons to Britain did pour
From the North and the East
Arthur's knights' death to feast
The last battle soon to be lost.
Come life or death Arthur cried
Mordred the traitor he spyed
Smote him into the ground
Where he fell without sound
And in rage lunged at Arthur who fell.
Sir Hector, Sir Bors, Sir Bladwain and Sir Berboris, the only surviving knights of the round table, ended their days, after a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Soon after the Saxons conquered all of Britain and the realm of Law was over. Many believed that Arthur would return to re-establish the Holy realm of? and save Britain in the hour of its deadliest danger.
About the year 1200 the monks of Glastonbury discovered the bones of Arthur buried near to those of Guinevere. Beneath the coffin a stone remained and there across bore the Latin inscription "Here lies King Arthur in his tomb, with Guinevere, his wife, in the Isle of Avalon."
Gone are the days of the knights
Of the Round Table and fights
Of the realm of King Arthur
Peace ever after
Return to the centre of the earth
A world within a world
An endless journey in time
Return to an origin of life
Of secrets left untold
A montain yet to climb
A story to unfold
Return to the origin of life
To the hidden cry of man
To a sanctuary of life beneath the earth
Return to the centre of the earth
The return to the centre of the earth
To the centre of the earth
To the centre of the earth
WHO SO PULLETH OUT THIS SWORD FROM THIS STONE AND ANVIL, IS THE TRUE- BORN KING OF ALL BRITAIN
THE JOURNEY / RECOLLECTION
The Journey
By horse, by rail, by land, by sea, our journey starts
Two men incensed by one man's journey from the past
In Iceland, where the mountain stood with pride
They set off with their guide
To reach the mountain side
Roped as one for safety through the long descent
Into the crater of volcanic rock they went
Look up from our telescopic lens,
One star for us to share,
We continue on our prayer.
Crystals of opaque quartz, studded limpid tears,
Forming magic chandeliers, lighting blistered galleries.
Narration 1
Admiring shades of lava which imperceptibly passed from reddish
brown to bright yellow, their way lit by crystals appearing as
lighted globes, they continued through the lava gallery, which
gently sloped until they reached the inter section of two roads.
Without hesitation Professor Lidenbrook chose the eastern tunnel.
And the journey continued through a succession of arches, appearing
before them as if they were the aisles of a gothic cathedral; the
walls were enhanced with impressions of Rock weeds and mosses from
the Silurian epoch.
Narration 2
The Eastern route they had taken had come to a dead end. With three
days'walk back to the fork to find Arne Saknussemm's original
route, they found their water rations were limited to one day.
Knowing their only change of finding water was on that route, they
set off for the fork and there finally they fell almost lifeless on
the third day. After sleep, they continued down the other tunnel in
their quest for water, and whilst searching on his own, Hans, the
guide, heard the sound of water thundering behind a granite wall,
and, with a pick axe, attacked the wall so as to allow a stream of
boiling water to enter and cool in their tunnel. Not only had they
found life in the water but they had also found a flowing guide to
the Centre of the Earth. They called the stream the Hansbach.
Narration 3
Replenished with the water the journey continued with haste, but
somehow they find themselves separated. Professor Lidenbrook's
nephew Axel found himself alone. His mind was seized with
unparalleled fear and he saw memories of home flashing before him.
His fiancee Grauben, his house and friends in Hamburg. He saw
hallucinations of all the incidents of the journey. And, unworthy
as he felt, he knelt in fervent prayer and then, in panic, he ran
blindly through a tunnel only to reach a dead end, where he fell
panting for breath. In the darkness he cried... voices...
voices... voices... He heard voices. He heard his uncle's voice.
Due to the shape of the gallery and the conducting power of the
rocks, his uncle's voice was uncannily travelling around the
walls. By means of their chronometers they discovered they were
four miles apart, so Axel set about the task of rejoining the
Professor and their guide.
Recollection
Memories of a life on earth go flashing past,
Of home of Grauben, friends of whom he's seen his last
Contemplating what his life's been worth,
While trapped beneath the earth,
An embryo at birth
Pain and fear destroy the beauty I have seen,
Of caverns, where no other man has ever been
Silurian epoch hosts me as my grave,
My final blow I wave,
A life too late to save
Crystals of opaque quartz, studded limpid tears,
Forming magic chandeliers, lighting blistered galleries.
Narration 4
Suddenly the ground disappeared from beneath his feet. He fell down
a vertical shaft, his head hitting a sharp rock. He lost
consciousness. On opening his eyes, he found himself with the
Professor and the guide, and, looking around him, he saw an ocean
stretching as faras the eye could see, a giant forest of
mushrooms, a line of huge cliffs, and strange clouds hung
overhead, as he lay on a deeply indented shore of golden sand
strewn with shells. For a moment, he thought he was back on the
surface of the earth, but he soon realised that they had reached a
world within a world.
THE BATTLE / THE FOREST
Narration 5
Having made a raft from wood taken from the giant mushroom forest,
with rigging consisting of a mast made of two staves lashed
together, a yard made of a third, and a sail borrowed from their
stock of rugs, they set sail from the harbour - Port Grauben,
named after Axel's fiancee. With a north-westerly wind propelling
them along at about three miles an hour, silvery beams of light,
reflected here and there by drops of spray, produced luminous
points in the eddy created by the raft. Soon all land was lost to
view. Five days out to sea, they witnessed a terrifying battle
between two sea monsters. One having the snout of a porpoise, the
head of a lizard, and teeth of a crocodile - an Ichthyosaurus. And
the other, the mortal enemy of the first, a serpent with a
turtle's shell, the Plesiosaurus.
The Battle
Five days out on an infinite sea, they prayed for calm on an ocean free,
But the surface of the water ws indicating some disturbance.
The raft was hurled by an unseen source, two hundred feet, with
frightening force
And a dark mass rising showed to be a giant porpoise
Rising out of the angry sea, towered the creatures' enemy,
And so the two sea monsters closed for battle
Crocodile teeth, lizard's head, bloodshot eye, stained ocean red
Moving close to their raft's side, the two men prayed as one and cried
"Save me, save me, save me, save me"
The serpents' fight went on for hours, two monsters soaring up like towers
And driving down to the depths in a single motion
Suddenly, the serpent's head, shot out of the water bathed in red
And the serpentine form lay lifeless on the ocean
Crocodile teeth, lizard's head, bloodshot eye stained ocean read
Battle won, a victor's pride, the three men thanked the Lord and cried
"Praise God, praise God, praise God, praise God."
Narration 6
Cumulus clouds formed heavily in the south, like huge wool packs
heaped up in picturesque disorder. Under the influence of the
breezes they merged together, growing darker, forming a single
menacing mass. The raft lay motionless on the sluggish waveless
sea and in silence they waited for the storm.
Narration 7
For four days the storm had raged as they clung to the mast of
their raft for safety. Finally, with their raft wrecked after
being bashed against the reefs, they lay sheltered from the
pouring rain beneath a few overhanging rocks where they ate and
slept. The next day all trace of the storm had disappeared and
what remained of their stock seemed intact. Checking the compass
brought only heartbreak as it showed that a chance of wind during
the storm had returned them to just a few miles north of Port
Grauben. So, deciding to try and find the original route they
advanced with difficulty over granite fragments mingled with
flint, quartz, and alluvial deposits, eventually reaching a plain
covered with bones. like a huge cemetery. A mile further on, they
reached the edge of a huge forest made up of vegetation of the
Tertiary period. Tall palms were linked by a network of
inextricable creepers, a carpet of moss covering the ground and
the leaves were colourless, everything having a brownish hue.
Exploring the forest they discovered a heard of gigantic animals,
Mastadons, which were being marshalled by a primitive human being,
a Proteus. He stood over twelve foot high and brandished an
enormous bough, a crook worthy of this antediluvian shepherd.
The Forest
Journey on through ages gone, to the centre of the earth
Past rocks of quartz and granite, which gave mother nature birth
Burial ground of ancient man, his life no more is seen,
A journey through his time unknown, I wonder where he's been
Wonder where he's been, wonder where he's been, wonder where he's been
The shore now gone behind the hills, a forest in our sight,
Rocks and distant mountains, bathed in waves of blinding light
Forests from far gone time, no living man has seen,
A private prehistoric world, for you and I a dream
Brownish hue dicates my eye, no colour hides their fear,
Flowers faded, dull and cold, now bleached by atmosphere
Creatures twisting under trees, huge monsters soaked with rage
Hidden deep below our earth, a frightening, bygone age
Their shepherd came, now long extinct, a huge primeval man
The three men filled with disbelief, just turned as one and ran.
Narration 8
Dumb with astonishment and amazement which bordered on
stupefaction, they fled the forest. Instinctively, they made
towards the Lidenbrook Sea. Discovering a rusty dagger on the
beach, and the carved initials of the explorer before them on a
slab of granite, they realised that thay were once again treading
the route of Arne Saknussemm. Following a short sea journey around
a cape, they came ashore where a dark tunnel plunged deep into
rock. Venturing down, their progress was halted by a piece of rock
blocking their way. After deciding to blow their way through, and
setting the charge, they put out to sea for safety. With the
explosion, the rocks before them opened like a curtain, and a
bottomless pit appeared in the shore. The explosion had caused an
earthquake, the abyss had opened up, and the sea was pouring into
it. Down and down they plunged into the huge gallery, but on
regaining their senses found their raft rising at tremendous
speed. Trapped in the shaft of an active volcano they rose through
the ages of man to be finally expelled out on a mountain-side
riddled with tiny lava streams. Their journey was completed and
they found themselves 3000 miles from their original starting
point in Iceland. They had entered by one volcano and they had
come out by another. With the blue mountains of Calabria in the
east they walked away from the mountain that had returned them.
Final call,
No more time,
Heaven waits in your mind.
No place to go,
No time to run,
No pardon from the Holy one.
The final countdown has begun,
A time to live,
Another life to die for.
Time to kill,
Time to die,
Time to fill,
Time to cry.
Play for time,
Time for play,
Pay the fine,
Time to pay.
Time to fill,
There is no place for you to run,
Time to cry,
There is no place for you to hide.
Time to kill,
To reach the point of no return,
Time to die,
A never-enging race with time.
Play for time,
No-one around to hear your cry,
Time for play,
The only reason to be still,
Pay the fine,
There is no answer to your call.
Time to pay,
The only answer to your call.
Time to pay,
The only answer is the kill.
No place to run,
No place to run and hide,
The time has come to prepare the other side,
The way to Heaven's door is open wide.
A time to live,
Another life to die for,
Waiting to kill.
I look at all the lonely people I look at all the lonely people
Eleanor Rigby picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has been Lives in a dream Waits at the window, wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door Who is it for?
All the lonely people Where do they all come from? All the lonely people Where do they all belong?
Father McKenzie writing the words of a sermon that no one will hear No one comes near. Look at him working, darning his socks in the night when there's nobody there What does he care?
All the lonely people Where do they all come from? All the lonely people Where do they all belong?
Ah, look at all the lonely people Ah, look at all the lonely people
Eleanor Rigby died in the church and was buried along with her name Nobody came Father McKenzie wiping the dirt from his hands as he walks from the grave No one was saved
What became of twentieth century man His dream of freedom a dream with a plan His search for knowledge by turning the page View new horizons the dawn of an age
A great redeemer A true believer
Blackbird singing in the dead of night Take these broken wings and learn to fly All your life You were only waiting for this moment to arise
Black bird singing in the dead of night Take these sunken eyes and learn to see all your life you were only waiting for this moment to be free
Blackbird fly, Blackbird fly Into the light of the dark black night.
Blackbird fly, Blackbird fly Into the light of the dark black night.
You know, I've waited all my life,
my friend,
Even though the story has no end,
All my friends they call me Mr. Slow,
It's all right,
It's all right.
If i could dream my life each day, i would,
Never tried to learn, just understood
That your life goes faster if you're slow,
It's all right,
It's all right.
I'm watching my life fade away,
Each second lasts more than each day,
I have said all i know, all i want, to say.
I only want to know what i can see
In the other world inside of me.
There's a password just for Mr. Slow,
It's all right,
It's all right.
I'm watching my life fade away,
If only you'd come home to stay.
There is just nowhere for people to go,
Where is your friend Mr. Slow?
I'm searching for time i once had,
Each second lasts mor than a day,
Verse 1:
Someone cries, but there's no-one to hear,
No more time in an endless day,
No place to hide as the secrets unfold,
No more time left to fade away.
1st Bridge:
My life,
Gone from view,
Without love,
Without you.
Verse 2:
Close your eyes, for there's nothing to see,
Only dreams hiding far away.
No tears to cry now I'm left all alone,
Only seems like another day.
Chorus:
No-one can hear me,
A cry everlasting,
Bridges of time hidden deep within earth.
Not in this life is complete understanding,
A feeling of hope and of peace within earth.
2nd Bridge:
Still waters run,
Still waters run,
Still waters run deep.
Verse 3:
Waiting alone there is no peace of mind,
Only fear of another day.
Lost in eternity, no end in sight,
Only dreams of another way.
Chorus 2:
No-one can hear me,
A cry everlasting,
A feeling of hope and of peace on this earth.
2nd Bridge
Still waters run,
Still waters run,
Still waters run deep.
Chorus 3:
A feeling of hope
And of peace on this earth.
2nd Bridge:
Still waters run,
Still waters run,
Still waters run deep.
Still waters run,
Still waters run,
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