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Whichone
04:50
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WHICHONE
Given that there’s a general election due in the next few months or so, sir, who are you going to vote for? Which aeroplane should I take? Could you tell me what colour underpants are you wearing today, sir? What time’s the train? What age was your favourite house? What car do you drive these days, sir? Where should I go? Who shall I go with? Who shall I go to see? How many questions shall I ask? Why should I do that? How many questions should I answer? Why shouldn’t I do that? Which one should I choose?”
You’ve got time
Don’t know how to use it
You’ve got choice
Yet still you abuse it
You’ve got wheels
To drive ‘round the moon
You make deals
Keep the focus in zoom
Got ideas in your brain that are turnin’ you insane
Got a map, got a road, got a lifetime to offload but
Which one will take you home?
Which one still takes you home?
Which one will take you home?
Which one still takes you home?
You’ve got eyes
To see in the dark
You’ve got TV
To move information
You’ve got words
You wish would mean more
Got a home, got a loan, got a personal account
Got a suit, got some roots, got a millstone made of doubt, but
Which one will take you home?
Which one still takes you home?
Which one will take you home?
Which one still takes you
You stroll on through life
With your independent flair
Not caring for the flowers
Or the traps left by unwary
Foolishness
That we do
On our own
But out there in the half – light,
There’s a beast we must beware
The doubts of your existence
Grow
Will you dare?
Come with me
Come and see
The cancer of the city
Grows underground
And with lead in air pollution
Dulls
Kills
Your mind
Which one will take you home?
Which one still takes you home?
Which one will take you home?
Which one still takes you home?
(Repeat and fade)
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2. |
Hell And High Water
05:56
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He glances from his window
Sees the flames amidst the steam
As it stands like some great city
In a scientific dream
The tankers move the motion potion
As silent worker bees
Standing on a platform
With a chain around his neck
He just defies the gravity
That pulls him to the deck
For the witches brew is something new
For the silent worker bees
Drinking the blood of ancient waters
(Hearing mankind wheeze)
And the hand that turns the valve
Becomes the hand that turns the…
Wheels, turning wheels
Power driven man is moving
Wheels, burning wheels
City building man is learning
From the towers of silver metal
And the pipe-work, rusted beams
With the heated liquid flowing
Through it’s veins, (or so it seems)
And the process just continues
To the silent worker bees
The giant keeps on growing
He’s never kept in ‘cheque’
Like the gauges of prosperity
It’s a growing cash effect
Still the children kept in circumstance
Are the silent worker bees?
Drinking the blood of ancient waters
(Hearing mankind wheeze)
And the hand that turns the valve
Becomes the hand that turns the…
Wheels, turning wheels
Power driven man is moving
Wheels, burning wheels
City building man is learning
Who are the losers?
When the time has past and the
Pipe-work’s gone
Never the leaders
And never the Queen
You are the losers
When the grime is vast and the
Pipe-work’s gone
And the hand that turns the valve
Tills the field…
Wheels, turning wheels
Power driven man is moving
Wheels, burning wheels
City building man is learning
Wheels, turn
Aah Aah
Wheels, turn
Aah Aah
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Tomorrow’s another day
Another way to spend your pay
Life-hood depends upon closing eyes and sleepy thoughts
I’m feeling tired and weary
Need somewhere to lay my head
I ache and my body’s fragile and my bones feel kind of dead
Kind of dead
Night time deepens
There’s less for me to see
Quietness descends the place as I switch off my TV
My hands on a cup of cocoa and
Reflect on the passing day
“Good night, dear… no snoring, please, I want to be well away
Well away
Well away
Well away”
Close your eyes…
What’s your fantasy?... What’s my name?... What’s your favourite colour?... You know I like the brainy types… You’re a genius… I think I have something you’ll enjoy over at my house… Open wide… We’re really have to get together more often… Promise me we’ll do this every day… I’ve heard it’s good for your hair…
Cosh or dosh, Cosh or dosh (repeat and fade)
I’m your friendly tax inspector… Yes, What do you want?... This… is your final demand… Demand all you want…
I’m going to the dentist... I’m going to the dentist… (repeat and fade)
A little wider please… You won’t feel a thing… There, told you so… and again, please… Stop being a baby… There you are, Mr Birdsall, all done…
Could you just pay at the desk… Pay at the desk (repeat and fade)
Tomorrow’s another day
Another way to spend your pay
Life-hood depends upon closing eyes and sleepy thoughts
I open my eyes to be transformed
Into a living world
I’m looking up at the ceiling and breathing in the air
In the air
I’m outside of the nightmare
My Id has in for me
My wife is quite certain that all I need is a cup of tea
So I get up and I tell her
That I ran a gauntlet of death
She laughs, “Now dear, don’t be silly. The things you get in your head!
In your head
In your head
In your head”
(repeat and fade)
A little wider please… You won’t feel a thing… There, told you so…
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4. |
Garden Of Evil
07:21
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He glances from his window
Sees the flames amidst the steam
As it stands like some great city
In a scientific dream
The tankers move the motion potion
As silent worker bees
Standing on a platform
With a chain around his neck
He just defies the gravity
That pulls him to the deck
For the witches brew is something new
For the silent worker bees
Drinking the blood of ancient waters
(Hearing mankind wheeze)
And the hand that turns the valve
Becomes the hand that turns the…
Wheels, turning wheels
Power driven man is moving
Wheels, burning wheels
City building man is learning
From the towers of silver metal
And the pipe-work, rusted beams
With the heated liquid flowing
Through it’s veins, (or so it seems)
And the process just continues
To the silent worker bees
The giant keeps on growing
He’s never kept in ‘cheque’
Like the gauges of prosperity
It’s a growing cash effect
Still the children kept in circumstance
Are the silent worker bees?
Drinking the blood of ancient waters
(Hearing mankind wheeze)
And the hand that turns the valve
Becomes the hand that turns the…
Wheels, turning wheels
Power driven man is moving
Wheels, burning wheels
City building man is learning
Who are the losers?
When the time has past and the
Pipe-work’s gone
Never the leaders
And never the Queen
You are the losers
When the grime is vast and the
Pipe-work’s gone
And the hand that turns the valve
Tills the field…
Wheels, turning wheels
Power driven man is moving
Wheels, burning wheels
City building man is learning
Wheels, turn
Aah Aah
Wheels, turn
Aah Aah
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5. |
Lightwing
02:45
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Instrumental track
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6. |
One Man Alone
22:57
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Part I - Barkus (Instrumental)
Part II - Mooning About
Clouds in the way stop the moon breaking through
Cover to a man on the run, on the run
But not far behind him the forces of law
Seek to detain him behind their closed doors
He’s alone, alone with his fear
He is running away and the full moon’s so near…
Out in the open with torches in hand
They spot something moving out there on the land
But the form isn’t human and turns to attack
Now the hunter is hunted, as the foe’s fighting back…
Those brave young heroes, who search in a pack
Deciding that valour is what they all lack
Turn and run, back to the safety of home
He’s running away, and the full moon’s so near...
Early next morning, out in a field
The farmer is starting the day
Finds the six hunters who thought they knew best
As in their own blood they lay...
“Ah, but what kind of beast can do this?” they say
“Surely not one man alone?”
Part III - Going Nowhere
Ah, out in the darkness I see the world
I don’t know when, I don’t know how
Hold on to me, hold me so
I’m going nowhere, safe in your arms
Safe in your arms, again...
Part IV - Boundless (Instrumental)
Part V – Crystal Balls To It All…
They say that in a forest a Mystic holds the key
I’m searching for a bullet point that will set me free
On through further woods and deeper down I go
Overcome with emotion - in the undergrowth…
Everywhere in this world
It all just looks the same (All just looks the same)
I’m searching for a checkmate
Ending to the game (Ending to the game)
On through further layers
Made of wood and pain (Made of wood and pain)
It appears my fate is evidently plain
Oh my God, here I go again…
Part VI – The Great Ocean Of Lament (Instrumental)
Part VII – Epitaph For The Spirit
With no hope of future
I destroy all I touch
Don’t tell me that I’m crying
For a life that’s changed so much
The Mystic whom I sought for help
Lies in a pool of blood
I do nothing, if anything, of which, you would call good
And now I turn to fly… to fly…
Part VIII – Call To Arms (Instrumental)
Part IX – Come To A Conclusion…
Held before a silver screen
Watch the credits – who is who
Spills into the real world
She stands awhile in thought
And in the streetlight, just for a moment
She thought she saw a face to guide her home…
Part X – …In A Peaceful Movie Release
Step into the light,
Take centre stage once more and you’ll be
All ways and all days in tune
With all things future and past times
Simultaneously
And you’ll know what your role was
In the great scheme of things…
Part XI – We Don’t Need Any ‘ELP and Yes, It’s A Barkus Mad Mutation (Instrumental)
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Instrumental track
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Glacier UK
Glacier are a melodic progressive rock band based in the North East of England and have been in existence since the late 70's early 80's. All music is their own original work.
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