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1. |
The Isle Of Glass
07:16
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"As time and tide wait for no man
We therefore command that his
Earthly remains are returned to the
Elements from which he came
Earth... Wind... Water... Fire...
May his spirit surround us all
The King is dead.
Long live the King!!
Long live the King!!"
If I said I saw you in a dream
A sentinel was shining brightly a beam
Through storm and wind to guide the eagle on home
A timeless flight in a temporal zone
A lost Jerusalem beckons her dead
The living legends suspended on threads
From your hands...
Nobles and courts on the island of glass
Kiss and kill to seal the histories past
With only druids knowing the secrets of age
And pagan blood sports fuelling Christian rage
Were England’s heroes the eyes of the day?
They lead their spirits to dance on their graves
On their graves…
The day the bell tolls, the height of creation
Will pour like petals on the very nations
No caustic vacuum to soften the blow
A roar of silence where the people must go
You’ve seen them crossing the bridge from out there
Five billion victims who can just stand and stare
Into space…
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2. |
Union
05:22
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Union of resourcefulness
Could feed the human mould
But, by a web of circumstance
Evil will take its toll
Who will save the planet for us today?
‘Buy-tactics’ from the government
Leaching the options dry
Hooked on carpets of ‘gospel’ now
Toys for a soldier’s eye
When will we rise from the ashes we make?
There’s an angel looking for you
There’s no flying red, white and blue
There’s a hope we’ll all pull on through
Union for you
Some of us see with clarity
Reason within your word
Some still believe depravity
Will keep the flag unfurled
When will we stop deluding our people?
There’s an angel looking for you
There’s no flying red, white and blue
There’s a hope we’ll all pull on through
Union for you
When truth is no longer absolute
Then you believe in lies
Find them on Wikipedia
Hidden in cyber files
When will we find answers to the mayhem?
There’s an angel looking for you
There’s no flying red, white and blue
There’s a hope we’ll all pull on through
Union for you
There’s an angel looking for you
There’s no flying red, white and blue
There’s a hope we’ll all pull on through
Union for you
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3. |
Our Children
05:44
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They say our children will survive
Whilst committing environmental suicide
New cultures rise and come alive
It’s time to see pathogenic eyes
Our children will survive...
Our children will survive...
Here in a phial four inches long
A brown goo was never so strong
We at our laboratories can boast
We’ve got bugs that can kill more than most
Our children will survive...
Our children will survive...
"Harry... Would you like to go and get me the Kunz Tube?"
This mass extinction idea’s fun
We can sow the seeds of the weed
Inject into water supply
Then wait twenty fours, results are guaranteed
Our children will survive...
Our children will survive…
Our children will survive...
Our children will survive...
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4. |
The Icing On The Wake
10:58
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Let me get that for you..."
"No, I'll get it, Miss Fortune
Hello, Whitehall 5317, Sir Seymour Rumpole's office
No, I'm afraid he's in conference with the PM at the moment, would you like to leave a message?
And how would you like me to spell Vilebastard
It's a very unusual name, Sir Rupert"
"I... I'm afraid that in the, in the, that there is such a
rich thesaurus now, of things that I have said that
have been – one way or another, through what
alchemy I do not know – somehow misconstrued,
err that it would really take me too long to engage
in a full global itinerary of apology to,
to all concerned”
Read my manifesto, the icing on their wake
Put the con in Tory and hand them to their fate
From the high ground with the morals we’ve found
I see a land of green
An oil rich North Sea, mass redundancy
Life on our classless scene
We’ve got a balance of brains deficit
Award in your ear, lordship, my dear
A knighthood would be quite grand
"Did he say five grand?"
Just keep us in power; it’ll take just an hour
Your country needs your stand, needs your…
Ah ah ah it’s the icing on the wake,
The icing on the cake of what’s to be
Ah ah ah it’s the icing on the wake
The icing on the cake of what’s to be…
"It's the funeral for you and me, so let’s dance
on the flames a little bit"
It’s a deal innovation, and a major mistake
With their balls in our hands, they’ll do just as we state
We’ll throw their worthless remains to the sea
We’ve reached a Nadir of corruption, I fear,
Bent on the board you get
"Watch them burn"
Promote the rich, extinguish the poor
We still can’t afford you yet, afford you...
Ah ah ah it’s the icing on the wake
The icing on the cake of what’s to be
Ah ah ah it’s the icing on the wake
The icing on the cake of what’s to be
Ah ah ah it’s the icing on the wake
The icing on the cake of what’s to be
"It's the funeral for you and me so let’s dance
on the flames a little bit more"
"Well I’ve always loved huntin’, shootin’ & fishin’ Phillip
Quick! Hand me my blunderbuss before another poor bastard gets away!
Quick! Quick! Quickly...
Drinks, Boris?"
"Thank you very much… er..."
The valley is dying, the smell of late autumn
Old sons and daughters, where life once was new
Nature has sadness, the sun slowly sinking
Over the rooftops where life once was new
I see the angels over our island
Maybe they hope that the nightmare is through
I see a line of evil men walking
Into a furnace of cash that they stole from us
Maybe it’s time for us to make a last stand
The valley is dying,
(the valley is dying)
the smell of late autumn
(the smell of late autumn)
With old sons and daughters, where life once was new
Nature has sadness,
(nature has sadness)
the sun slowly sinking
(the sun slowly sinking)
Over the rooftops where life once was new
Maybe it’s time for us to make a last stand
We're dying here to meet you
Moving to a cause
Earth to heaven, the boys of Bevan
We're dying here to meet you
(nature has sadness)
Moving to a cause
(the sun slowly sinking)
Earth to heaven, the boys of Bevan
We're dying here to meet you
(here to meet you)
Moving to a cause
Earth to heaven, the boys of Bevan
We're dying here to meet you
(nature has sadness
here to meet you
the sun slowly sinking)
Moving to a cause
(hear our crying)
Hear our crying now we're flying...
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5. |
Lament For Persephone
04:20
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Instrumental
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6. |
The Man Who Cried
08:42
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How does it feel when your body ain’t right
Hide in the darkness, stay out of the light
No daytime
Make you a joke of a sideshow line
Sure is hard to be punished all the time
No reason
Sitting as freaks a penny a show
Victorian people will never know
And they must go...
Adults they laugh, and children they call
Sat in my corner feeling so small
Unhappy
With lumps and bumps that grow on my face
A physical failure but that’s no disgrace
Don’t pity
Sitting as freaks a penny a show
Victorian people will never know
And they must go...
Twenty eight years and only one smile
The doctor I knew was certainly kind
And thank him
Thankfully now as I lay down in bed
An elephants body can get to your head
And frighten
Sitting as freaks a penny a show
Victorian people will never know
And they must go...
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Fast asleep you are dreaming
Mummy thinks you’re dead
On the wall there’s a window
A view inside your head
It's been a long time passing
Since we've been asking for news
Now there's the cloud that's a place
That's allowed for our views
But our hand delivers a message
That they can't refuse
A modern enigma that we can't
Get sight or peruse
Live your life while you can
You’re alone, but you’re alive
You’re bound to survive… somehow (somehow)
The light, the lights are going out tonight
It seems a sin to close my eyes to life
Like flies are drawn to feast on dying flesh
The undead are thriving, the brain dead are rising
A game in the jungle at best
There in the mirror there's a face
That you can't see through
Someone not knowing the risks
That they're going to do
So it's on reflection my introspection
Comes through
I'm living my days through a haze
Like some misguided fool
So...
Live life while you can
You’re alone, but you’re alive
You’re bound to survive… somehow (somehow)
The light, the lights are going out tonight
It seems a sin to close my eyes to life
Like flies are drawn to feast on dying flesh
The undead are thriving, the brain dead are rising
A game in the jungle at best
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8. |
There Be Monsters
01:11
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Instrumental
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9. |
Nightwing
06:47
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Like a scene from a book or film
That you saw long ago...
The soldiers of Meshech, they are
After your soul...
You are an island, on an
Island all alone...
Stuck on Krakatau, just before it’s about to explode
You’re in league with a spy
Here on this island in the sky
Island in the sky… Island in the...
Miss Marple with a smile on her face
Has she found the perfect crime?
Ena Sharples, her hair full of snakes
In The Rovers bidding her time...
Porous Horus is singing in Chorus
Cause that Taurus is a bull not a ring
This is true, but what can you do, but
Let the little children sing, oh no
The League of Nations is making a pie
4 and 20 islands in the sky
Island in the sky… Island in the...
Sky (whispered)
Lighthouse on the edge of the world helps
Silvia Kristal flash...
Nostradamus with his head in the clouds with his box office smash
The east and west are at hammer and tongs, with their
Press button thirst
Heads and salutes go off together cos
Che Guevara did it first, oh no
About to jump, you’re learning to fly
Here on this island in the sky
Island in the sky… Island in the sky...
Island in the sky… Island in the...
Sky (whispered)
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10. |
Oddessay (Outro)
01:23
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Instrumental
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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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