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Island In The Sky

by Glacier

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1.
"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…
2.
Union 05:22
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
3.
Our Children 05:44
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...
4.
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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Instrumental
6.
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...
7.
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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Instrumental
9.
Nightwing 06:47
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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Instrumental

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released October 20, 2021

John Youdale - Guitars, Vocals & FX
Mike Winship - Vocals
Chris Wing - Violin, Viola, Cello, Flute & Vocals
Dave Birdsall - Vocals
Dave Kidson - Piano & Keyboards
Bob Mulvey - Bass, Bass Pedals, FX & Voices
Mark Burley - Drums

Guest Musicians:
Linzi Hunter - Vocals (1, 2, 4, 6 & 8)
Dale Harbron - Narrative (1 & 4)

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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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