Piece of Mind
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Where Eagles Dare it's snowing outside, the rumbling sound of engines roar in the night the mission is near, the confident men are waiting to drop from the sky the blizzard goes on, but still they must fly no one should go where eagles dare Bavarian alps that lay all around, they seem to stare from below the enemy lines, a long time passed, are lying deep in the snow into the night, they fall through the sky no one should fly where eagles dare they're closing in, the fortress is near - it's standing high in the sky the cable car's the only way in - it's really impossible to climb they make their way, but maybe too late they've got to try to save the day the panicking cries, the roaring of guns, are echoing all round the valley the mission complete, they make to escape away from the Eagles Nest they dared to go where no one would try they chose to fly where eagles dare
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Revelations
"o god of earth and altar, bow down and hear our cry
our earthly rulers falter, our people drift and die
the walls of gold entomb us, the swords of scorn divide
take not thy thunder from us, but take away our pride."
- GK chesterton: english hymnal
just a babe in the black abyss
no reason for a place like this
the walls are cold and souls cry out in pain
an easy way for the blind to go
a clever path for the fools who know
the secret of the hanged man - the smile of his lips
the light of the blind - you'll see
the venom tears my spine
the eyes of the nile are opening - you'll see
she came to me with a serpent's kiss
as the eye of the sun rose on her lips
moonlight catches silver tears i cry
so we lay in a black embrace
and the seed is sown in a holy place
and i watched, and i waited for the dawn
bind all of us together, ablaze with hope and free
no storm or heavy weather will rock the boat, you'll see
the time has come to close your eyes and still the wind and rain
for the one who will be king
is the watcher in the ring
it is you...
Flight of Icarus as the sun breaks, above the ground, an old man stands on the hill. as the ground warms, to the first rays of light, a birdsong shatters the still his eyes are ablaze - see the madman in his gaze fly on your way, like an eagle - fly as high as the sun on your way, like an eagle - fly and touch the sun now the crowd breaks and young boy appears - looks the old man in the eye as he spreads his wings and shouts at the crowd, "in the name of god, my father, i fly" his eyes seem so glazed, as he flies on the wings of a dream now he knows his father betrayed, now his wings turn to ashes, to ashes his grave
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Die With Your Boots On
another prophet of disaster - who says the ship is lost
another prophet of disaster - leaving you to count the cost
taunting us with visions, afflicting us with fear
predicting war for millions, in the hope that one appears
no point asking when it is
no point asking who's to go
no point asking what's the game
no point asking who's to blame
cuz if you're gonna die... die with your boots on
if you're gonna try - well, stick around
gonna cry, just move along
if you're gonna die...
in 13 the beast is rising, the frenchman did surmise
through earthquakes and starvation, the warlord will arise
terror, death, destruction, pour from the eastern sands
but the truth of all predictions, is always in your hands
The Trooper you'll take my life, but i'll take yours too you'll fire your musket, but i'll run you through so when you're waiting for the next attack you'd better stand, there's no turning back. the bugle sounds, the charge begins but on this battlefield, no one wins the smell of acrid smoke and horses breath as i plunge on into certain death the horse he sweats with fear, we break to run the mighty roar of the russian guns and as we race towards the human wall the screams of pain as my comrades fall we hurdle bodies that lay on the ground and the russians fire another round we get so near yet so far away we won't live to fight another day we get so close near enough to fight when a russian gets me in his sights he pulls the trigger and i feel the blow a burst of rounds take my horse below and as i lay there gazing at the sky my body's numb and my throat is dry and as i lay forgotten and alone without a tear i draw my parting groan
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Still Life
take a look in the pool and what do you see
in the dark depths there faces beckoning me
can't you see them it's plain for all to see
they were there oh i know you don't believe me.
oh, i've never felt so strange
but i'm not going insane
i've no doubt that you think i'm off my head
you don't say but it's in your eyes instead
hours i spend out just gazing into that pool
something draws me there i don't know what to do.
oh, they drain my strength away
oh, they're asking me to stay
nightmares - spirits calling me
nightmares - they won't leave me be
all my life's blood is slowly draining away
and i feel that i'm weaker every day
somehow i know i haven't long to go
joining them at the bottom of the pool
now i feel they are so near
i begin to see them clear
nightmares - coming all the time
nightmares - will give me peace of mind
now it's clear and i know what i have to do
i must take you down there to look at them too
hand in hand then we'll jump right into the pool
can't you see, not just me, they want you too
oh, we'll drown together
it will be forever
nightmares - forever calling me
nightmares - now we rest in peace.
Quest for Fire
In a time when dinosaurs walked the earth
When the land was swamp and caves were home
In an age when prize possession was fire
To search for landscapes men would roam.
Then the tribes they came to steal their fire
And the wolves they howled into the night
As they fought a vicious angry battle
to save the power of warmth and light.
Drawn by Quest for fire
They searched all through the land
Drawn by Quest for fire
Discovery of man.
And they thought that when the embers died away
That the flame of life had burnt and died
Didn't know the sparks that made the fire
Were made by rubbing stick and stone.
So they ploughed through forest and swamps of danger
And they fought the cannibal tribes and beasts
In the search to find another fire
To regain the power of life and heat.
Drawn by Quest for fire
They searched across the land
Drawn by Quest for fire
Discovery of man.
Sun and Steel
You killed your first man at 13,
Killer instinct, Animal supreme,
By 16 you had learned to fight
The way of the warrior, you took it as your right.
Sunlight, falling on your steel,
Death in life is your ideal,
Life is like a wheel, rolling on and on.
Through earth and water, fire and wind,
You came at last - nothing was the end,
Make a cut by fire and stones,
Take you and your blade and break you both
in two - break you both in two.
Sunlight, falling on your steel,
Death in life is your ideal,
Life is like a wheel - and it's rolling still.
To Tame a Land
He is the King of all the land
In the Kingdom of the sands
Of a time tomorrow.
He rules the sandworms and the Fremen
In the land amongst the stars
Of an age tomorrow.
He is destined to be a King
He rules over everything
On the land called planet Dune.
Bodywater is your life
Anfd without in you would die
On the desert the planet Dune.
Without a stillsuit you would fry
On the sands so hot and dry
In a world called Arrakis.
It is a land that's rich in spice
The sandriders and the `mice'
That they call the `Muad' Dib'.
He is the Kwizatz Haderach.
He is born of Caladan
And will take the Gom Jabbar.
He has the power to forsee
Or to look into the past
He is the ruler of the stars.
The time will come for him
to lay claim his crown,
And then the foe yes
they'll be cut down,
You'll see he'll be the
best that there's been,
Messiah supreme
true leader of men,
And when the time
for judgement's at hand,
Don't fret he's strong
and he'll make a stand,
Against evil the fire
that spreads through the land,
He has the power
to make it all end.