Now In A Minute
Gods Of Reality 6.06 (Edwards/Rowe)
Mr Disingenuous 9.06 (Edwards/Rowe)
New Wheel 5.41 (Edwards)
Sakura 8.14 (Rowe)
Fashoda 7.05 (Edwards/Rowe)
Last Night On Earth 7.21 (Rowe)
Revolution 6.27 (Edwards)
Stories Of Old 8.59 (Edwards)
Gods Of Reality
Dirt alone can be cleaned itself
But then of course comes filthy
Some exalted by their own wealth
Whilst others prove unworthy
Hunt or hide fight or flight
We migrate to the edge
Wet through but not yet penetrated
By deceit that we've been fed
To berate and force down
Abundant yet still without
So, bow
To the gods of reality
At the feet
Of the gods of reality
Feels more like tears than rage
Nothing perfect about this storm
Like saplings tied to dying timber
Bound to death as born
And they inject their subterfuge
In this theatre of the mind
With the strength of entitlement
Inheritance as their birth right
Seems to me this fire is real
Not just some kitten up a tree
So, bow
To the gods of reality
At the feet
Of the gods of reality
Personal physicians
Islands seen from space
Kidnapping insurance
Why not a brand-new face?
Sports cars and space trips
Black Russian cigarettes
Super yachts and cruise ships
Monte Carlo bets
Alcohol decanted,
Over models tits
Nuggets turned from brown to gold
Made from their own shit
So, bow
To the gods of reality
At the feet
Of the gods of reality
Mr Disingenuous
His language ones and zeros
Misinformation on what he feeds
Technology's fearful code his weapon
Delivered at high speed
With an army of misogamists
Spreading doubt and fear
His cynicism matched only by
His meaningless ideas
Input through farms of man's machines
Created to confuse
Massaging all our hopes and dreams
Left open to abuse
With a sea of creativity
To safely hide behind
He moves within the shadows
Backstabbing our fragile minds
He's Mr. Disingenuous
Mr. Insincere
Master of our Universe
And everything we fear
The art of lying without trying
Screwing with our shallow heads
He'll keep supplying all the shit we're buying
So tune in and be misled
Grasping the World tight by the throat
Assured a place in hell
He leads us all round by the nose Being a prick and doing it well
He's Mr. Disingenuous
Mr. Cavalier
Thinly disguised as giving a fuck
About things that we hold dear
He's Captain Pretentiousness
Hero-man on speed
Behold Mr. Disingenuous
Who's only need is greed
He's Mr. Disingenuous
Mr. Insincere
Master of our Universe
And everything we fear
New Wheel
Adjusting to the circumstance
Taking every chance.
To find another piece to fill a space
Changing when the going’s good
Keep momentum as it should
We haven't finished in the race
And when you know you've dragged the heavy load every day
Then you realise you didn't need it anyway
A new wheel in the machine
Another player in the dream
We will find you
And begin again
A new wheel in the machine
There's no W in team
No turning back
We're winning in the end
Keep on Searching for the one
You know we gotta Get it done
Another hour another day
Covering the usual ground
Keep on Searching all around
Some of them will go and some will stay
And when you know you've dragged the heavy load every day
Then you realise you didn't need it anyway
A new wheel in the machine
Another player in the dream
We will find you
And begin again
A new wheel in the machine
There's no W in team
No turning back
We're winning in the end
Sakura
She is Sakura
She is the light, the joy and the faith
She is Sakura
She knows not night nor tears or hate
She is Sakura
She is the earth, the water and fire
She is Sakura
She sees not darkness pain or lies
And as she falls towards the ground
A coloured bed forms without sound
The breeze that blows her to her death
Has also freed her with its breath
She is Sakura
She is noble, gentle and kind
She is Sakura
She is humble sweet refined
She is Sakura
She is gracious, good and wise
She is Sakura
She is giving, not evil or blind
And when her petals dry to dust
Her coloured buds have turned to rust
Spring gives way to winter's frost
As Sakura's life is lost
Sakura
The sun sets on your land
Sakura
Your sea of trees still stands
Sakura
Your temples so divine
Sakura
Beautiful suicide
Fashoda
Braving swamps and crocodiles
Fleas and fever
One hundred and twenty domiciled
Soldiers on a steamer
Assembled then torn down
And dragged cross the dirt
The tricolor blown to the ground
Midst the Sudanese desert
A fight for some forgotten fort
Buried in the sand
The mighty Kitcheners retort
To Capitan Marchand
Fifteen hundred men repelled
By his brave six score
A self-defeating cycle
To avoid a great World War
Decasse having overruled
Hanotauxs mistrust
His government deciding
To build something more robust
A fight for some forgotten fort
Buried in the sand
The mighty Kitcheners retort
To capitan Marchand
Fashoda
Its incidence
One can not underestimate
Its significance
Fashoda
Its complexity
Its causes and effects
Belligerent diplomacy
A cordial agreement
Opened subsequently
The silk road and the grand canal
Fashoda Its own syndrome
To borrow or rob
A colonial palindrome
Fashoda your country needs you
The Serbian assassins
Will eventually come through
Oh Horatio what happened here
You got your share
Of what the other side held dear
And Jean Baptiste
Did you lose your pride
Or was it not a chance to simply stay alive
Or was it not a chance to simply stay alive
Fashoda
Its incidence
One can not underestimate
Its significance
Fashoda
Its complexity
Its causes and effects
Belligerent diplomacy
Last Night On Earth
With hearts and minds packed neatly
We each take to our berths
To meet the Great Crowned Being Discard all worldly goods
To seek a new path, to transcend
To find a new rebirth
Some will fight until the end
For this Last night on Earth
With celebration and relief
We leave the capsules shell
To find something new to believe having drained the well
Success measured only in notes
Never change nor worth
The chosen few are first to go
On this Last night on Earth
Elegant killing machines
Fill the sky
We watch them eat
And then we watch them die
Goodbye...
To all our lovers and our friends
Goodbye..
To those to whom we've yet to make amends
On this last night on earth this last night on earth
On this last night on earth this last night on earth
Magnanimous in our defeat
Shielded by past lies
We leave the others as they weep
Left to sympathise
The first loves of each of us
Meet to exchange notes
Each in turn discusses
What floated their boats
With pre-prepared excuses for dreams
And clip-on ties
Scrambling to the feast
For this last earthly ride
So long to the myriads of lost and loosened ends
So long to anyone still struggling with past offence
On this last night on earth, this last night on earth
On this last night on earth, this last night on earth
On this last night on earth, this last night on earth
On this last night on earth, this last night on earth
On this last night on earth, this last night on earth
On this last night on earth
This last night on earth
Revolution
What has become of the world as we know it
The clowns are in charge and they’ll ruin it all
Don’t they remember that Rome had to fall
Oh the humanity see the demise
Behind the keyboard with cynical eyes
Trying to decipher the truth from the lies
Carry on to the end of the earth
Fighting for truth and for what it is worth
Revolution is coming I’ve seen it today
In the eyes of the people with something to say
Stories of hope coming out of the war
Movment of people we've seen it before
Innocent lives that the war pigs ignore
Open the gates let them come to our shore
Plotting while rotting
Enraged and deranged
Crazy old lunatic
Cerebrally manged
Poison the person
Let them be dust
Killing while caring
Show our disgust
For the girl on the bike
For the tears of the boy
Millions displaced
Extinguishing joy
If you had the bullets
If you had the gun
For the sake of the world
Let it be done
Carry on to the end of the earth
Fighting for truth and for what it is worth
Revolution is here I’ve seen it today
The voice of the people with something to say
Stories Of Old
Faces of men long battle worn
Whispers and Secrets in fear sworn
Tales of a queen with dragons new born
Listen to tales that are told
Over the mountains far cross the seas
An army of vagabonds rascals and thieves
Blood on the sand smoke on the breeze
Tell of the brave and the bold
It's the same old story we tell
In the book we could write
That would tell it so well
All the places and people we've seen
And everything we could have been
Hidden in silence guarded by one
Beneath the desert far from the sun
The path you must tread once it's begun
Choose wisely before it's too late
Treasure beyond anyone's dreams
Life immortality years beyond means
The prize may be high
But not what it seems
Witnessing everyone's fate
It's the same old story we tell
In the book we could write
That would tell it so well
All the places and people we've seen
And everything we could have been
It's the same old story of youth
tales of adventure close to the truth
Tall tales that have to be told
Wonderous stories of old
