Σάββατο 17 Σεπτεμβρίου 2016

Watch the river flow






The Union - Watch The River Flow

Darling, hear me.
I've been every kinda place you'd wanna be.
Believe it, in my time.
I've had every new sensation you could find.
You think I'm lazy but I know,
I just wanna watch the river flow.


New days and new frontiers.
Questions always buzzing in my ears.
Answers I've never found.
'Till I realised there's no use chasing round.
I've been wrong once or twice, and I know I've payed the price.
But now my pleasure, comes nice and slow.
Just wanna watch the river flow.
Watch the river flow.


Black flowers blooming, in the dark.
Like self-inflicted bruises around my heart.

[SOLO]

For real love, I have to say.
I've never stopped my searching for a day.
Well its too bad, I didn't see.
Beyond my own reflection foolishly.
Had my fun I can't deny.
Now there's no use wondering why.
Curtains falling, on my show,.
Just trying to watch that river flow.

Now my pleasure, comes nice and slow.
Just wanna watch the river flow.

Wanna watch that river flow.
Just wanna watch that river flow.

She...







1000mods - She

She sold my soul 
but I can make it all right 
She told no more 
and I cannot breathe at night 
You killed me my girl 
how you expect me to feel? 
you took me my life 
and everything I need 


She sold my soul 
and there is no change of mind 
She told don't cry 
don't need you by my side 

If only I 
could read again 
what's on your mind 
you let me go 
you let me die into the sun 
empty head 
I'm playin' dead 
is this the end? 
I'm paying for 
those things I said 
I'm sorry babe 


Hear me now 
I'm screaming loud 
live your life 
do what you want 
Turn your back 
and look no more 
I'll sing this song 
with all my soul 


I'm feelin' dead 
I'll burn the sun 
I'll cut me down 
I'll let my self 
to feel the end 
to give you strength 


I feel the end 
I'll burn the sun 
I'll let me go 
I'm waiting 'till 
the end of days 
for you again

Τετάρτη 14 Σεπτεμβρίου 2016

Bad penny






Rory Gallagher - Bad Penny

Well, like a bad penny you have turned up again, 
You're in my sights, there's a mist on my lens. 
I think you know how it was when I tripped and fell, 
Well, you double-dealed me, baby and I broke like a shell.

Like a bad penny you've sure lost the glow 
But I'm out of reach, your smile's sure gone cold. 
Well, it can't ever be like it was then, 
Well, don't you fool with me, baby, 

Don't you mess with my plans. 
Some stormy nights, your memory haunts me, 
You won't go away.

Well, like a bad penny you have turned up in the change, 

Try to fit into the picture, you can't get inside the frame. 
I think you know I'm still sore, but I'm on the mend, 
Times sure have changed, it won't happen again.
Well, like a bad penny spins around and around, 


Well, you won't know what's gone wrong when it all falls down, 
You got to learn from now on to stop playing games, 
You ought to keep on moving, you got to spin on your way.

Some lonely nights, I hear you calling, 

Won't you go away?
Well, like a bad penny you have turned up again, 
You're in my sights, there's a mist on my lens. 
I think you know how it was when I tripped and fell, 

Well, you double-dealed me, baby, I cracked like a shell.

Δευτέρα 12 Σεπτεμβρίου 2016

Lady of the lake






Rainbow - Lady Of The Lake


There's a magical sound slidin' over the ground
Makin' it shiver and shake
And a permanent cry fallin' out of the sky
Slippery and sly like a snake

With a delicate move kind of shifty and smooth
A shadow has covered the light
Then a beam in the shade from a silvery blade
Has shattered the edge of the night

I know she waits below
Only to rise on command
When she comes for me
She's got my life in her hands


When a movement behind hit the side of my mind
I trembled and shook it away
Then another assault and I started to falter
Fibers of steel turned to clay

With a bubbly turn now the water should churn
And push it way from the core
And a lady in white will bring sun to the night
Brighter than ever before

I know she waits below
Only to rise on command
When she comes for me
She's got my life in her hands
Lady of the lake

There's a magical sound slidin' over the ground
Makin' it shiver and shake
And a permanent cry fallin' out of the sky
Slippery and sly like a snake

With a delicate move kind of shifty and smooth
A shadow has covered the light
Then a beam in the shade from a silvery blade
Has shattered the edge of the night

Straight down I'm swirling around
Blinded and bruised by the strain
There must be some way to see
Diamonds out of the rain

I know she waits below
Only to rise on command
When she comes for me
She's got my life in her hands
Lady of the lake

Πέμπτη 8 Σεπτεμβρίου 2016

Teardrop






Massive Attack - Teardrop

Love, love is a verb
Love is a doing word

Fearless on my breath
Gentle impulsion
Shakes me, makes me lighter
Fearless on my breath
Teardrop on the fire
Fearless on my breath

Night, night of matter
Black flowers blossom
Fearless on my breath
Black flowers blossom
Fearless on my breath
Teardrop on the fire
Fearless on my

Water is my eye
Most faithful mirror

Fearless on my breath
Teardrop on the fire
Of a confession
Fearless on my breath
Most faithful mirror
Fearless on my breath
Teardrop on the fire
Fearless on my breath

It's tumbling down (as in love falling apart)
It's tumbling down (as in love falling apart)

Gates of Urizen







Bruce Dickinson - Gates Of Urizen

As above, so below
All things come from the one
Now you are the victim
Carried by the wind, rooted in the ground

If you want to learn the secrets
Close your eyes
The ladder falls away

At the gates of Urizen

Fallen eagles blaze

At the gates of Urizen

Eternal twins are damned

At the gates of Urizen

Separate lives begin
In every woman is a man
From the moon come silver ghosts
Spectres of the blood
From my spirit comes the darkness
From the void, the crimson fortress rises

At the gates of Urizen

The ladder falls away

At the gates of Urizen

Fallen eagles blaze

At the gates of Urizen

Eternal twins are damned

At the gates of Urizen

Separate lives begin

At the gates of Urizen

The ladder falls away

At the gates of Urizen

Fallen eagles blaze

At the gates of Urizen

Eternal twins are damned

At the gates of Urizen

Separate lives begin

At the gates of Urizen

The gates of Urizen

The gates of Urizen

At the gates...

Have a cigar






Pink Floyd - Have A Cigar


Come in here, dear boy, have a cigar
You're gonna go far, you're gonna fly
You're never gonna die
You're gonna make it if you try
They're gonna love you
Well I've always had a deep respect
And I mean that most sincere
The band is just fantastic
That is really what I think
Oh by the way, which one's pink?
And did we tell you the name of the game, boy
We call it 'riding the gravy train'


We're just knocked out
We heard about the sell out
You gotta get an album out
You owe it to the people
We're so happy we can hardly count
Everybody else is just green
Have you seen the chart?
It's a helluva start
It could be made into a monster
If we all pull together as a team
And did we tell you the name of the game, boy
We call it 'riding the gravy train'

Δευτέρα 5 Σεπτεμβρίου 2016

Iron Maiden - The Book Of Souls





Σαν πέρσι και  μια μερα πριν - 04 Σεπτεμβρίου 2015 - οι τιτάνες Iron Maiden κυκλοφόρησαν τον 16ο , μα πρώτο τους διπλό δίσκο,  με τίτλο "The Book Of Souls"

Το θυμάμαι σαν να ηταν πέρσι τέτοιον καιρό, να είμαι σπίτι αραχτός και να γεμίζω το usb στικάκι μου με κάποια νεα τραγούδια και βίντεο για να παίξω το βράδυ σε ενα rock bar ώσπου ( μάντεψε ποιος ) ο κολλητός μου με παίρνει τηλέφωνο και μου λέει... μαλάκα μπες στο ταδε site και κατέβαζε... το ανεβασανε......ΤΟ ΑΝΕΒΑΣΑΝΕ!!!

το ελέγξαμε απο 40 μεριές οτι είναι αυτό όντως κι όχι κανα μούφα, και ξεκίνησε για το σπίτι μου...

Είπαμε θα κάνουμε ακρόαση-κριτική τον νέο δίσκο...

Ήταν όμως τόσο ξαφνικό που δεν πρόλαβα να φορτώσω μπαταρίες για την κάμερα και μας άφησε στο πρώτο 15λεπτό... Υπάρχει μόνο ηχητικό ντοκουμέντο...

Ήρθε σπίτι με 10 μπύρες - χωρίς πατατάκια... που πα ρεεεεε - και αφού κοιτούσαμε κάθε 2 δευτερόλεπτα την οθόνη αν η ταχύτητα είναι σε υψηλά επίπεδα, αν απο 90.01% έγινε 90.02% το φόρτωμα του αρχείου, ένα ηλίθιο χαμόγελο μας είχε κολλήσει στο 99.9%............

Σκουπίσαμε χέρια, ιδρώτα απο το μέτωπο ( είχε ζέστα εκείνη την νύχτα ) πήραμε κάποιες βαθιές ανάσες..... και πατήσαμε το play....


- πριν ξεκινήσουμε ας πούμε τα βασικά - 

playlist

side 1
1. If Eternity Should Fail
2. Speed Of Light
3. The Great Unknown
4. The Red And Black
5. When The River Runs Deep
6. The Book Of Souls

side 2
1. Death Or Glory
2. Shadow Of The Valley
3. Tears Of The Clown
4. The Man Of Sorrows
5. Empire Of The Clouds

Μέλη:

Bruce Dickinson - φωνή

Steve Harris - μπάσο

Adrian Smith - κιθάρα

Dave Murray - κιθάρα

Janick Gers - κιθάρα

Nicko McBrain - τύμπανα

Εξώφυλλο: 10/10

Παραγωγή: 10/10

Δίσκος: 10/10

Διαμάντι: If Eternity Should Fail

Filler: Speed Of Light

Θεματολογία: Μεταφυσική, Σύμπαν, Αρχαίοι Πολιτισμοί, Ιστορία, Πόλεμος

Ανάλυση:

If Eternity Should Fail

Το τραγούδι αναφέρεται στην ματαιοδοξία (λεω εγώ) του ανθρώπου απο τα βάθη των αιώνων ( απο τότε που απέκτησε νοημοσύνη ) για την ανάγκη του να πιστέψει οτι υπάρχει κάτι μεγαλύτερο - και άυλο - απο αυτόν

- είτε είναι έτσι είτε όχι.. το τραγούδι ΓΑΜΑΕΙ...

Speed of light

Σαφώς και μιλάει για το σύμπαν, μαύρες τρύπες κτλ...

- για άλλους το video γαμάει... για μένα είναι απλά μια καύλα 15χρονου που συνδυάζει arcade με την ιστορία της μπάντας... (αργότερα καταλάβαμε ότι ήταν ο προπομπός για το Legacy of the Beast )

The Great Unknown

Εδώ αν και υπάρχει μια αναφορά για πόλεμο...δεν εχω καταλάβει για ποιον..

Πάντως όπως και να έχει η ουσία πάντα σε έναν πόλεμο - είτε σύγχρονο είτε πριν απο δεκαετίες - είναι πως είναι ανώφελος...

The Red And The Black

Εδω το τραγούδι αναφέρεται σε ότι έχει να κάνει με τον παράγοντα τύχη. Είτε αυτό είναι σε παιχνίδι είτε είναι σε πόλεμο ( ξανά )

When The River Runs Deep

Εδω ίσως να έχουμε μια συνέχεια απο το The Red And The Black κάνοντας τον συνειρμό πως ο παίχτης που ποντάρει, για να ρεφάρει φτάνει καμιά φορά και στα άκρα... Αλλά κάποια στιγμή έρχεται η ώρα να πληρώσεις την χασούρα σου.... ( είτε αυτό είναι σε παιχνίδι είτε είναι σε πόλεμο :Ρ )

The Book Of Souls

Το τραγούδι αυτό αναφέρεται για τον πολιτισμό των Μάγια, αλλά σε γενικότερη κλίμακα σε αυτοκρατορίες που μπορούν απο τα ψηλά να βρεθούν στα τάρταρα...

Death Or Glory

Εδώ σίγουρα αναφέρεται στα Triplanes του Α' Παγκοσμίου Πολέμου.. Κάποιοι όμως αναφέρουν ότι πρόκειται για τον άσο των αιθέρων Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen 

Shadow Of The Valley

Εδω έχουμε κάτι το μεταφυσικό... μάλλον για μια επιθυμία που κατακτά τον άνθρωπο...Μάλλον στο να μείνει αθάνατος... αυτό μπόρεσα να καταλάβω εγώ ( αν έχεις οποιαδήποτε  διαφωνία μπορείς να το σχολιάσεις παρακάτω )

Tears Of A Clown

Αυτό το τραγούδι είναι αφιερωμένο στον Robin Williams ( όχι απο εμένα.. απο τους Maiden )
Δεν χρειάζεται να το αναλύσει κανείς πάρα πολύ...


The Man Of Sorrows

Εδω το τραγούδι αναφέρεται στην ανάγκη μας στο να βρούμε την αλήθεια... την οποιαδήποτε αλήθεια απο ότι αυτή μπορεί να μας απελευθερώσει...

Empire Of The Clouds

Το Empire Of The Clouds αναφέρεται στον Τιτανικό των αιθέρων...R101




Πριν περάσουμε στο ζουμί ( βιντεο στίχοι ) να πω πως στην κριτική που κάναμε με τον κολλητό μου, να πω την αλήθεια πως ήμασταν σκληροί απέναντί του στην πρώτη ακρόαση, αλλά το ένστικτο ήταν αλάθητο στο ποια τραγούδια ξεχώρισαν...

Με το που ακούσαμε το If Eternity Should Fail  το πρώτο πράγμα που είχαμε στο νου μας, ήταν να το ζήσουμε αυτό στο τραγούδι σε συναυλία...

Ήταν τόση μεγάλη η προσμονή, η καύλα για αυτό το τραγούδι, η περιπέτεια του Dickinson με τον καρκίνο, τα χιλιόμετρα που κάναμε μαζί μετά απο χρόνια για να δούμε ξανα δίπλα δίπλα συναυλία των Maiden... που όταν ξεκίνησε η συναυλία με το Eternity... μας πιάσανε τα κλάματα...

Μια κοπέλα δίπλα μου, για μερικά δευτερόλεπτα κοιτούσε εμένα να κλαίω σαν μικρό κορίτσι χωρίς να μπορεί να κάνει κάτι για να με παρηγορήσει...

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Tip #1 Ο δίσκος έκανε τεράστια επιτυχία σε ολόκληρο τον κόσμο, 24 #1 σε 24 χώρες σε 6 #2... μέχρι και στην Κορέα #28, 2 φορές πλατινένιος, 9 φορές χρυσός...

Tip #2 Το Empire Of The Clouds κυκλοφόρησε σε μια απίστευτη έκδοση των 5.500 αντιτύπων... όσοι το βρήκαν να τους καεί το βίντεο....


Up The Iron's!


N'joy


If Eternity Should Fail

Here is the soul of a man
Here in this place for the taking
Clothed in white, stand in the light
Here is the soul of a man

Time to speak with the shaman again
Conjure the jester again
Black dog in the ruins is howling my name
So here is the soul of a man

When the world was virgin
Before the coming of men
Just a solar witness
The beginning of the end
From a world of magma
To a cold rock face
The ascent of madness
And a human race

We are strange believers all of us
There are stranger truths immortal lust
We rise from slumber he calls our name
Recalls our number abide with pain

Reef in a sail at the edge of the world
If eternity should fail
Waiting in line for the ending of time
If eternity should fail
Reef in a sail at the edge of the world
If eternity should fail
Waiting in line for the ending of time
If eternity should fail

To god’s illusion which I recall
Was our delusion
Before the fall
The angels come and the angels go
But the lord of light shining below

Eternal blackness beyond the stars
We think our wisdom will get that far
At the master’s table the table’s bare
No land of plenty, devastation, despair

Reef in a sail at the edge of the world
If eternity should fail
Waiting in line for the ending of your time
If eternity should fail
Reef in a sail at the edge of the world
If eternity should fail
Waiting in line at the ending of your time
If eternity should fail

Reef in a sail at the edge of the world
If eternity should fail
Waiting in line for the ending of your time
If eternity should fail
Reef in a sail at the edge of the world
If eternity should fail
Waiting in line at the ending of your time
If eternity should fail
Reef in a sail at the edge of the world
If eternity should fail
Waiting in line at the ending of your time
If eternity should fail
Reef in a sail at the edge of the world
If eternity should fail
Waiting in line at the ending of your time
If eternity should fail

Good day my name is Necropolis
I am formed of the dead
I am the harvester of the soul meat
And I suck the lives from around my bed
My own two sons I gave them breath
And I filled their living corpses with my bile
What humanity I knew I have long forgotten
For me eternity is nothing
But a short while



Speed Of Light

Another time, another place
A hollow universe in space
I took a trip to see the sights
That will be black over a night
One way ticket now returned
My shootin' stars are vastly burnt
On the edge that we can't see
Let's shot the moon, you and me
And that particular you'll see
A just too lonesome galaxy

Shadows in the stars
We will not return
Humanity won't save us
At the speed of light
Shadows in the stars
We will not return
Humanity won't save us
We're slippin' through the night

I'll say a mass for you and wave
Shootin' plasma from my grave
Event horizon lost in space
Runnin' in a human race
I don't know where I don't know why
But somehow back in time again
I'm on the edge you can't see
Another take your love at night
A single party call on me
You won't be trackin' me by sight

Shadows in the stars
We will not return
Humanity won't save us
At the speed of light
Shadows in the stars
We will not return
Humanity won't save us
We're slippin' through the night

Shadows in the stars
We will not return
Humanity won't save us
At the speed of light
Shadows in the stars
We will not return
Humanity won't save us
At the speed of light

Shadows in the stars
We will not return
Humanity won't save us
At the speed of light
Shadows in the stars
We will not return
Humanity won't save us
At the speed of light






The Great Unknown

Winter softly falling to the ground
Calmly waiting don’t you hear a sound
When the world has fallen to the depths below
Where the future’s open and the fear has grown
And the path to follow to the great unknown
Where the dark has fallen and the seed is sown

In the selfish hearts of some
The nightmare’s coming
With the spilling blood of others
Now wringing through
Now the cup is spilling over
Wake to news of death
And the prophecy of sages
Destiny is met

To the depths of human mind
The cry is burning
With the mentor’s anger
Of the lesson ringing true
And for those who live by
And are dying by the sword
They will take their ideals with them
Justify their end

Where the fools are lying
And the meek are crying
Where the wolves are preying
On the weak alone
Where the sons are dying
Hear their mothers crying
And the distant sound of fire
Begins again

Never ending the desires of men
It’ll never be the same or calm again
In a time of changing hearts and great unknown
It’ll be the damnation and end of us all

Where the fools are lying
And the meek are crying
Where the wolves are preying
On the weak alone
Where the sons are dying
Hear their mothers crying
And the distant sound of fire begins again

Never ending the desires of men
It’ll never be the same or calm again
In a time of changing hearts and great unknown
It’ll be the damnation and end of us all

When the world has fallen
And we stand alone




The Red And The Black


The morals of life and the perils of death
Take the wrong way out running out of breath
Meet my match in the afterlife
Suppress the demons that plague the night
A tortured mind is a safe place to go
But the truth lurks down in the dark below
Step inside my inquisitive mind
Are you scared at what you just might find

See myself in the hall of mirrors
A different shape every step I take
A different mind every step of the line
But in the end they are all mine
Laughing sorrow inside your head
Can’t get out just a feeling of dread
I know this burden's a heavy load
A dark mistake never ending road

Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh

The black jack king and the red queen clash
The artful dodger he counts his stash
The joker’s wild like an impish child
While madame fortune she waits inside
The good luck charm is overkill
The tired old soldier says fire at will
Planes overhead go search destroy
The ones below human decoy

Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
I need somebody to save me

Meanwhile we play the waiting game
The clock is struck the horse is lame
And when we think that this is done
Chance your luck a four leafed one
You hedge your bets the battle lost
To wait in vain and count the cost
The thin edged line
Between good and bad
And cast the luck be happy sad

Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
I need somebody to save me

The red and the black
People don’t want the truth
Look in their eyes and you send them away
The red and the black
Fate and hypocrisy
Burden’s a heavy load there is no doubt
The red and the black
All out of luck again
How many chances can anyone have
The red and the black
Treachery out to win
There in the wrong place and at the wrong time

Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
I need somebody to save me





When The River Runs Deep

Look for something that is hard to find
Searching somewhere deep inside your mind
Hope you find just what you’re looking for
Heaven’s waiting with an open door

If you should sell your soul as cheaply as I did then
The road to ruin is a long road to hide in
We signed our lives away to have an escape
It’s something that will be whatever our fate
There’s no use in hiding
Got to keep on trying
Can’t take no more lying
This is the last
There’s no time for crying
When some of us are dying
None of us decide what is our fate

Now with nothing to hide going nowhere
Take my chances and stand by their sides
When the river runs deep
And the line breaks
And the blood it flows
Free from our lives

Is this the last together maybe this time now
We stand together and we’re holding the line here
There’s nothing we can do just sit here and wait
The die is cast that is deciding our fate

There’s no use in hiding
Got to keep on trying
Can’t take no more lying
This is the last
There’s no time for crying
When some of us are dying
None of us decide
What is our fate

Now with nothing to hide going nowhere
Take my chances and stand by their sides
When the river runs deep
And the line breaks
And the blood it flows
Free from our lives
Now with nothing to hide going nowhere
Take my chances and stand by their sides
When the river runs deep
And the line breaks
And the blood it flows
Free from our lives

Now with nothing to hide going nowhere
Take my chances and stand by their sides
When the river runs deep
And the line breaks
And the blood it flows
Free from our lives
Now with nothing to hide going nowhere
Take my chances and stand by their sides
When the river runs deep
And the line breaks
And the blood it flows
Free from our lives




The Book Of Souls

Sacrifices buried with kings
Accompany them on a journey with no end
To an afterlife that’s rich with fruit of all the gods
And to face the demons
Of their underworld haunts

The sentient is sent to seek out all the truth
A flight to earth that is a given from his birth
To rise from ashes of the dead
Out of the fire is sent to full fill man’s desire

The power day and night and death he ruled them
The sky and earth and the fires too
Two headed reptile symbol of his reign
Universes of the underworld

A life that’s full of all the wealth and riches
Can never last for an eternity
After living in a golden paradise
The ultimate sacrifice

Prophecy of sky gods, the sun and moon
Passing of old ways will come true soon

Falling of ages, forest of kings
The search for the truth, the book of souls

The rulers of planets and stars
The power of the kings of traders and the wars
Planetary cycles and the phases of the moon
Is in the document a kingdom they will learn

They were praying to the gods of nature
And were living in the cities of stone
Towers reaching upward to the heavens
Sacred wonders for the world unknown

Make their lives be a mystery no more
Records kept and the passing of laws
Sacred gods to the book of lies
When a civilization dies

Prophecy of sky gods
The sun and moon
Passing of old ways will come true soon

Falling of ages
Forest of kings
The lost book of souls, destruction begins

Ascending the throne wearing feathers and shells
He brought back their lives from the void
Alien invasion brings nothing but death
Mass exodus and plant life destroyed

Domain of the earth to the journey of truth
The underworld caves mayan slaves

Defeat of the dark lords
The ultimate proof
In the place where the ancestors rule

The book of souls



Death Or Glory

I see the enemy, I know he can’t see me
Combat red in tooth and claw
Ready now for one more score
Took a bullet in my brain
Inside I’m the king of pain
Outside you will fear my name
I ride a blood red triplane

Turn like the devil, shoot straight from the sun
Climb like a monkey out of hell where I belong

Death or glory, it’s all the same
Death or glory, the price of fame
Death or glory, I’m in the game of
Death or glory, a one way train

I watch you spiral down
Dead before you hit the ground
Bullet got you in the back
Deflection shooting beam attack
I shoot the gunner first
I kill to quench my thirst
I hunt the weakest prey
Live to fly another day

Turn like the devil, shoot straight from the sun
Climb like a monkey out of hell where I belong

Death or glory, it’s all the same
Death or glory, the price of fame
Death or glory, I’m in the game of
Death or glory, a one way train

Turn like the devil, shoot straight from the sun
Climb like a monkey out of hell where I belong

Death or glory, it’s all the same
Death or glory, the price of fame
Death or glory, I’m in the game of
Death or glory, a one way train

Death or glory, it’s all the same
Death or glory, the price of fame
Death or glory, I’m in the game of
Death or glory, a one way train



Shadow Of The Valley

Wandering aimlessly in a cold dark mist I follow
Walking in a dark world that’s been
Kissed with sadness
Without sunlight things are born
To the dead of nightmares
Soulless demons laughing in a sea of madness

Listen closely to the raven’s call
Praying hard for our world not to end
Try as might to make sense of it all
Will it be for the penance of men
Follow north for the call of the wild
Look all out for a small wayward child
Lay in fear as the dark raven crows
Look for guidance from the one who knows
He lived on this earth for a time and a half
Playing a tune to the old man’s laugh
The fear that’s inside the men of the oath
In the script of the book that he wrote

Ask them the questions
Tell them no lies
A cry for freedom
Praying that they wouldn’t die
Mind over matter
Cry over sins
Their lives are over now
Ended before they begin

As the raven again passes by
I can hear all the wake fathers cry
That the first born of all men will die
That their lives will be taken from them
Face the danger a battle of wills
Strength and courage a cure for all ills
We believe in that thou shall not kill
But others are ready to spill
The hearts of all men since beginning of time
Living with temptation
Wanting and crime
A walk in the shadow of the valley of death
Knowing I’ll take my last breath

Ask them the questions
Tell them no lies
A cry for freedom
Praying that they wouldn’t die
Mind over matter
Cry over sins
Their lives are over now
Ended before they begin

The hearts of all men since beginning of time
Living with temptation
Wanting and crime
A walk in the shadow of the valley of death
Knowing I’ll take my last breath

Ask them the questions
Tell them no lies
A cry for freedom
Praying that they wouldn’t die
Mind over matter
Cry over sins
Their lives are over now
Ended before they begin

Into the valley of death fear no evil
We will go forward no matter the cost
Into the valley of death follow me now
Bring me your souls and I’ll make it our last
Oh
Oh
Oh
Oh

Ask them the questions
Tell them no lies
A cry for freedom
Praying that they wouldn’t die
Mind over matter, cry over sins
Their lives are over now
Ended before they begin



Tears Of A Clown

All alone in a crowded room
He tries to force a smile
The smile it beamed or so it seemed
But never reached the eyes, disguise
Masquerading as the funny man do they despise

The false smile maketh of the man
Glass empty or half full
Try to make some sense or sorrows drown
All looks well on the outside
Underneath the solemn truth
There’s something that inside has died
Tomorrow comes tomorrow goes
But the cloud remains the same
Wonder why he’s feeling down
Tears of a clown
Maybe it’s all just for the best
Lay his weary head to rest
Was forever feeling drowned
Tears of a clown

Who motivates the motivator
Facade it has to go
He knows it sooner or later
Smile for cameras all ok
But tomorrow is another day he must get through

He had a longer way to run
Or so the story goes
Life full of fun where did it go
We saw the sadness in his eyes
It came as no surprise
And now of course we’ll never know
Tomorrow comes tomorrow goes
But the cloud remains the same
Wonder why he’s feeling down
Tears of a clown
Maybe it’s all just for the best
Lay his weary head to rest
Was forever feeling drowned
Tears of a clown

Tomorrow comes tomorrow goes
But the cloud remains the same
Wonder why he’s feeling down
Tears of a clown
Maybe it’s all just for the best
Lay his weary head to rest
Was forever feeling down
Tears of a clown
Tears of a clown
Tears of a clown
Oh
Tears of a clown





The Man Of Sorrows

Like a man without a home
Watching people come and go
Carry on their daily lives
Without a thought for the ones alone
Cast the dream aside like throwing
A pebble into the ocean tide
And I’m feeling so alone again
Free the angry from their pain
Free the captives from the chains
Cast aside the doubt that
Nothing good can come their way again
Living in a world of lies
No matter how or hard we try
Living life without a dream today

Looking through a mist of truth
That we believe an elusive cloud
The things we find are hard to say now
That we live through day to day
Find it hard to force the reasons
Why we find it hard to die

Now we need to know the truth now
Open our eyes that we can see
So we live and breathe again
Better days for you and me
Can we even hope to deliver this
We are so far away

As one turns against the other
With a brother against brother
Situation like no other, it’s a picture of despair

As we look to see the man of sorrows
Passing knowledge to those who don’t know
As we watch all our friends passing over
As they pass through the edges of time
And we see what’s ahead that awaits us
That no longer do we feel afraid
So we look to see the man of sorrows
And the light is the darkness no more

As we look to see the man of sorrows
Passing knowledge to those
Who don’t know
As we watch all our friends passing over
As they pass through the edges of time
And we see what’s ahead that awaits us
That no longer do we feel afraid
So we look to see the man of sorrows
And the light is the darkness no more

Empire Of The Clouds

To ride the storm, to an empire of the clouds
To ride the storm, they climbed aboard their silver ghost
To ride the storm, to a kingdom that will come
To ride the storm, and damn the rest, oblivion

Royalty and dignitaries, brandy and cigars
Related giant of the skies, you hold them in your arms
The millionth chance they laughed, to take down his majesty's craft
To India they say, magic carpet float away, an October fateful day

Mist is in the trees, stone sweats with the dew
The morning sunrise, red before the blue
Hanging at the mast, waiting for command
His majesty's airship, the r101

She's the biggest vessel built by man, a giant of the skies
For all you unbelievers, the Titanic fits inside
Drum rolled tight, a canvas skin, silvered in the sun
Never tested with the fury, with a beating yet to come

The fury yet to come

In the gathering gloom, a storm rising in the west
The coxswain stared into the
We must go now, we must take our chance with fate
We must go now, for the politicians he can't be late
The airship crew awake for thirty hours at full stretch,
But the ship is in their backbone, every sinew, every inch

She never flew at full speed, a trial never done
A fragile outer cover, her achilles would become

An achilles yet to come

Sailors of the sky, a hardened breed
Loyal to the king, and an airship creed

The engines drum, the telegraph sounds
Release the cords that bind us to the ground
Said the coxswain, sir, she's heavy, she'll never make this flight
Said the captain, damn the cargo, we'll be on our way tonight
Groundsmen cheered in wonder, as she backed up from the mast
Baptising with her water, from the ballast fore and aft

Now she slips into our past

Feeling the wind as it blows you
Feeling the beams as they pass you along
Watching the channel below you
Lower and lower, into the night

Lights are passing below you
Northern France, asleep in their beds
Storm is raging around you
A million to one, that's what he said

Reaper standing beside you
Wind inside cuts to the bone
Panicked to make a decision
Experienced men, asleep in their graves

The cover is ripped and she's flooding
Rain is flooding into the hold
Bleeding to death and she's falling
Lifting gas is draining away

We're down lads, came a cry, bow plunging from the sky
Three thousand horses silent as the ship began to die
The flares to guide her path ignited at the last
The empire of the clouds, just ashes in our past
Just ashes at the last

Here lie their dreams as they stand in the sun
On the ground where they built, and the engines they run
To the moon and the stars, now what have we done?
Oh the dreamers may die, but the dreams live on

Dreams live on
Dreams live on
Ooh

Now a shadow on a hill, the angel of the east
The empire of the clouds may rest in peace
And in a country churchyard, laid head to the mast
1840 souls, who came to die in france