LS43 Lyrics

So where do we begin? It must be thirty-five years . . . You've the breath of my mother, the life of a stranger; And there's so much to tell - so much I need to know. All of the st...Read Full Lyrics

One swallow never made a spring You can buy a crown - it doesn't make you king Beware the trinkets that we bring When the visionary dreams set hard and grey as flesh made into sto...Read Full Lyrics

Some set sail to conquer, some set sail to discover Some set sail with an army of angry crusaders We set sail with a ship of fools We smile into the weather Our maps are fill...Read Full Lyrics

Across the flatlands we came out of nowhere special Like a peasant revolution - makeshift weapons in our hands We crashed the gates so hard we'd never heard that kind of sound befo...Read Full Lyrics

They found us in the courtyard at our table in the shade We toasted our last few moments and then the end came They took us back to the airstrip in that beaten up old car And we ra...Read Full Lyrics

In the tall grass upon the dune He rests his head on you It's warm wind and a faded sky You watch him drifting far away Dreaming, drowning Did you marry a man who married the sea? ...Read Full Lyrics

Well we all learned how to use a fork and a knife How sometimes we have to wear a suit and tie And understand these things are what give us the right To go around the world acting ...Read Full Lyrics

Cassandra's still shouting from the city walls but no one ever hears And far below the traffic moves like fish upon the ocean floor to the rhythms of the tide We're holding on s...Read Full Lyrics

It seems strange to write about these things now But the time has probably come when we should Accept whatever is past and gone and never will return. Looking back to the beginning...Read Full Lyrics

Tell all the people who believe what they read in the press Tell all the folk who stare from behind suburban walls The enemy is not some nation far across the sea The enemy is with...Read Full Lyrics