Orthenthian Street (Part I) Lyrics

We sat by ourselves, still looking for company; There could have been peace, but that eluded me-- All I could think of was what was on your mind. You tried to be kind, But I blocke...Read Full Lyrics

Let's recount our history, our tale of boom and bust. We could talk a good fight on our day but when we got a hand to play we bit the dust. Now in our threadbare suits we do ou...Read Full Lyrics

Sometimes you feel so far away, Distanced from all the action of the play, Unable to grasp significance, Marking the plot with diffident dismay, Stranded at centre stage, Scrabblin...Read Full Lyrics

Left the earth in 1983, fingers groping for the galaxies, Reddened eyes stared up into the void, 1, 000 stars to be exploited Somebody help me I'm falling, somebody help me, I'm fa...Read Full Lyrics

N. Was somewhere years ago and cold: Ice locked the people's hearts and made them old. S. Was birth to pleasant lands, but dry: I walked the waters' depths and played my mind. E. W...Read Full Lyrics

(Hammill) You got some shares in a speculative venture, You got some stock in a gilt-edged bond, You stretched out tight by the terms of debenture, The game is on... You chase the...Read Full Lyrics

(Hammill - Jackson) Just one crazy moment while the dice are cast, He looks into the future and remembers what is past, Wonders what he's doing on this battlefield, Shrugs to his ...Read Full Lyrics

I thought I'd give it up for good, 'cause none of my actions are understood. I thought I'd really leave, And my coming back's something you'd never perceive. I thought I'd make it;...Read Full Lyrics

At night, this mindless army, ranks unbroken by dissent, Is moved into action and their pace does not relent. In step, with great precision, these dancers of the night Advance agai...Read Full Lyrics

Live by sword and you shall die so, All your power shall come to nought, Every life you take is part of your own, Death, not power, is what you've bought. Cringing in your room as...Read Full Lyrics