Ancient & Modern

Far from the sea where the water runs dry

I had a minor breakdown

There's a score of ruins within a morning's walk

I had a minor breakdown

Nettles growing thickly inside the crumbling walls

I had a minor breakdown

I'm gonna wander around

I had a minor breakdown

Listen to the birds screaming in the sky

I had a minor breakdown

Circling the buildings in the dark of night

I had a minor breakdown

Lost in the fandango and the enticing plumage

Of exotic birds...

How well do we know each other?

I felt like Satan on Judgment Day

I wander the scorching barren wilderness of this world

I can't stay put and I can't keep still

When the time is right I'm gonna fly fly fly

And close my eyes

When the time is right I'm gonna fly fly fly

And close my eyes behind

When the time is right I'm gonna fly fly fly

And close my eyes behind the mask of nothingness

Sitting on my suitcase

Somewhere you shouldn't be

Wiping sweat from my brow

Something you shouldn't see

They said wait right here

Dark zones of control won't be much longer now

Now the bodies fill the streets

I've got a feel for this place

Step out into the rain

I'm gonna wander round, this quarter has no name

Find a place to sleep

Blunder in and on to the centre of town

I had a minor breakdown

I heard evil whispers in the gloom

Poisoning the scent of darkness

Galloping along through the wind rain and sun

A prince of the Edwardian sporting scene

Sunny days village cricket tailors in London

Slow trains horse races

Nostalgia a sepia glow

Now I'm sitting at home reading magazines

Reading my imaginary rites

I want to tell stories

I want to tell stories

Dumb anonymous and barren

Everything important that I have done

Can be put into a little suitcase

Theres another layer I omit or reject

That must be brought to the table

You can't assume anything

The mask of nothingness

The mask of nothingness

Atrocity that never goes away

None shall slumber or sleep

Crawling up the muddy hill

Dropping like flies

Today we shall war against the roaring of the sea

Look back to land and see sorrow

The light will be darkened and they shall come with speed

Ancient and modern tomorrow

Today we shall war against the roaring of the sea

Look back to land and see sorrow

The light will be darkened and they shall come with speed

Ancient and modern tomorrow