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"When The Angels Fall" is a track by Sting, from the album The Soul Cages (Expanded Edition), released 15th January 2021. The track is 7:49 long. It's filed under Rock. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 3 articles about Sting.
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So high above the world tonight The angels watch us sleeping And underneath a bridge of stars We dream in safety's keeping But perhaps the dream Is dreaming us Soaring with the seagulls But perhaps the dream Is dreaming us Astride the backs of eagles When the angels fall Shadows on the wall In the thunder's call Something haunts us all When the angels fall When the angels fall Take your father's cross Gently from the wall The shadow still remaining See the churches fall In mighty arcs of sound And all that they're containing Yet all the ragged souls Of all the ragged men Looking for their lost homes Shuffle to the ruins From the levelled plain To search among the Tombstones When the angels fall Shadows on the wall In the thunder's call Something haunts us all When the angels fall When the angels fall When the angels fall These are my feet These are my hands These are my children This is my demand Bring down the angels Cast them from my sight I never want to see A million suns at midnight Your hands are empty The streets are empty You can't control us You can't control us anymore When the angels fall When the angels fall When the angels fall When the angels fall When the angels fall When the angels fall When the angels fall When the angels fall When the angels fall When the angels fall When the angels fall When the angels fall When the angels fall
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Returning to the shores of Lake Geneva this July, the Swiss festival marks its 60th edition.

The three acts will perform at Henham Park in Suffolk from 24th-27th July next year.

The performances are part of his 'STING 3.0' World Tour.
