• A Badtime Story
    Look what I got for Valentine's Day: Lady Luck came along, took my dreams away, And the tears hurt more than a broken nose - I bled from the thorns of a barbed-...
  • A Bellyful Of Emptiness
    I'm twenty six years old - please tell me what have I got A monopoly on misery - I guess that's my lot Ten years of eating bullshit leaves it's taste in your mo...
  • A Broken Promised Land
    See the red "messiah" high upon a soap-box pulpit Agitating his apostles with the gospels in his hand While apprentice hitlers gather down in inner city subways...
  • A Clown of Thorns
    Walking my personal calvary mile to a do-it-yourself-crucifixion, It's a kingdom of clowns wearing martyrdom's crown - I must fight for my hammer and nails We'r...
  • A Dog in the Manger
    2 AM a southbound junction - innocence takes flight Common sense has lost all function - stranded in the night The albatross has flown the nest - he's breaking ...
  • A Good Day To Bury Bad News
    Wall "the west' wakes up to a terror attack But they got enough muscle to give it right back Now the warmongers are happy they know that they can't lose They pi...
  • A Near Life Experience
    Just a blank expression sitting in an easy chair The living incarnation of a world that doesn't care Mesmerized by media lies Now they're "New and Improved" by ...
  • A Room Next Door
    I stare at fading visions now much fainter than before Of the faces gathered round me and the clock upon my wall My loved-ones stand in mourning but the china t...
  • A Stranger In The Garden
    Silently gazing from the window - My mind detached from space and time There is a secret only I know - A place where the city lights don't shine Why don't you ...
  • A Survival Campaign
    [or A young Mr Polly takes the train] So we lie and wait for dreaded and demanding down Come wrest us from our safe and sleepy beds Over by the windown lie the...
  • A Well Beside the River
    A song I dedicate unto those who share my need to give their all - and should they fall strive on til they succeed though my belly aches with hunger - weary li...
  • Alone In Death's Shadow
    Carnal gladiators lie restless awaiting the dawn Slaves to their passion - so eager it's will to perform They wrestle the "Double Backed Beast" face their foe h...
  • Alone in Deaths Shadow
    From far outside Earth's fragile atmosphere It's clearly apparent that the end is near The sleeper wakens and removes His golden casque Vital signs return to hi...
  • Another Fine Mess
    A girl read my runes in the warm dressing room, It was then that I started to think There has to be something really worth hunting - I reach for another strong ...
  • Anotherdrinkingsong
    Where they sit around And get a round in while the getting's good They'll make the most until the money's gone They're coming out to celebrate, to sing and danc...
  • Any Old Irony
    At the vanguard of a juddering caravan, hurriedly galloping down a dirt-track Six furtive figures, crooked as Caliban; Smuggling hope to the land of the claque ...
  • Art Nazi
    Twist the truth - then twist your arm, It's the Emperor Caligula School of Charm, Don't take his word 'cause it's not worth having it (he's an Art-Nazi) He's a ...
  • Bewilderbeast
    See the brave toreador just look at him thrive Off the crowd as they roar For death brings a thrill To the everyday lives of the "non-com" observers Who gloat a...
  • Bombjour!
    Hello, bombjour! Good morning (good morning) The obvious drawback in building a bomb, is the needing somewhere (or someone) to test it on What happened to Eur...
  • Brimstone Ballet
    "Though I may seem callous" cried old Thomas Malthus, "Paupers are better off dead That we have to feed them is something we need Like a musket shot straight th...
  • Building a Ruin
    My life is a sentence that carries no pardon, I can't put you out of my misery now So stunned by the beauty of this madhouse garden - I've taken my chances (the...
  • Bury Me
    You came, you saw, you conquered as a woman of your word so to say farewell like Judas is a thing I find absurd You shook my world- (you sucked me in then spat ...
  • Cancer of the Heart
    There's a simple diagnosis for this vicious symbiosis feel the growth of rogue psychosis we are the cause - we are the cure Across each continent and nation spr...
  • Cardboard City
    Hands locked in darkness - a nocturnal greeting We flutter like moths round the brazier's flame Shrouded in shadow - our clandestine meeting Here where past and...
  • Catherine at the Wheel
    Her face caught in the headlamp glare, There waiting for a ride Stood all alone - so far from home, He beckons her inside A smile that has two meanings - slips ...
  • Civil War Dance
    While sons and daughters of the empire Stained the map red, white and blue Back at home the storm clouds thundered Dole queues lengthened - unrest grew 'til the...
  • Come On Eileen
    Poor old Johnny Ray Sounded sad upon the radio He moved a million hearts in mono Our mothers cried and sang along and who'd blame them Now you're grown, so grow...
  • Constance Eternal
    On wednesday the seventh your flight departed, you waved us goodbye - we stood on the ground as one journey ended another one started - you passes overhead (you...
  • Crux Of The Message
    [Adapted from the poem "The Storm" by Alison LR Davies] It starts as a faint purr, rippling, beckoning, stealing the evening's baking heat It steps to the side...
  • Cry of the Land
    Vibrant and real I lie Mantled by the open sky The wind and waves my lullaby I am the land Why do you view me with Eyes unable to see The beauty in all that is ...
  • Dead Angels on Ice
    Mother I'm so sorry for this thing I've gone and done, But surely you'll forgive me - after all I am your son Live to race - thrill of the chase to me was all t...
  • Deja-Vu Ain't What It Used To Be
    Have you heard the one 'bout when a most unlucky fella, Went visiting a fair-ground for to see a fortune-teller? She said; "Of all the palms I've read - yours ...
  • Desperanto
    This is our song for Europe, I thought we saw the borders fall? Guerre sans Frontiers - And it seems nothing changed here at all They're building a Tower of Ba...
  • Do They Mean Us ?
    Dance 'round the maypole, rappers and mummers Stepping in and out of time Cockneys, Brummies, Tykes and Geordies Players in this pantomime From Notting Hil to T...
  • Earth Mother The Sun And The Furious Host
    He was just a lad of fifteen years Who barely fit his breeches A latter day Dick Whittington Who dreamt of fame and riches His teachers took him to one side And...
  • Earth mother, The Sun And The Furious Host
    He was just a lad of fifteen years Who barely fit his breeches A latter day Dick Whittington Who dreamt of fame and riches His teachers took him to one side And...
  • Eirenarch
    You say I'm a free man, But what does that mean to a social security number? A grey suit as sharp as a new guillotine, Bought and paid for while dragging us und...
  • Emerald
    Down from the glen came the marching men With their shields and their swords To fight the fight they believed to be right To overthrow the overlords To the town...
  • Fainting by Numbers
    Number One - the only number I can really trust, Dual faceted - these people that I talk to when I must In triplicate my body hangs - left drying in the sun, Fo...
  • Gammadion Seed
    The devil's circus came to town - we watched the freaks arrive en masse When they paraded through our streets, we turned a blind eye as they passed Safe in the ...
  • Great Blow For A Day Job
    Hear my tale - I'm norman normal, always humble, mild and meek In my bank a lowly banker - run-down brach on nowhere street 'till one day a stranger called - a ...
  • Halo Of Flies
    All you needed was somebody with a dream, A fool to crucify or to put upon a pedestal Only dead fish float with the stream - Compared with you I seem like an ex...
  • Helium
    Pray for my poor melancholy soul, I've cried so many tears inside - my head's a goldfish bowl A mood so depp - so far above you all, With no one there to catch ...
  • History Lessens
    Look what you get for following leaders, who lead from the rear - where are they now? What did we learn in history lessons? How to sit quiet at the back of a cl...
  • History Lessens (The Final Examination)
    Look what you get for following leaders, who lead from the rear - where are they now ? What did we learn in history lessons ? How to sit quiet at the back of a...
  • Hybrid Blues
    You think you come so far ? You think you learnt along the way ? You're better off by far Than where you were jus' yesterday You say you got your scars There's ...
  • I Dubious
    I am the king of all that I survey - beware my son it could be yours one day Heir transparent to a dynasty - dog - emperor of woe and misery It sent me mad but ...
  • If I Die Laughing, It'll Be An Act Of God
    It's revelation reveals - Divine comedy (and more), Please welcome your four hosts - Death, famine, pestilence and war You say that we are all Gods' children, ...
  • Inequality Street
    Life's really a chocolate box- some do without - others have plenty It sticks in my throat - my stomach's in knots, while your box is so full - mine's perpetual...
  • Intro Pagan Man 100
    I am the Pagan Man--I speak for all my kind, When I criticise your point of view--your hollow state of mind You say that I'm an animal--well this at least is tr...
  • Intro: Pagan Man
    I am the Pagan Man--I speak for all my kind, When I criticise your point of view--your hollow state of mind You say that I'm an animal--well this at least is tr...
  • Isle of Jura
    All around me strangers scurry - In a crowd but all alone Got to hurry - pack my worries, Feel the arms that I call home I am lonely - I am lost, inside my priv...
  • It Wasn't Meant To End This Way
    Sometimes I believe that we're already dead Each day on the TV our last rights are read Some fair weather oil tanker bleeding its' load Powder keg powder plant ...
  • Jeopardy
    As the daylight starts to fade - Twisting shadows all around Dead soldiers on parade - The ghosts of Porton Down Hidden from the public eye, "A cause for regre...
  • Jumping My Shadow
    ["And ever has it been that love knows not it's own depth] [until the hour of separation" - Kahlil Gibran] Maybe someday someone will love me for what I am (in...
  • Just What Nobody Wanted
    Just what nobody wanted, I'm just what nobody wanted I think that life has got it in for me, Can you please tell me who's to blame? For all the bills upon my m...
  • Karmageddon
    Sometimes I believe that we're already dead Each day on the TV our last rights are read Some fair weather oil tanker bleeding its' load Powder keg powder plant ...
  • Karmageddon (the Suffering Silence)
    Awake at the "Souls Midnight" I seek that I may find An amicable separation from this state of mind My sins so unoriginal they cannot be forgiven An overwhelmin...
  • Land Of The Rising Slum
    Show me a politician who's a man we can trust And if I ever meet him then I think I'll have him stuffed Look out of the window - see not one happy face The only...
  • Lightening The Load
    Now 'Man is is born to trouble Sure as sparks to Heaven fly' So said the man sat all alone In the corner of my eye Isaid, 'Why the long face, why so sad ? Thing...
  • LikeA Ballad For The Disenchanted
    Like the promise of a grey day dawning Like all the dreams I've never had Like I'm working as the beast of burden Just like Sisyphus I know where I stand Like ...
  • Little Miss Take
    Thought I'd got it right - for once I'd sought and found perfection when you said "I love you you addressed your own reflection I'd prayed up to the heavens for...
  • Master Race
    [time: 4:06] [Lyrics: New Model Army] [Music: New Model Army] Well we all learned how to use a fork and knife How sometimes we have to wear a suit and tie And ...
  • Men of Straw
    I pray that soon the blessed meek their world shall inherit When all of these bastards are judged by their merits And called to account for the acts they've com...
  • Moongleam And Meadowsweet
    See her face shine in the moonlight-- Soft as silk and white as cream, Silently I watch her slumber--gently kiss her cheek, Then I lay my weary head beside hers...
  • Moongleam And Meadowsweet 435
    See her face shine in the moonlight-- Soft as silk and white as cream, Silently I watch her slumber--gently kiss her cheek, Then I lay my weary head beside hers...
  • My Mother in Darkness
    Dance with the lilies in the shadows of the valley - my lily of the valley of the shadow of death Her velvet shadows in the rain, disturbs the stillness of the ...
  • My Naked I
    I wish that you could know one day the secrets I've been keeping, Of the demons I have locked away - they prowl a one track mind If you had thought this tongue ...
  • No Deposit No Return
    I remember my grandmother sat with her radio, tea cup and walking stick set by her side As her old fingers reached out to turn up the volume, I learnt what it m...
  • No Deposit, No Return
    I remember my grandmother sat with her radio, tea cup and walking stick set by her side As her old fingers reached out to turn up the volume, I learnt what it m...
  • No Strings Attached
    Now the final curtain's fallen, for no show goes on forever, if the world's a stage - mine's empty whilst upon it you'll tread never As the instruments lie sile...
  • NTRWB
    Hey Mr Auden have you hear the news ? Seems they found a cure for your Roman Wall Blues Says on the tablets that they sent back home They got dates, wine and ol...
  • On With Their Heads!
    Here's just a few of the changes I'll make when mankind appoints me king of Planet Earth So pass me my crown (my scepter and gown) Hear the first proclamation o...
  • Our Dying Island
    I woke from my daydream--discovered my nightmare was real, At the altar of progress to gods of ambition we kneel, Our database deities--they cannot save us, Mic...
  • Penny Dreadful
    Forgive me if I'm out of order - this new 'music' has no soul It may be good for making money, (sadly that is not my goal) Integrity and honesty are words that ...
  • Polkageist!
    One day whilst out exploring in some far-flung foreign corner, I took respite from my journey to admire the local fauna When from the twilight distance a peel o...
  • Postcard From Planet Earth
    Sorry it has been so long since you received my last transmission, meanwhile I've studied them - learned about their strange condition Now I think I understand ...
  • R'vannith
    I still hear the screams of my lover torn from me Still taste the salt of her tears on my face As they left me for dying my shattered corpse writhed On a pyre o...
  • Ring Stone Round
    An apple in the eye of the storm that's coming When winds of change sweep 'cross the land These "old grey men" have braved the weather Watched kingdoms fall whi...
  • Rvannith
    Yet another sluggard hour stumbles past, it's no wonder life looks better through the bottom of a glass these bitter litanies you keep repeating, are verbal fin...
  • Salt on the Earth
    An apple in the eye of the storm that's coming When winds of change sweep 'cross the land These "old grey men" have braved the weather Watched kingdoms fall whi...
  • Salt On The Earth (Another Man's Poison)
    Out of the East a prince shall rise To summon fire from the skies I'm lord of this wasteland - where my word is law My bedfellows pestilence, famine and war Tur...
  • Schadenfreude
    Moonlit faces - ghostly white Robed in midnight leather Death - heads adorn their necks But they have lived forever Malign, nocturnal predators In search of hum...
  • Science Never Sleeps
    Science never sleeps - so I'm singing it a lullabye, of wolves in sheeps clothing - devils in disguise, and lab coats draped over big black lies They cover thei...
  • Single Phial
    I have walked the earth so many times before your birth, Today is only yesterday's tomorrow And as the gardener in Eden it was I who sowed the seed then, I've c...
  • Sins Of Emission
    There's a beast in the cellar There since this building was made He's lurked in the shadows From when its' foundations were laid From my "double-helix" he taun...
  • Skyclad
    I'll sing to you of days departed, Times when men proud and stouthearted carved their names on history's bloody Page, The corpse of chivalry long dead Is turnin...
  • Snake Charming
    You'll meet his kind in the strangest of places, great what you find if you turn enough stones legerdemain eyes wear the sweetest of faces - you're quick to inv...
  • Something to Cling To
    Sometimes life feels like an ocean, cruel and far too cold to mention Though you raise a great commotion - still no-one pays you attention There's no sail on th...
  • Spinning Jenny
    She came down from the Western Hills when we were not prepared I turned deaf ears to words of warning now I'm running scared Casting caution to the wind now tha...
  • Still Spinning Shrapnel
    All I hear are peace talks and battle cries Everyone's losing - nobody's winning, So run for your lives when the shrapnel's spinning Pictures of the crippled ...
  • Swords Of A Thousand Men
    Deep in the castle and back from the war Back with milady and the fires burnt tall Hurrah went the men down below All outside was the rain and snow Hear their s...
  • Ten Little Kingdoms
    'One united kingdom the fancied wouldn't do To please some grumbling Irishme, they split it into two Two little kingdoms, but then the Scots, you see Claimed th...
  • Terminus
    [Intro:] 'Megeddo's Gateway' Hunter of the silent darkness-- Mighty steel leviathan, Rise from your nocturnal vigil-- 'Davey Jones' the time has come Send spitt...
  • The Antibody Politic
    'Free citizens of Planet Earth'; The leptons in some base equation Bound by swaddling-chains from birth, unto travail and assentation Given what they're taught ...
  • The Cradle Will Fall
    A species in its infancy--a living idiosyncrasy, This 'naked ape' believes itself divine Assured of its supremacy--it dreams of immortality, The first words tha...
  • The Declaration of Indifference
    There's a "Fat Cat" sitting in a Caddilac Riding ten feet off the floor Who says "I used to do a little, but I couldn't get enough And so a little got more and ...
  • The Disenchanted Forest
    [The Farm Hand's Ghost:] "My kin and I had laboured hard to reap the yearly harvest Lain weary on our gathered sheaves we cracked a vat of ale Poured a toast; ...
  • The Great Brain Robbery
    Why do you still refuse to see, this vast global conspiracy, that's infiltrating lives and homes? (A race replaced by servile drones) Chips are down and stakes...
  • The Ilk of Human Blindness
    Midsummer 2045 they lay upon The beaches burning Insects on a ball of rock Upon it's axis slowly turning Steel and concrete melanomas Punctuate the hot sunrise ...