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No Poppies
03:44
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No Poppies
(Kaichang)
Plant no poppies
Where I lie.
Let there be no celebration
Of the moment when I die.
Let no bands play
Marching songs,
There’s a place for music
But this is not where it belongs...
Plant no poppies
In the field
Where they sent us out to fight and die
Our fates already sealed.
Let no wisdom
Adorn our grave,
There are wise men somewhere
But this is not how they behave...
Let no flags fly
At half-mast
For the future is what matters now
And we are in the past
Make no speeches
About our deeds
There’s a world in anguish
And we have nothing that it needs...
You will remember us for ever
You say that every time
As you send another generation
To commit the same damn crime
You honour us, you glorify
The example that we set
But if this is how you remember us
We wish you would forget...
Plant no poppies
Any more.
Spend the time and spend the money
To put an end to war.
Reach out boldly
To your foes
Try to tell them all the simple truth
That each one of us knows:
There is nothing
Great or fine
About throwing human lives away
To hold some battle line;
So when we heroes
All are dead,
Plant no poppies--
Plant no poppies--
Plant no poppies--
Why don’t you sow
The seeds of peace instead!
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2. |
What It Seems
03:57
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What It Seems
(Suncat, Orville, Korynn)
Sometimes it's not so bad
Sometimes you can get through a day without
Remembering all you had
And how it all slipped from view and all about the
Time when you thought you knew
Time and a word that made you feel so agile
What was a girl to do?
When all of the games you played just left me fragile
I see you standing there amid your displays
Clinging to fragments of your past future days
No-one can save you now, you're lost in the haze
Of dreams....
When everything is what it seems.
Now it's a different age
Now we all see the sails upon the ocean
Black as a father's rage
A fury that keens and wails her dark devotion
Even the blackness pales
Even the score with magic as a player
Time to rewrite the tales
Time to reclaim the badge of the relayer
I see you falling, going down on your knees,
Ravaged and broken by your own foul disease,
Choking and striving as you fight to release
Your screams....
When everything is what it seems.
Ah...
Never coming home never coming home never coming never never never
Ah...
Thought you were so smart thought you had it made thought you had it did you did you did you
Ah...
Should have seen it coming shoulda seen it coming shoulda seen it shoulda shoulda shoulda
Ah...
Would have put it right woulda put it right you woulda done it woulda woulda woulda
Time to rewind the thread
Time to return in triumph as a hero
Man with the horns is dead
Theseus won, the Minotaur a zero
Now when your heart is high
Now is the time you need to be much calmer
Drama is drawing nigh
One more demise to feed the die-o-rama
I see you lying there with pain in your eyes
Helpless and fearful as a part of you dies
You beat the monster but you can't analyse
The themes....
When everything is what it seems.
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No and Yes
05:27
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No And Yes
(Tollain)
No, you're not wrong
I've been hiding out here for too long
I should come back and join all the people who've come here for me
Yes, I'm all right
Just got tired of the noise and the light
And I needed to find somewhere quiet where I could just be
No, I'm not ill
If I were I could just take a pill
But there's no medication to cure a disease of the soul
Yes, yes I've tried
To get free from this prison inside
But the guards can't be bribed and they just shove me back in the hole
There's a wonderful world just outside of my skin
And if I could get out I would love to get in
If I had any choice this is nowhere that I'd choose to stay
And you all want to help me, you've made that quite clear
You'll never desert me, you'll always be here
But sometimes I wish you would all just get out of my way.
No, I'm not mad
And it's not that I'm "just a bit sad"
It just takes so much effort to see you or hear you at all.
Yes, it is hard
When the doors are all bolted and barred
And the windows look out on the endless expanse of the wall.
No, I'm not proud
That I can't be at home in a crowd
I don't like being special, in fact it's a bit of a strain
Yes, I do know
People love me wherever I go
But there's one who just won't be convinced that I'm worth all this pain
There are wonderful people just waiting their chance
To welcome me into the great human dance
And they can't understand why I'm still sitting still in my chair.
But the chasm between is infinity deep
And the dream of my freedom just troubles my sleep.
So sometimes I can't help but wish there were nobody there.
I say No, I say Yes,
But the feeling behind them you never will guess
It is here, it is real,
And you never could handle the truth of the way that I feel...
(instrumental - chorus)
No, I won't leave,
That's a promise that you can believe.
I have too much to do and to say to give up on the game.
Yes, I love you.
Of all things you must know that that's true
But I dare not deny I have negative thoughts all the same.
It's a wonderful life that I still long to share
And I still hope for that, I still dream, I still care,
And the brightest, most beautiful part of my dreaming is you.
I will always have days when I wish I were dead
That's just part of the circus that runs through my head
But I'm thankful each day for the friendship that carries me through,
And I'm thankful each day that not all of my wishes come true.
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Prince's Lament
02:52
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Princes’ Lament
(Suncat?)
There ain’t no fairy tale called ‘The Adventures Of Prince Charming,’
A fact which no-one seems to find especially alarming,
But talk these days can drive a prince to quietly facepalming,
’Cos we’re never the ones the story is about.
When Sleeping Beauty pricked her finger, to her consternation,
The kingdom spent a hundred years in suspended animation,
And who am I? I’m just the guy who pruned the vegetation,
No, we’re never the ones the story is about.
People say
That princes have it all their own way.
But if you
Think it through
We close the recital, we cue the end title, and that’s really all that we do...
When Snow White ate the apple with the deadly poison in it
The dwarves preserved her body ’cos they couldn’t bear to bin it
And I was just a pair of lips dragged in at the last minute
No, we’re never the ones the story is about.
You’ve been told
Princesses are just goods to be sold.
That’s a shame.
All the same,
They get all the cheers and the sympathy tears and nobody remembers my name...
Ask anyone about Snow White, or Belle or Cinderella,
A brave and good and noble girl gets married to some fella,
And after that, for all you know, I’m buried in the cellar...
No, we’re never the ones the story is about;
No, we’re never the ones the story is—
The struggle for fame and glory is—
We’re never the ones the story is about!
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5. |
I'm Coming Back For You
04:07
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I’m Coming Back For You
(Orville, Tollain)
Soaring away, I can’t forget that I left you behind me
And I know if you were me and I was you
You’d tear the world apart to find me
Girl, you see I had no choice
But I hope you can hear my voice
’Cause I’m gonna make it right somehow
Hear me now, hear me now, hear me now....
From the ends of the earth, from the depths of the sea
From the furthest reaches of the galaxy
’Cross the mountains of fire, through the rivers of ice
I will dare any trial, I will pay any price
To the heart of the sun, to the last dying star
Ain’t no journey too long, ain’t no distance too far
Till the end of my days, till my candle burns through
I’m coming back for you—
I’m coming back for you!
Girl, you know my love is true, no question about it
And you know if I was you and you were me
You wouldn’t see a reason to doubt it
Right now I got to get away
But I’ll live to fight another day
And that day will dawn before too long
So hold on, so hold on, so hold on....
From the ends of the earth, from the depths of the sea
From the furthest reaches of the galaxy
’Cross the mountains of fire, through the rivers of ice
I will dare any trial, I will pay any price
To the heart of the sun, to the last dying star
Ain’t no journey too long, ain’t no distance too far
Till the end of my days, till my candle burns through
I’m coming back for you—
I’m coming back!
Coming back from the war, coming back from the dead,
Coming back with the pain of the blood that was shed,
Coming back from the night, coming back from the dark,
Coming back with the fire that we lit from a spark,
Coming back from the harvest, coming back from the field,
Coming back with the courage that never will yield,
Coming back from the storm, coming back from the sea,
Coming back to the place where it’s just you and me....
Girl, I’ve let you down before,
But I won’t be doing that no more.
Just give me a chance and you’ll see
We’ll be free, we’ll be free, we’ll be free...
From the ends of the earth, from the depths of the sea
From the furthest reaches of the galaxy
’Cross the mountains of fire, through the rivers of ice
I will dare any trial, I will pay any price
To the heart of the sun, to the last dying star
Ain’t no journey too long, ain’t no distance too far
Till the end of my days, till my candle burns through
I’m coming back for you— (chorus x 2)
I’m coming back!
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7. |
The Shadowed Path
01:58
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The Shadowed Path
(Kaichang)
Dark, dark is the shadowed path,
Cold, cold is the wind.
Tell me truly if you can
How have I sinned?
Long, long is the lonely road,
Deep, deep is the snow.
Tell me, if you love me true,
How far must I go?
Far, far are the distant hills,
Cruel, cruel is the night.
Tell me, while my eyes still see,
Shall I reach your light?
Cold, cold is my sundered heart
Dark, dark is the moon.
Tell me, oh my only love,
Shall I find you soon?
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Hearing Voices
04:08
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Hearing Voices
(Suncat)
When you're lying all alone and lonely,
Listening to the beating of your heart
And all the nightly noises,
You may hear your soul complain
"Day will never come again,
I'm so tired of all this pain!"
Do not shudder, do not blindly start,
Tell yourself it's nothing, say you're only,
Only hearing voices.
On a sunny day when you're out walking
And the darkness takes you unawares
While all the world rejoices,
You might hear a small voice say
"This will only last a day
Till life steals it all away."
Put aside these pointless phantom cares,
Tell yourself it's just your dark side talking,
You're just hearing voices.
Nothing lasts, the poets tell us truly,
Everything must end and that's no lie.
But never let it get you down unduly;
Someday it may yet seem rich to die.
Life is not forever, you must leave it,
Sometimes with your dreams still unfulfilled,
But do the best you can as you conceive it,
Just because the house falls down
That's no reason why you shouldn't build...
And build...
And build...
Everyone has darkness deep inside them
Waiting just to drown us in despair,
And mock us for our choices.
Each of us, a child of light,
Has her own dark war to fight
Against the demons in the night.
Keep your passions bright for all to share,
Face your fears and let no shadows hide them;
You were just hearing voices.
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Argenthome And Honour Fair
(tune trad., words X. J. Fonduepot)
For Argenthome, and honour fair,
All peril would we gladly dare.
Not merely that we might survive;
Beneath our sun let freedom thrive.
For good or ill, our world we share
For Argenthome and honour fair.
For Argenthome, and honour bright,
We boldly stand for truth and right.
Though strangers with their cunning lies
Pervert the ancient verities,
Yet we shall bring their crimes to light
For Argenthome and honour bright.
For Argenthome, and honour clear,
We shall not falter, flinch nor fear.
Our courage brought us to this place
Across the depths of unknown space.
Our promised land, we claim it here,
For Argenthome, and honour clear.
From friends and kin when sundered far,
On alien soil, ’neath alien star,
Remember then, and praise in song
The world that birthed and made you strong.
And high the banner brightly bear
For Argenthome and honour fair!
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11. |
Bring You Down
02:46
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Bring You Down
(Anon)
Awake, ye lords of tyranny,
And rise up from your feather bed,
We’ll strip you of your finery
And whip you through the town;
The new day is upon you now,
Your time is gone, your power is fled!
No more as slaves to you we’ll bow;
We come to bring you down!
You princes who by right of blood
Have claimed dominion o’er the earth
Shall crawl and grovel in the mud
And mourn your tarnished crown;
No patents from the olden time,
No accident of noble birth,
Shall shield you from the fruit of crime;
We come to bring you down!
We’ll trample down your barricades,
We’ll overwhelm your horse brigades,
With picks and mattocks, stones and spades,
We’ll fight for our desire;
We’ll sell the symbols of your state,
The wealth you thought inviolate
Will purchase food for every plate
And fuel for every fire!
You prelates who have told us oft
That God ordains the state of man,
Have held your holy book aloft
And quelled us with your frown,
We now proclaim a higher creed,
A fairer world, a nobler plan;
From those who have to those who need—
We come to bring you down!
We are no simple lawless mob
Who come to pillage and to rob
But workers here to do a job
That long has lain undone;
And when the job has been fulfilled
We’ll work together and rebuild
The better world that we have willed
Where all may live as one....
Come out, come out, ye masters all,
And face the judgment of your peers
The world that you have held in thrall
Is turning upside-down;
Come out and make your true redress
For all the black and wasted years
In which you ruled in idleness
Unmindful of the poor’s distress
The laws of God you dared transgress
The suffering souls you did oppress
The treachery and knavishness
That we will force you to confess—
We come to bring you down!
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12. |
Lady of the Sun
04:37
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Lady Of The Sun
(Tollain)
It’s nearly midnight but the sun is shining,
I can feel the heat upon my skin.
I don’t know how or why it happened
But it happened the moment that you walked in.
The room is crowded but I just can’t see it,
Because my eyes are blinded by your light.
And all I want to do is bathe in the radiance
And if it burns me, well that’s all right.
Lady of the sun,
I don’t know what I’ve done
To deserve you.
Lady of the day,
I’d give my life away
Just to serve you...
You quicken life in all my secret places,
You are the sunshine that makes things grow.
You are the reason and the source of my living,
And how you do it, well I just don’t know.
You bring the rain up from the deepest oceans,
You send the winds that take it to the earth.
You made a world for me to live and love in,
What kind of service is such a blessing worth?
Lady of the sun,
I don’t know what I’ve done
To deserve you.
Lady of the day,
I’d give my life away
Just to serve you...
And when the day is done you’ll come to see me,
Descend in glory to the bed of night.
And I will worship you with burning kisses
Until the moment when you rise and take flight.
I am the earth and you the sun that sustains me.
How cold and lifeless I would be without you.
And yet I dare to hope that there in the night-time
I’ll hear you say that maybe you need me too...
Lady of the sun,
I don’t know what I’ve done
To deserve you.
Lady of the day,
I’d give my life away
Just to serve you...
Lady of the sun,
I don’t know what I’ve done
To deserve you.
Lady of the day,
I’d give my life away
Just to serve you...
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13. |
Tell You A Story
03:04
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Tell You A Story
(Suncat, Orville)
You ask me questions
But you don’t listen to the answers.
You tell me time and time again
that you know I’m lyin’.
I get so tired
Of goin’ through the same old dances.
So if I give you what you want to hear
Maybe you’ll stop tryin’....
I wanna tell you a story,
I’m gonna spin you a tale.
I’m gonna weave it out of whole cloth, baby,
’Cause the truth’s gotten oh so stale;
I’ll tell you a story
And I’ll make it real good
And then maybe you’ll treat me
Like you know you should.
My mother told me
That honesty was fundamental,
That if I would always tell the truth
My life would be just fine;
But now I know that
She was just bein’ sentimental
’Cause if you try to speak the truth these days
It’s trouble all down the line;
Nobody wants to hear it,
They’d rather believe the lies.
Nobody wants to see it,
They’d rather close their eyes.
They know everything they want to know
And their knowledge was bought with pain,
So the very last thing they want to do
Is to ever have to think again...
I wanna tell you a story,
Full of excitement and thrills,
You won’t listen to the plain truth, darling,
You can’t stand to swallow those bitter pills;
You’ll love my story
Oh yeah you’ll have a ball
And then maybe you will find
As you turn it over in your mind
That my story was the plain old truth after all!
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Changing Lives
(Gestalt)
I. Getting through the day
Wishing there was a better way
It's so easy to forget
All the things you haven’t done yet
Sometimes you need to be surprised
Sometimes you need to have the veil torn from your eyes...
Changing lives
Can be so frightening
Changing worlds
Can get the best of you
Changing times
They go by so quickly
The only way to survive
Is if you're changing too.
Fighting for your life
Balancing on the blade of a knife
Feeling lost at sea
Trying to find out what you should be
When the ground gives way right under your feet
Take a breath and be amazed, the air is oh so sweet...
Changing lives
Can be so frightening
Changing worlds
Can get the best of you
Changing times
They go by so quickly
The only way to survive
Is if you're changing too.
II. See, the day is dawning,
Clouds spell out a warning
This could be the morning
You’ve been waiting for.
Underneath your window
Can you hear the grass grow
Can you feel the wind blow
Just outside your door?
Listen to the birds sing
Hear the word that they bring
Nature is awaking
Just to tell the news;
Far across the skyline
You can see the sunshine
Spelling out a new sign
Time for you to choose.
No more fear and heartache
Chances there you must take
Make the choice for love’s sake
Even though it’s strange;
Turn and face a new fate
Quick before it’s too late
Step into your own state
Join the dance of change.
III. Now, as you answer the call,
As you let yourself fall,
You are one with it all.
Soon, you will float down the stream
And awake from your dream.
Things are not what they seem...
You, who were born of a star,
As you’re crossing the bar
Glimpse its light from afar.
Life is a game that we play
Just as night follows day;
Never throw it away.
Changing lives
Are no longer frightening.
Changing worlds
Are home now to you.
Changing times
Go by so quickly
But you know just what to do
To hold on to what is true
And you know you’ll see it through
Because you’re changing too.
Changing lives...
Changing lives...
Changing lives...
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Zanda Myrande Westbury, UK
Zanda Myrande is still recovering from the trauma of being Zander Nyrond for several decades. She has only come out online
at this point, for reasons which may be apparent from the picture above, but she proudly embraces her trans identity while still giving house room to Zander and the rest of the deadbeats who populate her head.
Lives in Wiltshire and has better friends than she deserves.
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