[2117] in Central_America
Re: New quotes for Sun Jan 7
jfc@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (jfc@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Thu Jan 11 03:23:50 1990
Karn Evil 9, according to the lyrics with the CD:
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First impression:
Cold and misty morning, I heard a warning borne in the air
About an age of power where no one had an hour to spare
Where the seeds have withered, silent children shivered in the cold
Now their faces captured in the lenses of the jackals for gold.
I'll be there, I'll be there, I will be there.
Suffering in silence, they've all been betrayed.
They hurt them and they beat them, in a terrible way.
Praying for survival at the end of the day.
There is no compassion for those who stay.
I'll be there, I'll be there, I will be there.
There must be someone who can set them free:
To take their sorrow from this odyssey
To help the helpless and the refugee
To protect what's left of humanity.
Can't you see, can't you see, can't you see.
I'll be there, I'll be there, I will be there.
To heal their sorrow,
To beg and borrow,
Fight tomorrow.
/**/
Step inside! Hello! We've the most amazing show.
You'll enjoy it all we know,
Step inside! Step inside!
We've got thrills and shocks, supersonic fighting cocks.
Leave your hammers at the box
Come inside! Come inside!
Roll up! Roll up! Roll up!
See the show!
Left behind the bars, rows of Bishops' heads in jars
and a bomb inside a car.
Spectacular! Spectacular!
If you follow me there's a speciality
some tears for you to see.
Misery, misery.
Roll up! Roll up! Roll up!
See the show!
Next upon the bill in our house of Vaudeville
We've a stripper in a till
What a thrill! What a thrill!
And not content with that, with our hands behind our backs,
We pull Jesus from a hat,
Get into that! Get into that!
Roll up! Roll up! Roll up!
See the show!
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends
We're so glad you could attend
Come inside! Come inside!
There behind the glass is a real blade of grass
be careful as you pass.
Move along! Move along!
Come inside, the show's about to start,
Guaranteed to blow your head apart.
Rest assured you'll get your money's worth,
The greatest show in Heaven, Hell, or Earth.
You've got to see the show, it's a dynamo,
You've got to see the show, it's rock and roll...
Soon the Gypsy Queen in a glaze of Vaseline
Will perform on guillotine.
What a scene! What a scene!
Next upon the stand will you please extend a hand
to Alexander's Ragtime Band.
Roll up! Roll up! Roll up!
See the show!
Performing on a stool we've a sight to make you drool:
Seven virgins and a mule.
Keep it cool! Keep it cool!
We would like it to be known the exhibits that were shown
were exclusively our own,
All our own, All our own.
Come and see the show!
Come and see the show!
Come and see the show!
See the show!
Third Impression:
Man alone, born of stone,
Will stamp the dust of time.
His hands strike the flame of his soul;
Ties a rope to a tree and hangs the Universe
Until the wind of laughter blows cold.
Fear that rattles in men's ears
And rears its hideous head
Dread...death....in the wind...
Man of steel pray and kneel
With fever's blazing torch
Thrust into the face of the night;
Draws a blade of compassion
Kissed by countless Kings
Whose jewelled trumpet words blind his sight.
Walls that no man thought would fall
The altars of the just
Crushed...Dust....in the wind...
No man yields who flies in my ship
DANGER!
Let the bridge computer speak.
STRANGER!
LOAD YOU PROGRAM. I AM YOURSELF.
No computer stands in my way
Only blood can cancel my pain
Guardians of a new, clear dawn
Let the maps of war be drawn.
/**/
Rejoice! Glory is ours!
Our young men have not died in vain,
Their graves need no flowers,
The tapes have recorded their names.
I am all there is
NEGATIVE! PRIMITIVE! LIMITED! I LET YOU LIVE!
But I have you life
WHAT ELSE COULD YOU DO?
To do what was right
I'M PERFECT! ARE YOU?
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An article from rec.music.misc about this song (written by
davew@cis.ohio-state.edu):
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The first impression is about a futuristic archeological ex-
pedition showing the remains and relics of the human race: hence
the lines like "And a bomb inside a car spectacular! spectacular!" and
"Performing on a stool, we've a sight to make you drool: seven virgins
on a mule; keep it cool! Keep it cool!" Lake is singing the role of
ringmaster of this expedition/circus show.
The instrumental second impression bridges the future and the
past; the 2nd represents the journey back into the past to discover how
the human race destroyed itself.
The 3rd impression is of course, easiest to understand. The
human race made a computer which thought it was so perfect that it had
to destroy human life to maintain perfection. This is the past which
lead to the scenes in the 1st impression.
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