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Terminally Brave (2011)

by Ian Gordon

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1.
Friction 04:51
- The depths of space - Narrator A crowd of awe-struck townsfolk stare Toward the glowing star The light ignites the sky Shelter sought in every single place As the sky turns crimson red A shape consumes the night Eyes in the desert Are littered about Furtively glancing in fear and in doubt The object it hovers In silence until A light it emerges, a figure within Stranger Come to me my people Come listen to my words We've come to change your future We've come to change your world Every single person Must listen to these words Just trust in us your saviours We've come to change your world Narrator Children are smiling Townsfolk - Our gods have returned To save us from famine To arm us with hope Stranger Come to me my people Come listen to my words We've come to change your future We've come to change your world Every single person Must listen to these words Just trust in us your saviours We've come to change your world
2.
Narrator Trigger-happy twisted people Modern man lacks empathy Pointless violence Mass destruction Victims shown no sympathy Rebel Leader Pick me up, and knock me down I’ll get back up, and knock you out! Talk is cheap, so listen now Feed us lies - in lies you drown! Men in Sharp Suits We see you We know you We own you Remember We’ve got you So fear us
3.
Genotypes 03:41
Narrator 15 miles away From the heart of all corruption A group of intellectual thinkers sit in wait They call their leader ‘Starr’ He’s a man unlike all others He’s a law unto himself He’s not afraid And when he stands They stand with him The dark will call but he’ll resist And where he walks They’ll follow close He’ll brave the danger Starr 15 miles away There’s talk of men who aren’t quite human Bred to be and think essentially as we And when they rise No one will see They’ll look the same as you and me God only knows What they will do Expose them now, that’s what we’ll do
4.
Men of Great Power It’s something of a pantomime Our puppets must be made to dance The rebels may be on to them Something must be done at once Meet them in the dead of night In the church out on the windy plain Inform them of the second phase Initiate the second wave Secrets locked up Answers hidden Hybrid II Seek out and kill Those unlike me Men of Great Power There’s something in the air tonight An odour foul as thick as truth Our puppets must be made to force Remaining people underground Out of sight and out of mind Daylight will remain our own What happened to the greater god? Now we will be the ones to judge Secrets locked up Answers hidden
5.
- The caves - Narrator Caves are lit with burning candles Where open spaces host the stalls The people here beneath the surface Are starting over once again Children cling to their possessions Writers scribe upon the walls The men and women here surviving The life they knew it carries on Survivors Yes, yes life is possible Yes, yes life is possible No, they will not keep us down No, they will not keep us down - Men in Sharp Suits arrive - Narrator Sounds shake the tunnels Strangers arriving Men in Sharp Suits Now – you pay attention or you die You cannot stop us Narrator Strangers take children Strangers leaving Men in Sharp Suits Now – this is the price you have to pay You cannot stop us - Men in Sharp Suits leave -
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Dark Secrets 05:51
Starr Long ago, when the world had just begun An ancient people came to us Claimed to be, part of our history They promised change, they promised good Then, they took control of us Those ancient people led us on We turned against, our fellow countrymen They stole our lives They stole our hope Now, it’s time to turn it round We must revolt we must escape the underground No longer will we stay here Now, it’s time to turn it round We’ll learn to fight We’ll take the bastards by surprise We’ll start today Narrator The work begins at once The men recall their strengths They’ll learn to fight for love They’ll fight until the end - Ascent - Light shines down on the army small Light shines down as they rise at dawn But strange this world, there’s nobody here Empty place, only the sound of rain
7.
Guilt 04:08
Jacob This guilt of mine It weighs me down So let me tell you straight Your boys and girls Were taken far from here A place, beside the sea Starr Then there we’re heading Across the dusty plains We’ll find the children And bring them home again Bring them home again Ok? Jacob There’s something else You need to know This world is near its end Old rulers said The end of days Will take us by surprise Surprise Starr It’s just a rumour A vicious fairy tale The non-believers We’ll fight against the lie Fight against the lie Ok?
8.
Narrator Silent landscapes Greet them every day Rolling hills forever distant But still they journey Onward they must go Retribution they are seeking Many travellers Traffic overload On the empty roads In the morning sun Distant cityscapes Distant memories Nobel passengers On the train of life Still alive Still aware of the Sun Still aware of the world Still aware of the truth The truth - The approach - Men in Sharp Suits There I see an army There, they’re closing in Raise, raise our defences Never let them in Starr Stick together Enter South Show no mercy Fear or doubt Men in Sharp Suits There, they are approaching There, they’re closing in Now, we must assemble Never let them in Starr In we’re closing Soon we’ll strike Here together We must break them down - The battle -
9.
Narrator Men are captured Women butchered Few survivors Hell unleashed Railway tunnels Dungeons calling Deepest darkness Trapped once more Deep in the dark Where hope it is lost They’re counting the cost Lives gone Starr Remember today Remember it well The day we fell Cry away Cry away Don’t give up We have to rise again Narrator Out of the sky A light in the night The shape is descending Ablaze The rebels below The people aware The shape explodes Starr Right away Right away Something’s wrong We have to know We have to leave We have to rise again - Flattened city -
10.
Mothersphere 10:03
Narrator High, high in the sky Black clouds, they slowly dissipate Light rays, from the Sun Cascade, restoring long lost faith From under rock and stone The children rise Their faces black Here in the glowing light Time to reunite And leave it all behind They’ll walk a thousand miles A thousand more To find a place To build a home They'll start again They’ll leave it all behind A shape appears above, descending slowly. Clouds once again fill the sky, responding to their presence. The shape is a giant ship, encroaching upon the devastated city. Two strangers beam to the surface, armed with unfathomable weapons... - Ship in the sky – Narrator Ship up high Falling down Dark returns Nightmares call Starr Listen to me people Gather all your strength Time to fight for freedom Until the bitter end Strangers End is now End is now Narrator Light transports Strangers down Standing tall Weapons out Starr Listen to me people The tunnels underground There within the darkness We’ll give the run around Strangers Seek them out Seek them out - Back in the tunnels – Narrator Strangers follow cautiously Too dark to run, too dark to see Shadows disguising Shadows distorting Reality A maze of tube-ways interlinked A game of deadly hide and seek Starr Stay undercover Stay out of danger Wait here for me Starr Come to me you bastards Come show me what you’re made of Strangers Just listen to that creature Cunning in his madness Starr Come to me you bastards You’ll never leave this dungeon Strangers Just try to find those children Ignore the call of humans Narrator Deep within Strangers lost Starr retreats and turns to leave Strangers tricked by voices echoing Starr Quick to the surface We’ll head for the forest There’s no time to waste Narrator Women and children under blackened skies Heading for towering trees on distant plains Strangers are calling From the dark of the dungeons Lost deep inside City fading Future changing Forest haven Tasting freedom Mothersphere Shakes her head - End of days – Planet shaking Violent motion Surface tension Bleeding oceans Starr End is now End is now Narrator They stare toward the dying sky They stare beyond They pray to god they ask him why But god is gone The world they knew it slips away It fades to grey They hold their nerve until the end Terminally brave
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- Instrumental -

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Introduction to "Terminally Brave" -

The world is at war.

People live in fear, afraid of shadowy government organisations and their insidious agendas. As the cost of living soars, rebel factions arise, eager to regain control of the broken society.

Little do they know, an agenda of epic proportions is about to be unveiled...

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released October 17, 2011

Written, recorded & produced by Ian Gordon

Ian Gordon – Vocals/Instrumentation
Ibanez/Jackson guitars, Cubase 5 and a bunch of VST instruments

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