The Mothersphere takes control. The black clouds brought about by the mysterious blast begin to dissipate. The rebels stand in awe as sunlight fills the injured city. Children emerge from crumbling ruins, many of them reunited with their parents. The quietude however, is all too brief.
lyrics
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
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
credits
from Terminally Brave (2011),
track released October 17, 2011
Written, recorded and produced by Ian Gordon
Noisy and frenetic no-wave shenanigans from the punk'ier end of the DFA stable, available on green vinyl for a limited time. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 4, 2016