Cry, Boudica!
I am the queen of the Iceni
Made widow, forced to live by Roman will
Witness to my daughter’s rape
I was tied and I was flogged
Deserted by our gods
Oaths are made and oaths are broken
Words are whispered rarely spoken
Threats are raised and carried through
Nothing’s clear and nothing’s true
They’ll find out soon!
Someone has to make a stand
Carve a path across the land
Now the empire feels the wrath
And blood will see them count the cost
Ten thousand souls will have their day
Those monsters will pay
They choose to use intimidation
They choose to use humiliation
How far can a human walk
This kind of path until they break
All hope forsaken…
Someone has to make a stand
Carve a path across the land
Now the empire feels the wrath
And blood will see them count the cost
Ten thousand souls will have their day
Those monsters will pay
Cry ‘Boudica!’
I am the blade, that will cut right through my enemies
I am the thorn, in the side of all my foes
I stand against oppressors
I’ll lead you through the lines
Cry ‘Boudica!’ – Shout ‘Victory!’
It’s too late for conciliation
And now I seek retaliation
How far can a human walk this kind of path
Until they break
No more!
I am the blade, that will cut right through my enemies
I am the thorn, in the side of all my foes
I stand against oppressors
I’ll lead you through the lines
Cry ‘Boudica!’ – Shout ‘Victory!’
And through these fights and skirmishes
I remain victorious
From Colchester to London town
I own the battle ground
But then my fortunes fall away
And with that comes my darkest day
We have the courage and the heart
But that is not enough
Now we fall
To the might of an empire
But they’ll never find what’s left of me
And so the myth, and so the legend lives
Cry ‘Boudica!’
I am the blade, that will cut right through my enemies
I am the thorn, in the side of all my foes
I stand against oppressors
I’ll lead you through the lines
Cry ‘Boudica!’ – Victory!
I am the blade, that will cut right through my enemies
Cry ‘Boudica!’ – Victory!
Cry ‘Boudica!’ – Victory!
Cry ‘Boudica!’ – Victory!
And so the myth, and so the legend lives!
Boudica… Boudica…
The Final Redoubt
The threat is at the gateway
The threat is at the gateway
The final redoubt
These walls will not come down
These walls were built to last
The final redoubt
So many of them out there
A sea of faces blending into one
The silence as they wait there
Silence like thunder
These walls will not come down
These walls were built to last
You will not shatter our defences
You shall not pass
A thousand souls are raging
Everyone is straining at the leash
A thousand souls are raging
Heroes will break free
These walls will not come down
This rock will stand the blast
You will not shatter our defences – No!
You shall not pass
You shall not pass
You are disease you are contagion
Offering this plague like some religion
Spreading sickness without care or heed
Blind to what the consequence may be
The threat is at the gateway
The battle horns are bracing for the rout
We’re ready for the struggle
The final redoubt
These walls will not come down
These walls were built to last
You will not shatter our defences – No…!
You shall not pass
You shall not pass
You shall not pass
You shall not pass
Footprints
Block by block I build the walls
This is mine and mine alone
I own my slips, I own my falls
These are seeds that I have sown
Sown, sown, sown, sown
No one in and no one out
The surface cold, so cold it burns
This worthy kind of heat surrounds me
Nothing seen and nothing heard
Leaving footprints in the snow
As I walk into the freeze
I have built this living fortress
I am waiting for the siege
Leaving footprints in the snow
As I walk the farthest reach
To my barricade of ice
I am waiting for the siege
This is where I choose to be
And I know the time grows near
And so I face the enemy
They will never enter here
Here, here, here, here
This is where I choose to lie
Deep within the arctic frost
My winter stronghold rises high
And so I draw the line
And so I draw the line that won’t be crossed
Leaving footprints in the snow
As I walk into the freeze
I have built this living fortress
I am waiting for the siege
Leaving footprints in the snow
As I walk the farthest reach
To my barricade of ice
I am waiting for the siege
This is where I choose to be
I know the time grows near
And so I face my enemies
They will never enter here
Here, here, here, here
This is where I choose to lie
Deep within the arctic frost
My winter stronghold rises high
A line that won’t be crossed
Leaving footprints in the snow
As I walk into the freeze
I have built this living fortress
I am waiting for the siege
As I walk into the freeze
I am waiting for the siege
I am waiting for the siege
Footprints in the snow
As I walk into the freeze
I have built this living fortress
I am waiting for the siege
All There Is To See
The world is too large to visualise at once
I need oceans, I need islands, I need lines
This island is too much to visualise at once
I need walls to keep me in, I need lines
This is where my thoughts can freely fly away
Then I know just what the universe has got to say
You’ll find me in this house of chaos
Wading through my manic dreams
If you’re wise you won’t come near to me
Should your wildest fears appear
Run or they will trap you here forever, forever
Forever
From here I can reach beyond this tapestry
Crossing mountains that would barricade my way
Now I see all there is to see, all there is to see
This is where my thoughts can freely fly away
Then I know just what the universe has got to say
You’ll find me in this house of chaos
Wading through my manic dreams
If you’re wise you won’t come near to me
You’ll find me in this house of chaos
Wading through my manic dreams
If you’re wise you won’t come near to me
Should your wildest fears appear
Run or they will trap you here forever, forever
When My Eyes Are Closed
It seems like an eternity
This empty space now part of me
The path I walk is cold and without end
A wilderness of imagery
It all comes crowding in on me
I turn away and slowly count to ten
Then it’s gone
Like a melody just out of reach
Gone
Like a picture I no longer see
Where am I now?
Who am I now?
I lived with me for so very long
My story threads through all I know
But something passed beyond my grasp
My doubts forever growing
I knew myself so very well
Now most of me is lost in smoke
And everything has gone to hell
I only get to see me
When my eyes are closed
When did I start to move away
When did I choose another name
The path I walk is dark and full of fear
When did we both last think the same
When did we both last share the flames
How long is it since all our thoughts were clear
Then you’re gone
Like a melody just out of reach
Gone
Like a picture I no longer see
Where am I now?
Who am I now?
I lived with me for so very long
My story threads through all I know
But something passed beyond my grasp
My doubts forever growing
I knew myself so very well
Now most of me is lost in smoke
And everything has gone to hell
I only get to see me
When my eyes are closed
I hear the ticking of a clock
I do not know what happened here
And nothing feels familiar
The path I walk is lonely and remote
I don’t know what may happen next
Nothing’s fixed and nothing’s set
I’m sinking in this swamp, I cannot float
Then you’re gone
Like a melody just out of reach
Gone
Like a picture I no longer see
Where am I now?
Who am I now?
I hear the ticking of a clock
As I fade and disappear into this fog
I hear the chiming of a bell
As I mourn the things I felt
And I cannot stop them melting away, away
My doubts forever growing
I knew myself so very well
Now most of me is lost in smoke
And everything has gone to hell
I only get to see me
I lived with me for so very long
My story threads through all I know
But something passed beyond my grasp
My doubts forever growing
I knew myself so very well
Now most of me is lost in smoke
And everything has gone to hell
I only get to see me
When my eyes are closed
To The Victor Go The Spoils
Unknown
Never Burn The Cakes
When the odds are weighed against you and you can’t go on
When you watch that spider climbing up in vain
Slowly rise and quickly fall, one two three
Then you know that you will try and try again
As you fight to be a legend
As you reach out to the stars
Let your deeds become the fire to light the day
When you carve your reputation
Then your name will travel far
So choose your acts with care along the way
You cannot be a hero without danger of defeat
You cannot have a sword without a blade
You cannot be the victor with no enemy to beat
Perception is the key for a golden destiny
But take care that you never burn the cakes!
When you’ve fallen to the ground and you can’t get up
And you’re sitting there defeated in the marsh
When the grimy smell of burning starts to fill your head
The time has clearly come for a change of heart
As you fight to be a legend
As you reach out to the stars
Let your deeds become the fire to light the day
When you carve your reputation
Then your name will travel far
So choose your acts with care along the way
You cannot be a phoenix till you’ve risen from the dead
Your influence in history is at stake
If you wish to be immortalised beware of what is said
Perception is the key
For a golden destiny
When wise old King Canute failed to hold that tide
He was demonstrating human limitation
He was merely God’s anointed and to make this point
He provided a most graphic illustration
But history has a way of obsessing on such things
And skewed interpretations are the core
The story becomes tall
And all we can recall
Is a madman sitting ranting on the shore
You cannot be a hero without danger of defeat
You cannot have a sword without a blade
You cannot be the victor with no enemy to beat
In battle you must never be too late
You cannot be a phoenix till you’ve risen from the dead
Your influence in history is at stake
If you wish to be immortalised beware of what is said
Perception is the key
For a golden destiny
But take care that you never burn the cakes!
The Last Arrow
One more arrow is my prayer to the gods
And I rise and make a stand against the rush
Holding back a tide that can never now be turned
I’m ready to be crushed into the mud
One more arrow, another chance to roll the dice
And time is but the enemy of hope
Everything we choose is a sacrifice
I’m standing with my back against the moat
Terrify – Resist – Isolate – Submit
In the earth and the stones you may find my broken bones
Are they waiting in the field that I was slain?
Or by some twist of fate did I find that wooden shaft?
And win myself the chance to walk away
One more arrow is all I ask!
One more shot before I’m gone
Give me one more chance
For a few more precious moments
To spend that time with you
To spend that time with you
Tolerate – Agonise – Nullified
Wood and feather flies as it arcs into the air
And I listen to it whisper through the blue
Dealing out the judgement to adversary and foe
Now I see if this path can run true
I reach through the bars – Anger is my cage
I’m a prisoner – I am desperate to escape
I’m caught in here too scared to let you go
I reach through the bars – Anger is my cage
I’m a prisoner – I am desperate to escape
I rattle every chain in frustration and in pain
Perhaps a thousand years from now
A hand will rest upon my brow
A battleground revealed once more
The echoes of the dead can’t be ignored
The echoes of the dead can’t be ignored
One more arrow is all I ask
One more shot before I’m gone
Give me one more chance
For a few more precious moments
To spend that time…
One more arrow is all I ask
One more shot before I’m gone
Give me one more chance
For a few more precious moments
To spend that time with you
Spend that time with you
Terrify – Resist – Isolate – Submit – Tolerate – Agonise – Nullified
Deep
Here I go now
Sinking down now
This is the perfect place to hide
The world will turn but let me fade
Far beyond the searching lights
Farther than the talus caves
Settled down within the womb
Nested into solid rock
Let me lie within this tomb
Forever sealed forever locked
Here I go now
Close my eyes now
Let me fall between the cracks
Let me slide along the ice
I will cut away the threads
As I pale into the night
I am darkness to your eyes
Invisible to those who watch
I’m a stream that carves a line
Not set but never, never lost
Here I go now
Sinking down now
Sinking deep
Blood Moon
Blood moon, hanging in the sky
Silent as the hours drag by, drag by
Shadows dance around
Soundless in their mournful sighs…
Soon now, holding on to hope
Eyes will meet across the field of conflict
Soon will come the dawn
Every human fate is sealed
Cold wind reaching into bones
Whispering of battles gone by, gone by
Courage fades away
Glory is a long-lost cry
The drums of war they beat so slow
In the calm before the storm begins
Your nerves wind tight as you listen for the word
In the waiting, in the waiting when the storm begins
Blood moon, eyes on the horizon
Emotions intertwined with fear and purpose
Captured in the peace
Ready now to face the spears
Day break, swords will rise again
Voices chanting out in prayer, in prayer
Hammering of hearts
Closer now, we’re almost there
The drums of war they beat so slow
In the calm before the storm begins
Your nerves wind tight as you listen for the word
In the waiting, in the waiting when the storm begins
Blood moon hanging in the sky
Blood moon…
Unleash the storm