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The Beast
04:19
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The Beast
(Ray Cooper)
Welcome to the Middle Ages
Where the past bites back through history's pages
Back to a world of pirates religious wars beheadings and slaves
We thought the past was buried and there it would stay
Locked up in tombs old stones and graves
Not reaching out with it's skeletal hand to break the earth where it was laid
But it's back
It never left
We're beginning to see the future
And it's too much like the past
And we're looking at a future
We didn't build to last
The past should stay where it was
In ruined castles old folk songs or buried in the ground
But it's not
It's up and moving about like some awful beast come to tell us it never went away
It let us think that
It never listened to those speeches by well meaning politicians
On the aspirations of post-war Britain
Our grandfathers paid the price in blood and gave us this world for free
So we could dance in the rain at Glastonbury
It's a wake up call, that's all, we just got lazy with it all
There was no war to end all wars there is no drink to end all drinks
Of course the beast is back
It never left.
We're beginning to see the future
And it's too much like the past
And we're looking at a future
We didn't build to last
We got an overclass an underclass
And behind that another underclass
We got untouchables somewhere far away
Who tread the mill that turns our wheel of luxury
We got Nazis, in the school yard, and in the streets
Something we never thought we'd see
We got contract hours back down to zero
Leaders with the hobbies of Nero
Not much talk of a minimum wage
What do we do? Comfort is the enemy of rage
We take selfies in the looking glass
And buy stuff that's not made to last
We got robots that will take our jobs, and all the temptations of Pandora's box
The beast Is back
We're beginning to see the future..
And it's too much like the past
We're looking at a future
We didn't build to last
We're looking at a future
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Eyes Of Mercy
03:47
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Eyes Of Mercy
(Ray Cooper)
I hear you coming from the rustle of your clothes
The sound of plastic slippers on a polished floor
Check the signs read the charts down the line and then check mine
Can't turn my head but I hear what you said
I wish I could answer 'Just fine'
I want to breathe...I want to breathe
How long have I been here, hours turn to days
There's an angel by my bedside with a covered face
I'll try to be your small success and I hope you make it too
Eyes wide awake night and day tired eyes
That watch for signs
Stay awhile
Lead me through to the front door or to the back
Lead me through
Through to the light or to the black
I need someone to hear my tale or it will stay with me
This one wants to run and needs someone to set it free
It's only when the days grow short I see the course I've run
It's only when I stopped the race I saw that long ago I'd won
Goodbye to the past
And if the flames leave just us
Those who make it through will remember you
And thank the few
Eyes of mercy tired eyes Eyes of angels by my side ….stay awhile
Eyes that work night and day Eyes that watch eyes that pray stay awhile
Eyes of mercy tired eyes
Stay awhile
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The Burning Pile
04:11
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Ray Cooper UK
Ray Cooper is a singer/songwriter and multi instrumentalist currently residing in the depths of Sweden where he moved in
2000. He left Oysterband in 2013 after a year in which they picked up 3 BBC2 Folk Awards and appeared live on the "Later..with Jools Holland' show. Since then he has carved out a successful solo career.
Photo by Kerstin Maier
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