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1. |
The Vice
07:34
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The Vice (lyrics P McMahon music C & P McMahon 1981)
When the vice of sleep lies broken
And the curtains of night hang torn
Unbidden thoughts are awoken
In the uncertain light of dawn you think you see
Well it can give you the strangest feeling
So gently it slips away
And the friends that you once thought so near
Seem to fade in the light of day
Well it's always been that way
And I think it's too late now
It may be too late
So much time has passed since then
I am no longer sure just how I feel
I don't know why they call time a healer
When it tears your flesh apart
Wipes out all your feelings
Squeezes tears of blood from your heart
Yes it's always been that way
And I think it's too late now
Yes I'm quite sure it's too late
Why does time take all our lives
And rip up apart it tears us apart
Heardens hearts & closes minds
As foetid hands choke life from life to dust
I was there even in your darkest hour
Fight despair only fear & hate devour
I was there even in your darkest hour
Fight despair only fear & hate devour
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Gabadon
03:41
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Gabadon (lyrics P McMahon, music C & P McMahon 1982)
You can run over stray dogs
Squeeze the crap out of hedgehogs
Switch on the key he
Puors out smoke like a chimney
It runs on diesel
You can run over weasels
Out on the road he
Gobbles miles like a roadie
The power of gods is in the hands of men
You're at the wheel of Gabadon again
Four wheel drive to cope with snow
And drive saloon cars off the road
The rear suspensions gone
Driving power at my comand
The power that rests within these hands
On the wheel of Gabadon
When it's raining the roof leaks
Nought to sixty in three weeks
When you change down to overtake
It screams like a mandrakke
Mickey Mouse gauges
The grime of the ages
You can run overt wall coz
It steers like a walrus
The power of gods is in the hands of fools
and mightly Gabadon a madmans tool
The squeal of brakes the crash of gears
manic laugh suppressed for years
All control is gone
When the feeling's more than I can stand
I'll close my eyes and take my hands
From the wheel of Gabadon
At the wheel of Gabadon again
Flesh and metal shall be one again
At the wheel of Gabadon again
Lost along the A1(M) again
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Survive
05:56
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Survive (Chris & Paul McMahon)
Hello how are you it's nice ot see you, nice to talk again
It's been a while since we last met, it's good to see an old friend
I'm coming home just for a while, though I might not stay
The road it seems to follow me, I rest when it says I may
It's not easy holding on you wake to find your dream has gone
And left alone with nothing left to say
Waiting for the break of day so I can travel on, and on
Times have long since gone the feeling starts to fade
A dusty mirror cracked forgotten cold lost dark in the shade
As they creep thruogh my window I stare into the rain
A darkened stream of wasted thoughts
Distant silver laughter mocks the pain
Cardboard people drift on by acting roles so false I have to laugh
So I came back again but it's not the same
Is there something you're trying to hide, or just that we've nothing left to say
Well I know it's not something that we could change
You know sometimes I'd like to try
Remember when I took your hand though you walked alone
Into the fading light to the sunset our refuge our home
The light it just slips away the night the coldest stone
Standing waiting for a sign though I know that it's gone
My thouhgts disjointed fragmented to a string of cliched line
Like the words to this song I've tried to write so many times
And as the echoes fade crashing through a darkened sky
(And the nightmares came true)
The waves engulf my soul as it screams oh please why?
I see now that the ghost of my mind has betrayed only you
The bright light blinds my mind somehow I cannot see so clearly now
But through the dark I fear that I'll survive
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4. |
Shadows
06:15
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5. |
In The Universe
03:46
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In The Universe (lyrics P McMahon Phil Walworth music P Chisnell, C & P McMahon 1986)
Dusk is falling in a windless sky
Breath of cold creeps silently by
Clouds sit still on the sleepless night
A spinning star that sheds no light
Stretching shadows to the evenings end
Linger on until the clouds descend
Silent thunder rocks the star filled sky
Mocking laughter in the seagull's cry
We held the power we danced in time
Searching for reason we lost the rhyme
The call relayed we can do no worse
Than see ourselves in the universe
Forget the shadow rise above the gloom
The wold is nothing but an empty room
Lock the door & close the windows tight
Nothing moves in the surrounding night
Fix your mind on the enclosing deep
Close your eyes in elernal sleep
Lock your heart & throw away the key
Drown your dreams in the uncaring sea
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6. |
In The Light
02:51
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In The Light (Paul McMahon)
You rise to greet the day
With the night far behind
In some mysterious way
You're not all alone
Trapped behind these walls
But inside you're free
To wander ancient halls
Forever turning keys
You spoke of your dreams once
But so long ago
Is it too late now
Will they never grow
How long have you been here
Shut away from light
When will it be clear
That your way is right
You spoke of your dreams once
Your dreams were so old
But now in the light of this new day
The blade is so cold
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7. |
Dig Them Mushrooms
07:45
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8. |
The Hum
04:07
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The Hum (lyrics P Chisnell, music P Chisnell, C & P McMahon 1983)
Up and down the street the lights go on
saiys Ethel to Joe "can you hear the hum"
"oh go to sleep"
"oh go to sleep"
But the hum got worse & sleep got less
Soon poor old Joe couldn't dream of Tess
Trouble was near
Trouble was near
The cause they found weass underground
Ethel dashed indoors to phone the town
"moles are at war"
"moles are at war"
In recessed dim blind panic reigned
As moles brown and black fought a battle of hue
How do they know who is who?
How do they know who is who?
Now all their troubles are soon to pass
As the man from the town brought out his gas
Now we can all get somew sleep
Now we can all get some sleep
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Seven Stones
10:33
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Seven Stones (Chris & Paul McMahon)
Day breaks light into a dark world
Stars fade I see where I am
Blue skies turn to grey inside me
Flying hight and into the rising sun
Dont wait for me any longer
By tomorrow things could have changes
It couldn't be the same
Seven stones seven stars above you
Dying in the courtyard there's one white tree
Memories fading from the old world
Living in a dream that's dead and gone
Don't wait for me any longer
I think already it's too late
It couldn't be the same
I'm not waiting any longer
By tomorrow things could have changed
It couldn't be the same
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Mountain
09:30
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Mountain (lyrics P McMahon music P Chisnell, C & P McMahon 1984)
High touching everything
Light guild the eagles wing
Touching the moments reflecting the light
Reaching the fountain reeling in the height
Hide in the shadew of a mountain
Core eroding marrow to bone
The seeds of silence are sown
Living behind breezes cooling in fie
Rising to capture the flames of desire
Light in the shape of a mountain
Flash revealing tendon & bone
Betraying framework of stone
Leaving behind in the stone of the pyre
Picture portrayed in the heart of the fire
Fly down the face of of a mountain
Light replacing muscle & bone
Behold the blood of the stone
High seeing everything
Might sear the granite ring
The mountain rises in fire
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11. |
The Night
07:45
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The Night (P McMahon 1979)
Well there was never a moment when I believed that I was alone
Though I never knew I could be so sure
That when my mind was troubled I could call on you
Never doubting you would help me
How could I be so wrong? Why did I trust you?
I placed all my hopes on you to be let down again
But now now I see you were never there at all
You see that I I could never doubt you
But I can live without you I'm sure I can
You see that I never needed you that was just a phase I was going through believe me
All this time and nothing left to show
But self deluding dreams than never grow
Acid thoughts bite deep into my pain
Ice cold fear drives bitterness insane
I see now what I must do I guess I always knew
And now now that all is said and done I never really cared
You see that I I knew it all along
But I took that pain and I was strong but not enough
I can face the night but when that darkness leaves
I just can't bear to face the dawn alone not alone
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The Ember
04:31
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The Ember (lyrics P McMahon music C & P McMahon 1984)
How far down can you go? How much does it show?
Losing faith in the game nothing fits the same
Total breakdown final closedown
Three stand stark on the stage
One night standing pain unending
Til the end of the age
Passing, leaving behind, children of the blind
Lifeblood, red rivers flow, the ember can still glow
So many things have ended, so many race run
That when the night comes down again
Who the hell has won?
Hold on, nothing is real, don't heed what you feel
Don't cry, we must be strong, nothing last for long
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13. |
For Whom
05:20
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For Whom (lyrics P McMahon music P McMahon 1983)
Maybe I've been wroing
But I wish I could see you now
And though it seems so long ago
I need you still
I've never been a slave to truth but
I meant every word I said
Every move I made
I made for you
If you need a friend
You'll always find me here
I'll stay by you until the end
I love you still
And we'll watch the years go by
I'll be right here by your side
We can turn the tide
We can turn the tide
I know that I've been wrong
But I wish I could touch you now
I know I let some chances slip
Give me just one more
I never gave a damn for truth but
They cannot hurt you now
Don't let them hurt you now
And we'll watch the years go by
I'll be right here by your side
I meant every word I said
Evey move I made
I made for you
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14. |
Fallen Leaves
04:13
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Fallen Leaves (by Paul Chisnell, Paul McMahon, Chris McMahon & Rob Heeley)
Leaves long since fallen have been blown into the roadside
Their veins bleached a blatant silver against the reds and golds of autumn
By winter's frosty hand
Fallen Leaves
The warm room beckons shuttered windows blazing fires
Forlorn we shelter against the late of glowring gales
Laughing in glee as it hesitates and destroys the delicate web
Woven by the summers evening in my head
Fallen Leaves
A glass of cider sitting on the warm earth
Dust of countless feet treading on towards the autumn
Where the leaves have long since fallen
Fallen Leaves
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15. |
The Load
07:43
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The Load (P McMahon)
silence, breathing, pulse beats slow
lifeblood courses, veins dilate
eyes stare blindly, pupils glow
cataclysm imminent
you can only wait
reason nods politely slips out by the back door
logic reels & shakes it's head & looks away
intuition sighs, it's seen this facile play before
manic laughter every mad dog has it's day
limbs work disjointedly, mouth slack in vacant dismay
a scarcely articulate puppet, the madman at play
wake look around you the walls that surround you
are padded and grey, there's no glass, there's no cutlery
external sensory input is zero
the psyche implodes, psychic shrapnel tears holes in your mind
take the strain, the power can hold back the pain
ebb and flow, alone you must carry the load
chasing rainbows
on where god knows
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Don't Leave Me Here
05:24
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Don't Leave Me Here
time was when you were on my side
giving me strength to fight the tide
the tide has turned, I'm sinking down
don't turn away, I need you now
don't leave me here
strange to think of how it might have been
taking the chances with every scene
the lights go up, the curtain falls
what I need now is your applause
don't leave me here
lightning strikes, thunder rolls
lacking the credence to ride the storm
one more flash will blind me
take my hand and guide me
don't leave me here
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17. |
See Her Face
03:40
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See Her Face (lyrics P McMahon music P McMahon 1986)
She knows she has the strength of illusion
She will never concede the game
Face to fac e revealing only what she wants to show
She shines, like the sun on a window pane
She needs no hiding place, see her face
She waits, alone in a web of seclusion
One eye stares at the falling rain
He will come, to burn his wings before the lighted flame
She smiles, cold as frost on the crystal pane
She needs no hiding place, see her face
She moves, he follows as lamb to the slaughter
Dancing only at her command
In the end, his eyes shall see her as she is and then
Her hand cuts the string and the puppet dies
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Chat
01:07
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20. |
The Red Room
06:46
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The Red Room (Paul McMahon) 1987
By the light of reason, all the world seems clear, what do we have left to fear
And in the eyes of science, each obeys the rules, those who doubt are worse than fools
Nightmare vision the language of dreams, heeds no law
Oh in the dead of the night you never know what will grow
Dead eyed spectres remorseless and cold, walk the room
Here in silence they watch through the dark windows of the soul
We live by our assumptions, some of them are true, but most of them we never prove
The guiding force of interlect, gave us all it knew, but it only asks the questions it gives answers to
Older instincts have gone underground, undisturbed
How can you deny what you don't even know is here
In the Red Room we see what we are, and what we were
Here in subconscious refuge we dance to the pulse of fear, the pulse of fear
We are the nightmares you can't escape,
we are your childhood fears you've locked away
We are the dark thoughts left unspoken
We are behind that door you fear to open
To the Red Room
To the Red Room
Here in the Red Room, we feed on hate
Here in the Red Room, we wait, we wait
We wait
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21. |
Brain Damage/Eclipse
05:39
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22. |
The Exiles Song
12:33
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The Exiles Song (Chris & Paul McMahon 1976)
Watchers guard the entrance to the never ending spiral
Leading out 'til you reach the mountain side
We have journeyed through many lands and many things we've seen
But never have we known such a time
The gates of our homeland are closed for evermore
By the evil which lurks deep inside
Many time we've tried and many times we've failed
To take back what once was our own
Then from afar came the message of war throughout the land
And offers of allegiance to the great and dark land
So we came to you our friends for council in this dark time
For war we have no wish, just need peace of mind
And so they spoke deep in the night of many things long past
And answered many things long forgotten
But the light of the Western world was darkened as they spoke
And the darkness weighed heavy on all those there
Looking to the west many wished to return
But what ship would bear us 'cross so wide a sea
And in a dream I saw a lone figure standing proud
In the moonlight on top of the stair
And then I head the crashing waves upon the Western shore
And I wished to leave this land of darkness hate and war
Fly across the sea seek and we may find
But the darkness grows deeper for us and all our kind
His stronghold in our fair woods has long since been destroyed
But the evil still lingers one
When the evening draws on and the feasting ends
Then his memory still lasts til the morn
Until the morn
Then a shadow blocked the sun spreading terror and death
The king fell upon the field
But the creature was slain and the battle renewed
when the dead came to honour their oath
The king rode forth and the enemy withdrew
Before gleaming Anduril forged anew
The tide of the battle turned and that host did retreat
Although they fought on They faced defeat
Midst the blood and fire of battle there's a cone of light shines down
Down from the white magicians hand
And above the cries of battle there's a stillness in the air
Far above the eagles flying high
Fly high
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Haze Sheffield, UK
Sheffield progressive rockers Haze celebrated 40 years of making music with two anniversary shows in 2018. Both shows were
recorded for CD & DVD release.
The bands first studio CD of new material since 2013 'Back To The Bones' will be released on CD & digital download on 4th July 2020
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