Noise Epic

Pleading with Athos of the Rock

In the ancient language which he spoke

But I didn't even give a damn

'Cause all I wanted to do was just sit and have a toke

Talk about the restless winds that were blowing in my mind

That twisted all we grow as too thin

And feelings I had which I couldn't describe

And the places I'd come within

And in the chrome light I stood up and I just began

I'd sell my pride on a whim, let it blow

The righteous light that was guiding me still

And the man with the Holy soul

Impatience took a dim view of my words

And let me down again

I'm so dusty, cladden with all that world-weary stars and reverends

I've got your Mother Mary, God

Life is empty

I wanna find some peace today

I said, Mother Mary, oh

Life's so empty

I need some peace today, oh oh today

Oh those twisted corridors of power

In the ivory walls of hate

Where the eagle flies so proudly

And I just can't, just can't wait

In the victim's mind, he's ready

He is ready to exploit the weakness

Of the century's greed and feebleness

And the lies they whisper

To his brothers and sisters

Please Jesus, oh I love you

Won't you come and stay

Mother Mary, I know life is empty

I wanna find some peace today

Hannah hung around for the the rapture

On the roam for forty years

Of course no-one came, and you know I still live in fear

I was waiting for the witnesses of seventy-two

I was waiting for the world to fall apart, how about you?

If Husain could have waited

Nava'i could have seen the stars in the sky

'Cause I've been waiting for you for fifty odd years

I've been waiting for you through these hopes and these tears

I was waiting for you, I'm a-waiting for you

There's thunder, in the sky

Why why why - did I let you down?

Can I carry that cross for you?

Can I carry that cross for you?

Is there anything that I need to know?

Did you let me down?

Did you let me down?

Why why why - did you let me down?

Did you think I wouldn't know

Why why why - did you let me down?

I wanna sit right here, I'm gonna write you a letter

I wanna sail, I wanna sail over the ocean

I'm only Georgie Best and Muhammad Ali

I don't just use my fists, yeah I use my feet

They got spirit, I got spirit

Oh mama mama mama it's like yellow earth

What was it like for you when you was giving birth

You got it in for you, I got it in for me

I said, why you always jumping fences like Stevie Mc Queen?

I got spirit, come feel it

I got spirit, you can feel it

He got spirit, we gotta feel it

You got spirit, scream if you feel it

WAKE UP, WAKE UP, WAKE UP, WAKE UP, WAKE UP,

WAKE UP, WAKE UP, WAKE UP, WAKE UP, WAKE UP