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Mike Pinder) How is it we are here on this path we walk In this world of pointless fear filled with empty talk Descend from the ape as scientist-priests all think Will they save us in the end, we’re trembling on the brink Men’s mighty mine-machines digging in the ground Stealing rare minerals where they [...]
Justin Hayward) Why do we never get an answer When we’re knocking at the door With a thousand million questions About hate and death and war? ‘Cause when we stop and look around us There is nothing that we need In a world of persecution that is burning in its greed Why do we never [...]
Justin Hayward) Rise, let us see you Dawning is the day Miss, misty meadow You will find your way Wake up in the morning to yourself and leave this crazy life behind you Listen, we’re trying to find you Flow to the sea You know where to go Still we are are free No one [...]
Ray Thomas) I’ve been searching for my dream A hundred times today I build them up, you knock them down Like they were made of clay CHORUS Then the tide rushes in And washes my castles away Then I’m really not so sure Which side of the bed I should lay I should lay… You [...]
John Lodge) You know he’s moving fast But he’s still going slow He’s ahead in the race And there is not far to go And your load is so heavy And your legs want to rest It’s all right, it’s all right, it’s all right You think he’s way up front But he’s so far [...]
Graeme Edge/Ray Thomas) After he had journeyed And his feet were sore And he was tired He came upon an orange grove And he rested And he lay in the cool And while rested, he took to himself an orange and tasted it And it was good And he felt the earth to his spine [...]
Mike Pinder) I’m a melancholy man, that’s what I am All the world surrounds me and my feet are on the ground I’m a very lonely man doing what I can All the world astounds me and I think I understand That we’re going to keep growing, wait and see When all the stars are [...]