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DEMON LYRICS
"The Plague" (1983)
1. The Plague
2. Nowhere to Run
3. Fever in the City
4. Blackheath
5. Blackheath Intro
6. The Writings on the Wall
7. The Only Sane Man
8. A Step Too Far
1. The Plague
Begin the madness
Tear down the sign
Ideals and values
They use to keep us in line
Turn a blind eye to jobless millions
Queues of wreckage to be broken down
Leaders feed us their solutions
Mistakes the death cart clears away
Beware of the...
The plague
The plague
The plague
The plague
A pig for power
Misplacing trust
Science moves fact to fiction
Disturbing dust
All this in the name of progress
While our existence is sold downstream
Religion plays upon the ruin
While Manson throws away the key
Beware of the...
The plague
The plague
The plague
The plague
Don't look at me
I'm not the answer
Look to you
It's where it's at
Don't look at me
I'm not the saviour
It's up to you
To face yourself
What price the future
And Orwell's dream
All yours big brother
On twenty two inch screen
The tragedy we bleed human
Can't feed emotion to the zombie brain
And as the rat becomes exhausted
We stand to lose the game
Beware of the...
The plague
The plague
The plague
The plague
2. Nowhere to Run
Nowhere to run
No place left to hide
Nowhere to run
No place left to hide
I just can't believe it
What a waste
What the hell has gone on here
This devastated place
Thought this was buried with Dachau
But there's new blood on the tracks
Outside the city
They're shooting people out of fear
Nowhere to run
No place left to hide
Nowhere to run
No place left to hide
Broken lambs to the slaughter
Soiled red like the sea
In the land of the holy
The Devil runs free
No dignity in death now
As they litter the streets
What's for the living
They'll build you up to knock you down again
Nowhere to run
No place left to hide
Shadows cast upon this land
A black cloth drapes a promise land
Shadows cast upon this land
A black cloth drapes a promise land
3. Fever in the City
Fever's in the city
Fever's in the city
The wind she cries
A bell is ringing
Stood outside
I could hear the sound
Keep away
Before we know
Before we will know
Fever's in the city
The fever's in the city
People dying in the city
Fever's in the city
A lonely sign read welcome
Somewhere our side
For just someone
How do we
Heaven forgive them
For they finally blew the wall
It's a visitation to us all
Fever's in the city
The fever's in the city
People dying in the city
Fever's in the city
4. Blackheath
Take a seat we've got it made
You're moved to precision
We're all sold out of human rights
It's made your decision
Keep belief in avoiding wars
Keep faith in Santa Claus
Feel free the first time in your life
Give yourself away
Blackheath
Nothing goes on here
Blackheath
Nothing grows on here
Blackheath
Only children play
On your admission the ride is free
Whatever takes your fancy
It's time to change your life support
We've got the future bottled
One chance to get away from it all
What a way to go
No more fear from crazy toys
We got the answer
Blackheath
Nothing goes on here
Blackheath
Nothing grows on here
Blackheath
Only children play
5. Blackheath Intro
If I believed in all I've read
I'd be marching with them to the black lands
Of the living dead
Blackheath
Nothing goes on here
Blackheath
Nothing grows on here
Blackheath
Only children play
6. The Writings on the Wall
Life's no more exciting after twenty one
Than Billy Graham or Mary Millingham with no drawers on
Piss artists who feel they're owed one after time
Rise up from the slaughterhouse into the mime
The prostitute and the businessman in compromising poses
Dirty linen done in bed
A sell out between the sheets
All the Kings horses and Presidents men
Couldn't put Dick back together again
The writings on the wall
The writings on the wall
Dr Frankenstein getting government grants
While Mrs T nurses another right wing transplant
Society's rag mag throwin' desperate fits
Offering you comfort on page three showing the naughty bits
The guardian of the times
Sees no reflection in the mirror
Life's become a comic strip
A prime time for master spies
All the Kings horses and Presidents men
Couldn't put Dick back together again
The writings on the wall
The writings on the wall
The Beeb's gone underground for posterity
Taking readers of the Radio Times
The Bible and those with false teeth
A sick society dropping national health
Stirred up by gay boys protected by their wealth
Now the bear lies wounded
Another chip of the block
Skid marks on the collar
Lipstick on their seats
All the Kings horses and Presidents men
Couldn't put Dick back together again
The writings on the wall
The writings on the wall
All the Kings horses and Presidents men
Couldn't put Dick back together again
The writings on the wall
The writings on the wall
7. The Only Sane Man
I can't come down
It's gone too far
Oh I can't come down
It makes no sense
Just wasted words
Oh I can't come down
I've tried to come to terms with it all
Has it really gone this far
Love suspended frozen in a jar
I never did belong
They're staring back at me from inside the cage
I'm staring back at me
The ape's coming of age
I can't come down
It's gone too far
Oh I can't come down
It makes no sense
Just wasted words
Oh I can't come down
Why offer stimulation to a lost cause
You drive the nails in
Oh I can't take anymore
I'm the last one survivor I took you all
I'm the rare breed the cast off
Come on break the mould
I can't come down
It's gone too far
Oh I can't come down
It makes no sense
Just wasted words
Oh I can't come down
8. A Step Too Far
Standing out in wastes of time
Deals were made while you're away
Your part's in the answer
To it all
To it all
Run free you spaced out monkey
Run free you superman
A shining example to us all
Destination has no matter
Gravity can't take the weight
You wait in the slipstream
To be called
To be called
Run free you spaced out monkey
Run free you superman
A shining example to us all
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