Echoes of Albion (on back order!)
by Matt Steady
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Signed "Echoes of Albion" CD
Compact Disc (CD) + Digital AlbumA compact disc of the new album, appropriately packaged in recyclable materials. Encased in beautiful artwork including photography by Nick Tsiatinis, with a personalized autograph written by my grateful hand.
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The Green Man
03:58
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Way back in time before memories
We lived in the fields of our birth
We nurtured the soil and the forests and trees
In return we lived off the earth
What is seen is not all there is
There are two realms intertwined
A spiritual world just out of sight But rarely far from mind
Closer still when the solstice came
Along ley lines and cairns of power
The mysteries of the spirit world
Came abroad for barely an hour
Brief shadows seen and the legends grew
A little perspective of our place in this scene
The balance of nature and spirit life
Respect for the space in-between
When the twilight comes and the worlds collide
That boundary between death and dark and life and light
The green man glimpsed in his ancient home
Out of the corner of the eye just out of sight - the green man
And now the chainsaws scream out their songs of hate
Commuters their willing slaves
The cranes they'll run up a pirate's flag
The bulldozers dig their unmarked graves
Shrines to money's indifference
It's gone further than anyone planned
Profit runs without boundaries
Spewing out concrete covering this land
When the twilight comes and the worlds collide
There's nowhere left to roam
The green man cries from a far-off wood
Remembering his long-lost home - the green man
A wise man once prophesied to me
That we'll rip up the roads and tear the buildings down
The forests will grow green and the streams will run clear
There'll be healing and harmony all around
When the twilight comes and the worlds collide
There might be just enough space to roam
The green man can be glimpsed in a far-off wood
Walking back through his long-lost home - the green man
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Lindow Moss
06:24
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When the cold night is over it seems
And the curls of mist begin to glow
With the half-way forgotten paths of wakings and dreams
Where you traded the memories of another man’s soul
Offerings to heaven from the heather and peat
A soul takes root in ancient fen
The purchase of a year with two centuries of rest
Eyes open: contemplation of an end
The almost-human shapes of tree-roots
Tortured and screaming silently into the washed-out sky
Strangled and drowned by the rise of the dark loam
Brown brush erupts from the blackness below
Sharp fireworks of leaves, coloured and vivid
Crossing a monochrome background of ancient, grainy cine film
There’s no pain any more as the cold chill sets in
No fear now I’ve settled up on this course
My mind expands, diffuses and spills
Becomes greater and wider yet slower and greyer
There’s an unmatched peace and a gentle joy
Stiff muscles relax and eyelids drop
Sleep beckons – the rest of ages
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62 ships, 10000 souls,
Sailing right out of the sun
The empire's might sees the furious tribes
Lined up for the battle to come
No safe landing here
The fleet sails east to a landing at Walmer
The troops forced to swim from deep water
With the Britons attacking at range from the shallows
They're heading right into the slaughter
No safe landing here
A talisman of hope to England's friend
A beacon of welcome at long journey's end
This green and pleasant land is guarded over
By the ancient watchmen of the white cliffs of dover
After 2000 years, a greater threat
Rises from out of the east
The country defends in blackouts and fear
From the air not only the seas
No safe landing here
Batteries of guns and listening posts
Bristle along the cliff
Circling above a hurricane wheels
The few become part of the myth
No safe landing here
A talisman of hope to England's friend
A beacon of welcome at long journey's end
This green and pleasant land is guarded over
By the ancient watchmen of the white cliffs of dover
No safe landing here
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Boudicea
03:34
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Daughter of sorrow, my ears have heard your cries
The shame of these days will be avenged I give my word
The treatment of your daughters is an outrage in my sight
And the hare will lead you on
Hares and foxes ruling over dogs and wolves
Nature's order overthrown
Rise up and fight for your family and farm
And the hare will lead you on
Where I lead, the hare will follow
Towards victory and sorrow
I can see the future though it's laced with autumn fog
And I promise you that Colchester will fall
Tear down the foreign temple and burn it to the ground
And the hare will lead you on
The hare will lead and you will follow
Towards victory and sorrow
The citizens of London will pay a higher cost
Take the town and kill them to the man
With the !gibbet, fire and bow you must purge the land of filth
And the hare will lead you on
The hare will lead and you will follow
Towards victory and sorrow
You will lead, and they will follow
Towards victory and sorrow
I will lead, and you will follow
Towards victory and sorrow
Further on grows dark and cold, I fear I cannot tell
Defeat's bitter smell is rising high
"Death before slavery" that's the cry, now raise your heads
And the hare will lead you on
I will lead, and you will follow
Towards victory and sorrow
I will lead, and you will follow
Towards victory and sorrow
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Hadrian's Wall
03:18
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There’s a wall
From the Tyne to the Solway Firth on the Irish Sea
There’s a wall
Showing the empire’s might to the painted horde
There’s a wall
Projecting power, designed to over-awe
There’s a wall
Speaking more of fear than of authority
No way, not me, not you, not here, not now
There’s a wall
Not physical bricks, but built from heart and mind
There’s a wall
A deeper divide, wider than the sea
There’s a wall
Our fear is making us think we need to be free
There’s a wall
In our haste we lose the friends we leave behind
No way, not me, not you, not here, not now
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Aberdour
05:32
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Delightful to me to be on an island hill,
On the crest of a rock,
That I might watch the quiet sea
That I might watch the heavy waves
above the bright waters
As they chant to their Father
That I might watch its bright-bordered shore
That I might hear the cry of the strange birds
That I might hear the murmur of the long waves against the rocks
That I might hear the sound of the sea
Like mourning beside a grave
That I might watch the seals in well-watered seas
And view the mighty whales, the greatest wonder
That I might watch its ebb and flood, in their course
And my name should be "he who turned his back"
May I have a contrite heart, as I watch
That I might repent my many sins, hard to tell
That I might bless the Lord who rules all things
Heaven with its splendid host, earth, ebb, and flood
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Runnymede
03:28
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Didn't you heed the warning in 1984
A man has the right to be free
You can't control what he should read and take away his choice
I'm calling on the spirit of Runnymede
Justice can't be bought or sold, denied or delayed
There shall be no detention without cause
Even the most base have the right to a trial
I'm calling on the spirit of Runnymede
You may tread the granite stair
You may sit upon chairs of bronze
Contemplate 'neath the Ankerycke Yew
Freedom, equality and the rule of law
An acorn
A mustard seed
No-one is above the law, even the head of state
The purpose of power is to give it away
We have to hold our leaders to a standard that’s higher
I'm calling on the spirit of Runnymede
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Old Sarum
04:24
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I nocked an arrow to my bow and I brought it to my eye
Pulled back the cord to rest beside my cheek
I stilled my heart and held my breath and waited for the wind
Then I let it loose to leap into the sky
Let it fly
Staring at the target till it seems to fill your view
Perfection never lasts beyond release
And even though I only serve the one true Lord our God
I still quietly mouth a prayer to the yew
let it fly
The most important shot I took, from the top of Sarum's hill
I closed my eyes and trusted in the winds
The arrow took a white deer, hidden from my view,
And off we took to see where she would fall
We let her fly
Dreams are often fleet of foot
The chase is long and hard
The journey can be more than a time between times
More than just a means to an end
I nocked an arrow to my bow and I brought it to my eye
Pulled back the cord to rest beside my cheek
I stilled my heart and held my breath and waited for the wind
Then I let it loose to leap into the sky
Let it fly
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21 Score and 75
03:10
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The time has come
There’s a knock on the door
You thought you’d paid enough
But they’re wanting more
Every man has to die
Every man has to live
If you’re going to take
Then you’ll be made to give
It’s the most precious gift
Though it don’t have a price
For a shilling and a sixpence
I have taken a life
21 score and 75 souls I ushered in
The man on the street might find that obscene
Like a priest I bring you nearer to your God
I’ll make it quick, I’ll make it clean
Now I’m looking back
At the Rose and Crown
And I’m counting all the people
That I took down
21 score and 75 souls I ushered in
But hear my experience and caution
Is it a deterrent if no-one counts the cost
When they’re in the rage of passion
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10. |
Narborough Road
04:28
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Running down a dead-end street
Running - no retreat
Fighting, in a dead-end street
Fighting to breathe
Ain't no destination
Don't need the speed
Got to keep on running
I'm running from me
Twilight don't belong to the day
Twilight - there's hell to pay
Twilight don't belong to the night
Twilight - losing the light
Ain't no destination
Don't need the speed
Got to keep on running
I'm running from me
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11. |
The Three Peaks
08:10
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Before me is the way laid down by the souls of countless lifetimes
Following in the path of those I’ll never know
Onwards we climb one foot in front of the other
All cares and worries left far down below
There’s no thought of turning back
We move inexorably forward
For a few brief hours the world just stops and all there is now
The simple task of walking forward takes all our being and thoughts
This route will not humble us
We will never bow
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I have completely run out of this CD, but I have ordered some more. If you order, you WILL get one, but you might have to wait a few weeks.
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released April 16, 2018
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Matt Steady Leicester, UK
I'm an independent musician from Leicester, England. Epic Guitar Instrumentals at your service.
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