The Seer (Live At Hammersmith Odeon / 1989)-Big Country

[ti:The Seer(live版)] [ar:Big Country] [al:At The BBC] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Seer (先知) (Live At Hammersmith Odeon / 1989) - Big Country (大乡野合唱团) [01:15.56]Long ago I heard a tale [01:17.27]I never will forget [01:18.93]The time was in the telling [01:20.51]On the bank the scene was set [01:22.65]The sky was rolling blindly on [01:24.43]The daylight had not gone [01:26.37]She washed her hair among the stones [01:28.42]And saw what was to come [01:30.00] [01:33.11]All this will pass [01:36.73] [01:37.73]There will be blood among the corn [01:39.41]And heroes in the hills [01:41.28]But there is more to come my boy [01:43.18]Before you've had your fill [01:45.14]Men will come and rape the sail [01:46.83]As though it were their own [01:48.65]And they will bathe their feet in oil [01:50.74]As I have bathed my own [01:52.59] [01:55.39]All this will pass [01:57.45] [01:59.01]All things must come [02:00.62] [02:02.72]Just as I tell you here [02:05.94] [02:07.16]Stones will stand together [02:08.66]As if searching for the stars [02:11.02]And all come crashing down again [02:12.74]Before they reach too far [02:14.43]She turned to face the setting sun [02:16.22]I turned to walk away [02:18.20]But then she called my name again [02:20.08]And beckoned me to stay [02:22.25] [02:24.87]All this will pass [02:27.82] [02:28.47]All things must come [02:30.41] [02:32.14]Just as I tell you here [02:35.21] [02:36.68]She told me of the famous sons [02:38.56]Who write their names in peace [02:40.42]Yet be cut down before the time [02:42.23]Has come for our release [02:43.86] [02:47.04]Just as I tell you here [02:51.55]Even now [02:52.58] [02:53.95]I wait for the coming day [02:57.14] [02:58.82]Even now [03:00.22] [03:01.02]She waits in the dawn [03:04.93] [03:05.55]For the tales she tells [03:09.19]For the gifts that she will sell [03:12.97]For the sight she knows [03:16.56]For a vision that still grows [03:20.19]With the dream in her eyes no one's seen [03:26.75] [04:04.52]I listened for so long that day [04:06.05]That I can hardly tell [04:07.78]If what she said was heaven sent [04:09.50]Or brought to bear in hell [04:11.53]That men of hope would stand alone [04:13.27]And still be cast a lie [04:15.06]Just as Romans cast them [04:16.80]On the day they were to die [04:19.28] [04:21.77]All this will pass [04:23.95] [04:25.44]All things must come [04:29.14]Just as I tell you here [04:32.18] [04:33.63]There is more of what she told [04:35.58]Much better left alone [04:37.34]For who are we to question her [04:38.98]Who stands among the stones [04:41.04] [04:43.80]Just as I tell you here [04:48.32]Even now [04:50.67]I wait for the coming day [04:55.60]Even now [04:57.92]She waits in the dawn [05:02.40]For the tales she tells [05:05.80]For the gifts that she will sell [05:09.60]For the sight she knows [05:13.17]For a vision that still grows [05:16.86]With the dream in her eyes no one's seen