Lyrics to Blackdown

and i walked west sussex sunlight

up by dead mans pool

where ma, mudlarck and lewes

stared me down, you drunken fool

old teenage debts engulfed my chest

as i contemplate death



put a challenge to its glamour

and all its loss and glory



wet afternoon breath

was taken deep into my lungs

thinking of the man i must become



my story has just begun

and i will be returning to myself soon



for i've been alone for too many

of the great moments in my life

alone like so many



but at this moment in my life.....

father, father, any way i can help ye?

I am only just growing better to know thee....



thank you for all the things you've given to our family...

given with your heart to your wife and my sister and me...



now i look out west of battle where our ancestors lie in grave,

out to breed where the blacksmith put root to our family name...

I get proud of my birthright,

think of the things i must leave

when i leave behind the city



and the living



finally



(the temple of the winds blows, until the boy wakes from his six year slumber... alive, alone, we take the next step)



desire

desire

deep down inside of me



you are not the maker nor the master of me

help me to better support my family

to better better of a brother be....



desire

desire

deep down inside of me



you are not the wrecker nor the ruler of me



desire

desire

deep down in me



i've been alone for so many of these great moments in my life...

alone like so many



but at this moment of my life



desire, despair and death

i challenge thee...



all as i walked up on blackdown