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Planet Caravan
05:31
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* PLANET CARAVAN . we sail/thru endless skies/stars shine like eyes/the black night sighs/the moon/in silver trees/falls down in tears/light of the night/the earth/a purple blaze/of sapphire haze/in orbit always/while down below the trees/bathed in cool breeze/silver starlight/breaks down the night/and so/we pass on by/the crimson eye/of great god mars/as we travelled/the universe .
Mellotron, Bass, Guitar – ALAN TRENCH
Vox, Hammered Dulcimer – MARTYN BATES
Written By – Ward/Butler/Osbourne/Iommi
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* CORAL . they had come from a place high on coral hills/where the light from the white sea fills the soil/with ascending grace/and the sound their power makes/motion as steep as the sky/in a season of delicate rain/in a smooth ascension of grace/they had come/and they had gone again/and the fruits of the great ground lie like leaves/from a vertical flower/with ascending grace . (dan jones/dylan thomas)
Guitars, Tsouras, Synths – ALAN TRENCH
Vox, Whistle – MARTYN BATES
poem by Dan Jones, Dylan Thomas .
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Adam & The Beasts
06:06
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ADAM & THE BEASTS . when Adam stood beyond the gates of eden/with eve huddled weeping by his side/he looked out & he saw the new creation/with streams & woods & valleys deep & wide/the flying fish & killer sharks that wandered in the sea/the lion cub the antelope that walked beneath the tree/ & he asked God - where among the beast will I belong? - no answer came, only sweet bird song .
. he startled the roe dear drinking by the river/they turned & ran & Adam watched them go/the ruffled water settled to a mirror/Adam leaned & found his face below/& he saw the gentle lips that were parted in surprise, the undefended beauty of the wide-open eyes/& he asked God - will I be gentle like the dear?-no answer came, but the birds sang clear .
. he followed down the river to the seashore/he saw fish with colours strong and bright/& he longed to move as they moved in the water/& be clothed like them in rainbow-coloured light/& as he watched, he saw that they were making cruel war/battling for food & fighting to divide the ocean floor/ & he asked God, Lord will I fight like one of these?-only the birds sang in the silence from the trees .
. & the rock whispered - "when lions fight each other/they win their ground & then they live in peace/but one beast shall hunt to kill his brother/man whose wars will never cease/for God made the beasts but the rock will fashion man/God leaves you gentle until the axe is in your hand/now go to your wife where she's labouring in pain/& the child she delivers, call him Cain" .
Percussion, Synths, Voice,Guitars, Organ – ALAN TRENCH
Vox, Guitar [Guitars] – MARTYN BATES
song composed by Alasdair Clayre arr. by TWELVE THOUSAND DAYS
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Drakestones
05:30
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* DRAKESTONES . blind guest, a deceiver/the bone mill far behind/no ermine clad wand’rer /the world sinks in the green/the drakestones still stand/peaceful child of desire/father of war, and of all/a threnody all in memoriam/snow falls purer than rain/the drakestones still stand/they still stand .
Guitars, Bass, Mellotron, Vox – ALAN TRENCH
Vox – MARTYN BATES
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King Dog
03:59
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* KING DOG . you came up to my mountain/you were looking for a place to go/and I was so pleased to see you/oh how was I to know …/king dog walks the highway/in the height of the noon/and his teeth are pearls/ and his claws are steel/& his eyes shine like the moon/I saw him in the valley/I saw I him in the fold/I saw him in the churchyard/where he tried to steal my soul/you showed me all the human skins hanging from the door/you took me to pool where you had drowned some years before .
Guitar – ALAN TRENCH
Piano, Vox – MARTYN BATES
Written-By – Bob Pegg arr. by TWELVE THOUSAND DAYS .
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6. |
Wolves Upon The Plain
04:29
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* WOLVES UPON THE PLAIN . on your eyelids the jewels shine/like the flowers that are strewn upon the plain/and they shine, the heavens shine/and the lambs that are burned upon the spit/circle round like the wolves upon the plain/scattered blooms in the ruins and the stones/falling down like the sand inside the glass/and they shine, the heavens shine .
Vox, Autoharp, Harmonica – MARTYN BATES
Vox, Guitar – ALAN TRENCH
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7. |
If In Winter
04:07
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Hammered Dulcimer, Vox – MARTYN BATES
Guitars, Bass – ALAN TRENCH
Written By – Vashti Bunyan arr. by TWELVE THOUSAND DAYS
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More
05:53
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* MORE . where the far garlands are/where the colours are wet with paint/where the circling stars frame the flowers that we dress and drape/where the sway of the seas/steers the summer to a stronger day/where these limits of ours/break the bonds/we break the bonds/further the day/marry the day/garland the day/ further the day/marry the day/be the day .
Mellotron, Percussion, Synths, Gtrs – ALAN TRENCH
Vox – MARTYN BATES
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9. |
I Know You
02:32
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I KNOW YOU . I know you, thru & thru - saw you colour the flowers, for hours & hours - I know you, thru & thru - saw you kiss the flowers, for hours & hours - you & all the ones I've known shall wear my crown : winged we were, before time was - how we've flown - all of the others, my sisters & brothers - I love them all the more - now that I've found you, I love them all the more .
Hammered Dulcimer, Vox – MARTYN BATES
Shruti Box – ALAN TRENCH
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10. |
Field's End
06:11
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* FIELD’S END . stood within this tower/at field’s end delivered/will you share this hour/here beside what’s given/and the seas ride up the skies/and the stars fill yr eyes/I dream the rain’s long answer/I dream the sun’s responses/I dream of sighs and shivers/beyond, within & forward/and I sigh/and I know why/and this moment is my living/this moment’s for my love/I’m sighing as I’m breathing/I’ll breathe as I’m arriving/and, I arrive/and I feel so alive .
Guitars – ALAN TRENCH
Vox, Guitar – MARTYN BATES
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Black Mountain Side
05:11
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* black mountain side : no voices calling on black mountain side/the door stands open/the door is closed/a light upon the hearth conceals the standing silent stone/the wind is blowing on black mountain side/the trees unmoving stand bowed and sere/first there are footsteps/then there are none/all the world stands waiting for the rising of the moon/as from the distance/on black mountain side/metal on metal leather on stone/and when the skin is flayed from the bone/a thousand thousand tiny hearts/together beat as one/the sun has shadows on black mountain sides/the tumult rises and all is silent/if time if kind well then we might catch the tide/the sands begin to run before our race is done .
Mellotron, Percussion, Synths, Guitars, Vox – ALAN TRENCH
Vox, Keybds, Synth – MARTYN BATES
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12. |
Wistman's Wood
05:34
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*WISTMAN’S WOOD . rain upon the dark green lane/willow leaves are all aflutter/in wistman’s wood the twisted roots of oak & beech/tumbled over/the gentle breeze brings winter’s chill/cattle call from distant pastures/there will be frost, white tracing footsteps/and open throats panting ragged/forgotten child, forgotten children when darkness falls you’re not alone/in row and row like mirrored faces/through trees and moors/moors and trees.
Toy Guitar, Balalaika, Shruti Box – ALAN TRENCH
Vox – MARTYN BATES
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Colour
04:30
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I Know You (vox)
04:43
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Field Organsong
03:28
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Coral (acoustic demo)
05:36
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More ( demo/fragment)
01:11
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Martyn Bates UK
(For CD version write to Jerry at eyeless@eyelessingaza.com)
voice +acoustic w/songs/ e-guitars/kybd/ tape. Since 1980,
Eyeless in Gaza, & since 2000, Twelve Thousand Days, Mick Harris etc. Knew stuff / Forgot stuff / cared too much / cared too little - perhaps. 2023:current band = Kodax Strophes … with Martyn reportedly "still longing for 'Christmas in my soul". kodaxstrophes.bandcamp.com
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