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From "Underdog" 2007 seanosongs
Remastered June 2020, The Cave, Vancouver, BC
Cover art: Ross Muir
Photo: Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof, 2006
lyrics
Act I
It’s getting darker all the time
Though the Light is always shining
It’s hard, can be done but it’s hard
To stay alive
Life
It’s getting darker all the time
Darkest age all of mankind
Still kings and queens rule over the peasants
It’s getting lighter
You just take it that way
It’s getting lighter
You just take it that way
The dead of night will fade to light of day
It’s getting lighter
You just take it that way
It’s getting lighter
You just take it that way
The Sovereign Deity is pledged to break the chains
The stage is set
The page is read
The ages recollect
The hour of dread.
Act II
Lend your ears to wise seers of the street
Standing room inside and all are greeted
Stray up to the podium and speak your peace
Let’s say what must be said and see if that can reach
Gather near, ardent and fervent ring
Have no fear, so few and far between
Balanced on the divining rod of history
A savage cross to bear, all wrongs and fallacies
Everyone, no reason to be down
Though ‘tis far worse per capita
The earth’s forever turning round
Round
Writing’s on the wall one and all can see
Scrambling for the door, fighting o’er the key
Gambling in the corridors, more empty seats
The house divides itself upon humanity
Everyone
This second time around does in your misery
We felt every cloud
Loud
And all the world’s a stage.
Act III
Oh, the curtain falls
No curtain call
Oh, the urgent calls on deaf ears fall
Oh, the coup de grace bombs a lurid lull
Lull …
credits
released September 9, 2016
Bec Abbot: vocals
Zoe Thiessen: violin
Incidental Music homepage banner artwork:
"The Frieze of the Prophets," John Singer Sargent (American) 1902
Left-to-right: Zephaniah, Joel, Obadiah, Hosea, Amos, Nahum, Ezekiel, Daniel, Elijah, Moses (with Ten Commandments), Joshua, Jeremiah, Jonah, Isaiah, Habakkuk, Micah, Haggai, Malachi, Zechariah.
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