In Memory Of The Martyrs

Album: Turn of the Tide (1981)
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  • Life is like a tall ship
    Drifting gently from the shore
    Time is like a fair wind
    With a lifetime to explore.
    The beauty that surrounds you
    Was meant to be adored
    The problems that surround you
    Were meant to be ignored
    We are love
    We are
    We are love.

    I dreamt I held a baby
    I dreamt I held a child
    I dreamt I held a young man
    A prisoner in my hand.
    My hand I could not open
    The man grew up inside
    A prisoner without reason
    Just on the other side.
    We are love
    We are
    We are love.

    The blood red rose of summer
    Grows elegant and tall
    In memory of the green grass
    Behind the garden wall.
    The green grass grows forever
    Beneath the bloody sky
    In memory of the martyrs
    She'll cover when they die.
    We are love
    We are
    We are love. Writer/s: JOHN LEES
    Publisher: MUSIC & MEDIA INT'L, INC.
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  • Steve from Torrance, CaThis is the greatest song the band ever did! Yes, it's better than "Hymn" and "Mockingbird"! Absolutely awe-inspiring in its almost orchestral sweep and scope! Turn of the Tide is also the band's best album!
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