Into The Valley

Album: Scared To Dance (1979)
Charted: 10
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  • Into the valley
    Betrothed and divine
    Realisations no virtue
    But who can define

    Why soldiers go marching
    Those masses a line
    This disease is catching
    From victory to stone

    Ahoy! Ahoy! Land, sea and sky
    Ahoy! Ahoy! Boy, man and soldier
    Ahoy! Ahoy! Deceived and then punctured
    Ahoy! Ahoy! Long may they die

    Out of concealment
    Blank and stark eyed
    Why so uncertain
    This culture deceives

    Prophesised, brainwashed
    Tomorrow's demise
    All systems failing
    The placards unroll

    Ahoy! Ahoy! Land, sea and sky
    Ahoy! Ahoy! Boy, man and soldier
    Ahoy! Ahoy! Deceived and then punctured
    Ahoy! Ahoy! Long may they die

    Time for the audit
    The gathering trial
    A collector's dilemma
    Repositioned and filed Writer/s: Richard Jobson, Stuart Adamson
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Tom from LjubljanaHa.
    I heard the song as a 16yo punk boy from ex Yugoslavia.
    Bootleg taped it and pogo!
    I could barely understand few words, but I now see that I've got
    the message and the energy of the song completely right.
  • Az from Wolves, UkI remember the Maxwell cassette ads from the 80s I think. They used this and 'The Israelites'. S guy held up boards with the 'lyrics' on. I think, from memory, these were:

    Ahoy, ahoy
    Len see a sky
    Ahoy, ahoy
    Barman and soda
    Ahoy, ahoy
    Juicy men embalmed her
    Ahoy, ahoy
    Lung nearly gave!
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