Nocturna Part II: Unnatural Earth
Part 2 of 3 part song series.
Special thanks to Lee Duffy for BADA. He knows what I mean.
Your mom's favourite shredder - Mark Shannelly
Hi there. I'm Mark...
I play guitar.
That is all.
Lyrics
Verse 1 (2: 15)
Moonlight sets in
On the fields below
Dead trees wanting life
Held back by the crows
I wander through
Searching for the lights
The ones that guided me
Through the cold, steel night
The moon hangs above me
Just reflecting his brother's will
The wind used to whisper
But the steel mountains hold it still
The stars are winking at me
Dotting the plains of black
Metropolis behind me
My soul wants to go back
Instrumental Break (2:59)
Verse 2 (3:25)
Gasping for air
In the unnatural earth
The things we create to help us
Are making things much worse
Tell me how our children
Will live while trapped in bars
The faces in the magazines
Will be their only stars
Will they live to see destruction?
As their possessions drown
Will they climb to resolution?
Or will they spiral down?
Nocturna blankets us
Creating our every fear
A butter knife in daylight
Has now become a spear
Instrumental Break 2 (4:06)
Verse 3 (4:45)
Sleep, sleep, sleep
Dream on the count of 3
Watch, watch, watch
As we decide who roams free
Laugh, laugh, laugh
Everything is fine
Cry, cry, cry
Be prepared to die.
Chorus (5:02)
Nocturna rises
And we aren't we the same?
Nocturna rises
And we're told to be afraid
Verse 4 (5:20)
Paralyzed with a thoughtless mind
Open your eyes and see
Realize it's not the time
To lynch and burden me
A deceptive soul with a plan in mind
Tells you we are free
An evil king with a tainted crown
Who tells you what to dream
