Jethro TullMiscellaneousPassion PlayDo you still see me even here?The silver cord lies on the ground.And so I'm dead, the young man saidOver the hill, not a wish away.My friends as one all stand alignedAlthough their taxis came too late.There was a rush along the Fulham Road.There was a hush in the Passion Play.Such a sense of glowing in the aftermathRipe with rich attainments all imaginedSad misdeeds in disarray, the sore thumb screams aloudEchoing out of the Passion Play.All the old familiar choruses come crowding in a different keyMelodies decaying in sweet dissonance.There was a rush along the Fulham RoadInto the ever-Passion Play.And who comes here to wish me well?A sweetly-scented angel fell.She laid her head upon my disbeliefAnd bathed me with her ever-smile.And with a howl across the sandI go escorted by a bandOf gentlemen in leather boundNo one but someone to be found.All along the icy wastes there are faces smiling in the gloom.Roll up roll down, Feeling unwound? Step into the viewing room.The cameras were all around, We've got you taped- you're in the Play.Here's your I.D., ideal for identifying one and all.Invest your life in the memory bank, ours the interest and wethank you.The ice-cream lady wet her drawers, to see you in the Passion Play.Take the prize for instant pleasureCaptain of the cricket teamPublic speaking in all weathersA knighthood from a queen.All your best friends telephones never cooled from the heat ofyour hand.From your hand.There's a line in a front-page story- 13 horses that also-ran.Also-ran.Climb in your old umbrella, Does it have a nasty tear in the dome?In the dome?But the rain only gets in sometimes, and the sun never leaves youalone.You alone.You alone.Lover of the black and white- it's your first night.The Passion Play goes all the way-spoils your insight.Tell me how the baby's made, how the lady's laidWhy the old dog howls in sadness.And your little sister's immaculate virginity wings away on the bonyshoulders of a young horse named George who stole surreptitiously intoher geography revision.The examining body examined her body.Actor of the low-high Q, let's hear your view.Peek at the lines upon your sleeve, since your memory won't do.Tell me how the baby's graded, how the lady's fadedWhy the old dogs howl with madness.All of this and some of that's the only way to skin the cat.And now you've lost a skin or two- you're for us and we for you.The dressing room is right behindWe've got you taped, you're in the Play.How does it feel to be in the Play?How does it feel to play the Play?How does it feel to be the Play?Man of passion rise again, we won't cross you out.For we do love you like a son, of that there's no doubt.Tell us, is it you who are here for our good cheer?Or are we here for the glory, for the storyFor the gory satisfaction of telling you how absolutely awful youreally are?There was a rush along the Fulham Road.There was a hush in the Passion Play.This is the story of the hare who lost his spectacles!Owl loved to rest quietly whilst no one was watching. Sitting on afence one day, he was surprised when suddenly a kangaroo ran close by.Now this may not seem strange, but when Owl overheard Kangaroo whisperto no one in particular, The hare has lost his spectacles, well, hebegan to wonder.Presently, the moon appeared from behind a cloud, and there, lying onthe grass, was Hare. In the stream that flowed by the grass- a newt.And sitting astride a twig of a bush- a bee.Ostensibly motionless, the hare was trembling with excitement, forwithout his spectacles he was completely helpless. Where were hisspectacles? Could someone have stolen them? Had he mislaid them? Whatwas he to do?Bee wanted to help, and thinking he had the answer, began, Youprobably ate them thinking they were a carrot.No! interrupted Owl, who was wise. I have good eysight, insight,and foresight. How could an intelligent hare make such a sillymikstake? But all this time, Owl had been sitting on the fence,scowling!Kangaroo were hopping mad at this sort of talk. She thought herselffar superior in intelligence to the others. She was their leader,their guru. She had the answer: Hare, you must go in search of theopticianBut then she realized that Hare were completely helpless without hisspectacles. And so, Kangaroo loudly proclaimed, I can't send Hare insearch of anything!You can, guru, you can! shouted Newt. You can send him with Owl.But Owl had gone to sleep. Newt knew too much to be stopped by sosmall a problem: You can take him in your pouch. But alas, Hare wasmuch too big to fit into Kangaroo's pouch.All this time, it had been quite plain to Hare that the others knewnothing about spectacles.As for all their tempting ideas, well Hare didn't care.The lost spectacles were his own affair.And after all, Hare did have a spare a-pair...A-pair...We sleep by the ever-bright hole in the doorEat in the corner, talk to the floor.Cheating the spiders who come to say PleasePolitely they bend at the knees.Well I'll go to the foot of our stairs.Old gentlemen talk of when they were youngOf ladies lost and erring sons.Lace-covered dandies revel with friendsPure as the truth tied at both ends.Well I'll go to the foot of our stairs.Scented cathedral-spire pointed downWe pray for souls in Kentish town.A delicate hush- the gods floating byWishing us well- pie in the sky.God of Ages, Lord of TimeMine is the right to be wrong.Well I'll go to the foot of our stairs.Jack rabbit mister, spawn a new breedOf love-hungry pilgrims, no bodies to feedShow me a good man and I'll show you the door.The last hymn is sung and the devil cries MoreWell, I'm all for leaving and that being doneI've put in a request to take up my turnIn that forsaken paradise that calls itself HellWhere no one has nothing and nothing is well--meaning fool, pick up thy bed and riseUp from your gloom smiling.Give me your hate and do as the loving heathen do.Colors I've none- dark or light, red, white or blueCold is my touch- freezingSummoned by name, I am the overseer over you.Given this command to watch o'er our miserable sphere.Fallen from grace, called onTo bring sun or rain, occasional corn from my oversight grew.Fell with mine angels from a far better placeOffering services for the saving of face.Now you're here you may as well admireAll whom living has retiredFrom the benign reconciliation.Legends were born surrounding mysterious lightsSeen in the sky, flashing.I just lit a fag, then took my leave in the blink of an eye.Passionate play, join round the maypole in dancePrimitive rite- wronglySummoned by name, I am the overseer over you.Flee the icy Lucifer!Oh he's an awful fellow!What a mistake! I didn't takeA feather from his pillow.Here's the everlasting rubNeither am I good or badI'd give up my halo for a hornAnd the horn for the hat I once had.I'm only breathing, there's life on my ceilingThe flies there are sleeping quietly...Twist my right arm in the darkI would give two or three forOne of those days that never madeImpressions on the old score.I would gladly be a dogBarking up the wrong treeEveryone's saved- we're in the graveSee you there for afternoon tea.Time for awaking, the tea-lady's makingA brew up and baking new bread...Pick me up at half past noneThere's not a moment to loseThere is the train on which I cameOn the platform are my old shoes.Station master rings his bellWhistles blow and flags waveA little of what you fancy doesYou good, or so it shouldI thank everybody for making me welcomeI'd stay but my wings have just dropped off.Hail, Son of Kings! Make the ever-dying signCross your fingers in the sky for those about to BE.There am I, waiting along the sand.Cast your sweet spell upon the land and sea.Magus Perde', take your hand from off the chainLoose a wish to still the rain, the storm about to BE.Here am I, Voyager into life.Tough are the soles that tread the knife's edge.Break the circle, stretch the line, call upon the Devil.Bring the gods, the gods' own fire in the conflict revel.The passengers upon the ferry crossing, waiting to be bornRenew the pledge of life's long song, rise to the reveille horn.Animals queueing at the gate that stands upon the shoreBreathe the ever-burning fire that guards the ever-door.Man, son of man, buy the flame of ever-lifeYours to breathe and breath the pain of living, living BE!Here am I! Roll the stone awayFrom the dark into ever-day.There was a rush along the Fulham RoadInto the ever-Passion Play.
Lyrics by Jethro Tull
10.08 to Paddington Back-door Angels (Stereo Remix) Best Friends Bungle in the Jungle (Stereo Remix) Flight from Lucifer Forest Dance #1 Forest Dance #2 Forest Dance, No. 1 Forest Dance, No. 2 Ladies (Stereo Remix) Lifebeats /Prelude Magus Perdu00e9 Only Solitaire (Stereo Remix) Overseer Overture Queen & Country Queen and Country (Stereo Remix) Re-Assuring Tune SeaLion (Stereo Remix) Skating Away on the Thin Ice of the New Day (S... The Foot of Our Stairs The Silver Cord The Story of The Hare Who Lost His Spectacles The Third Hoorah (Stereo Remix) Two Fingers (Stereo Remix) WarChild (Stereo Remix) ... & The Mouse Police Never Sleeps ...And The Mouse Police Never Sleeps 17 17 [*] 4.w.d (Low Ratio) 4.w.d. 4.W.D. (Low Ratio) A Christmas Song A Winter Snowscape A Better Moon A Christmas Song A Gift Of Roses A Hand Of Thumbs A Minstrel in the Gallery A New Day Yesterday A New Day Yesterday [DVD] A New Day Yesterday [Live] A New Day Yesterday [Video Track][Multimedia Track... A Passion Play A Passion Play (Edit #8) A Passion Play (Edit #9) A Passion Play (Entire Song) A Passion Play [Edit #8] A Passion Play Edit #8 A Passion Play Edit No. 8 A Raft Of Penguins A Small Cigar A Small Cigar [*] A Song For Jeffrey A Song for Jeffrey [DVD] A Song for Jeffrey [Live] A Stitch In Time A Time For Everything A Time for Everything? A week of moments A Winter Snowscape A Winter Snowscape [*][Instrumental] Acres Wild Aeroplane Alive And Well And Living In And Further On And The Mouse Police Never Sleeps Animelee Another Christmas Song Another Harry's Bar Another Harry's Bar Apogee Aqualung Aqualung [Live] Aqualung [Video Track][Multimedia Track] Astronomy At Last, Forever Audition Automotive Engineering Awol Back To The Family Back-Door Angels Bad-Eyed And Loveless Baker St. Muse (the full thing) Baker Street Muse Batteries Not Included Beastie Beggar's Farm Beggar's Farm Beltane Beltane [*] Bends Like A Willow Bends Like a Willow [Cradio Edit] Beside Myself Best Friends Big Dipper Big Riff & Mando Big Riff & Mando Big Riff and Mando Birthday Card At Chrismas Birthday Card At Christmas Black And White Television Black Mamba Black Satin Dancer Black Sunday Black Sunday [DVD] Black Sunday, Pt. 1 Bourée Bourée [Instrumental] Bouree Broadford Bazaar Broadford Bazaar [*] Broadford Bazzar Broadsword Budapest Bungle In The Jungle By Kind Permission Of Calliandra Shade (the Cappuccino Song) Calliandra shade the cappuccino song Cheap Day Return Cheap Day Return [Live] Cheerio Cheerio [DVD] Christmas Song Circular Breathing Clasp Cold Wind To Valhalla Commons Brawl Coronach Crash-Barrier Waltzer Crazed Institution Crew Nights Critique Oblique Cross-Eyed Mary Crossfire Crossword Crossword [*] Cup Of Wonder Dangerous Veils Dark Ages Dharama for One [Live] Dharma For One Dharma For One (Live) Dharma for One [DVD] Dharma for One [Live] Different Germany Doctor To My Disease Dogs In The Midwinter Dot Com Dot Com [Live] Down At The End Of Your Road Down at the End of Your Road [*] Down at the End of Your Road. Dr. Bogenbroom Drive On The Young Side Of Life Driving Song Driving Song [*] Dun Ringill Dun Ringill [Live] Ears Of Tin El Niño El Niño El Nino Elegy End Game Epilogue European Legacy European Legacy Fallen On Hard Times Far Alaska Farm On The Freeway Fat Man Fat Man [Top Gear BBC Radio Session] [*] Fire At Midnight First Post First Snow On Brooklyn Fly By Night Flying Colours Flying Dutchman Flyingdale Flyer For A Thousand Mothers For A Thousand Mothers [Live] For Michael Collins, Jeffrey And Me From A Dead Beat To An Old Greaser Fylingdale Flyer Fylingdale Flyer Fylingdale Flyer [DVD] General Crossing General Crossing Glory Row Glory Row [*] Glory Row [#] God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen [Instrumental] Gold Tipped Boots, Black Jacket, and Tie Gold-Tipped Boots, Black Jacket And Tie Grace Greensleeved [Instrumental] Griminellis lament Hard Liner Hard Water Heat Heavy Horses Heavy Horses (Edited Version) Heavy Horses [Audio Only][Multimedia Track] Heavy Water Holly Herald [Instrumental] Home Hot Mango Flush Hunt By Numbers Hunt by Numbers [DVD] Hunting Girl Hymn 43 I am Your Gun I Don't Want to Be Me I Don't Want To Be Me I'm Your Gun I'm Your Gun In the Grip of Stronger Stuff In The Grip of Stronger Stuff [Live] Inside It All Trickles Down It's Breaking Me Up It's Breaking Me Up Jack A Lynn Jack A Lynn [*] Jack Frost & The Hooded Crow Jack Frost & The Hooded Crow Jack Frost And The Hooded Crow Jack Frost and the Hooded Crow [*] Jack in the Green Jack in the Green [DVD] Jack-a-Lynn Jack-In-The-Green Jeffrey Goes To Leicester Square John Barleycorn Journeyman Jump Start Jump Start [Live][*] Just Trying To Be Just Trying to Be [*] Kelpie Kelpie [*] Kissing Willie Kissing Willie [Video Track][Multimedia Track] Ladies Lap Of Luxury Lap of Luxury [Multimedia Track] Last Man At The Party Later That Same Evening Later, That Same Evening Law Of The Bungle Left Right Lick Your Fingers Clean Life Is A Long Song Life Is a Long Song [DVD] Life Is A Long Song [Live] Life's A Long Song Lights Out Like A Tall Thin Girl Living In The Past Living in the Past [*] Living in the Past [DVD] Living in the Past [Live] Living in the Past [Video Track][Multimedia Track] Living In These Hard Times Locomotive Breath Locomotive Breath [Instrumental] Locomotive Breath [Live] Locomotive Breathe Look At The Animals Look Into The Sun Looking For Eden Lost In Crowds Love Story Love Story (bonus track) Love Story [*] Love Story [Live] Love Story [Stereo Mix] Made In England Man Of Principle Mango Surprise March The Mad Scientist March the Mad Scientist [*] March, the Mad Scientist Mayhem Maybe Mayhem, Maybe Mayhem, Maybe [*] Minstrel In The Gallery Minstrel In The Gallery (Edited Version) Minstrel in the Gallery [Digitally Edited from Ori... Minstrel in the Gallery [Edited Version][Edit] Minstrel in the Gallery [Live][*] Minstrel in the Gallery [Video Track][Multimedia T... Minstrel in the Gallery/Cross Eyed Mary Montserrat Mother Goose Moths Motoreyes Mountain Men Move On Alone My God My God [Video Track][Multimedia Track] My God/Cross-Eyed Mary My God/Cross-Eyed Mary [DVD] My Sunday Feeling My Sunday Feeling [DVD] Night In The Wilderness No Lullaby No Lullaby [Incl. Flute Solo] No Rehearsal No Step Nobody's Car Nobody's Car North Sea Oil Not Ralitsa Vassileva Nothing Is Easy Nothing Is Easy [Top Gear BBC Radio Session] [*] Nothing Is Easy [Video Track][Multimedia Track] Nothing To Say Nursie Occasional Demons Old Black Cat Old Ghosts One Brown Mouse One Brown Mouse [#] One Brown Mouse [Audio Only][Multimedia Track] One For John Gee One for John Gee [*] One White Duck One White Duck / 0^{10} = Nothing At All One White Duck / 0=Nothing At All One White Duck/0=Nothing at All Only Solitaire Orion Out Of The Noise Overhang Overhang [*] Pan Dance Panama Freighter Paparazzi Paradise Steakhouse Paradise Steakhouse [*] Part Of The Machine Passion Play Extract Pavane Pavane [Instrumental] Photo Shop Pibroch (Cap In Hand) Pibroch (Pee-Break)/Black Satin Dancer [Instrument... Piece Of Cake Pied Piper Pigeon Flying Over Berlin Zoo Play In Time Post Last Postcard Day Protect And Survive Protect and Survive [DVD] Protect and Survive [Live] Pussy Willow Pussy Willow Quartet Quartet [*] Quatrain [DVD] Queen And Country Quizz Kid Radio Free Moscow Rainbow Blues Rainbow Blues [*] Raising Steam Rare And Precious Chain Reasons For Waiting Requiem Rhythm In Gold Ring Out Solstice Bells Ring Out, Solstice Bells Rock Island Rocks On The Road Rocks on the Road [Video Track][Multimedia Track] Roll Yer Own Roots To Branches Roots To Branches [Live] Rosa On The Factory Floor Round Rover Rupi's Dance Rupi's Dance Rupis dance Saboteur Said She Was A Dancer Sailor Sailor (unreleased) Salamander Sanctuary Saturation Scenario Seal Driver Sealion Sealion 2 Sealion II Serenade To A Cuckoo Set-Aside She Said She Was A Dancer Silver River Turning Singing All Day Singing All Day [*] Skating Away Skating Away (On The Thin Ice Of The New Day) Skating Away On The Thin Ice Of A New Day Skating Away On The Thin Ice Of The New Day Sleeping With The Dog Slipstream Slipstream [#] Slow Marching Band So Much Trouble Solitaire Some Day The Sun Won't Shine For You Something's On The Move Son Song for Jeffrey Song for Jeffrey [DVD] Song for Jeffrey [Live in N.Y.] Songs From The Wood Songs from the Wood [Video Track][Multimedia Track... Sossity Sossity, You're A Woman/Reasons For Waiting [Live] Sossity; You're a Woman Sossity: You're A Woman Sparrow On The Schoolyard Wall Sparrow On the Schoolyard Wall Spiral Steel Monkey Still Loving You Still Loving You Tonight Stitch In Time Stormy Monday Stormy Monday Blues Stormy Monday Blues (Live) Stormy Monday Blues [Live] Story of the Hare Who Lost His Spectacles [Video T... Strange Avenues Strip Cartoon Strip Cartoon [*] Stuck In The August Rain Summerday Sands Sunshine Day Sweet Dream Sweet Dream [*] Sweet Dream [Audio Only][Multimedia Track] Sweet Dreams Taxi Grab Teacher Teacher [Video Track][Multimedia Track] The Chequered Flag (Dead Or Alive) The Christmas Song The Clasp The Curse The Dambusters March The Dog-Ear Years The Habanero Reel The Hot Headed English General The Jasmine Corridor The Little Flower Girl The Rattlesnake Trail The Secret Language Of Birds The Secret Language Of Birds, Pt. II The Story of the Hare Who Lost His Spectacles The Story of the Hare Who Lost His Spectacles [Enh... The Third Hoorah The Waking Edge The Water Carrier The Water Carrier [DVD] The Whaler's Dues The Whistler The Witch's Promise The Witches Promise Thick As A Brick Thick As A Brick - Extract Thick as a Brick (Excerpt) Thick as a Brick (Live at Madison Square Garden 19... Thick As A Brick (Part One) Thick As A Brick (Part Two) Thick as a Brick (Reprise) Thick as a Brick [DVD] Thick as a Brick [Edit #4] Thick as a Brick [Edit No. 1] Thick as a Brick [Edit No. 4] Thick as a Brick [Edit] Thick as a Brick [Extract] Thick as a Brick [Video Track][Multimedia Track] Thick As A Brick Edit No. 1 Thick as a Brick/Farm on the Freeway Think Round Corners Thinking Round Corners This Free Will This Is Not Love Tiger Toon To Be Sad Is A Mad Way To Be To Cry You A Song Toad In The Hole Tomorrow Was Today Too Many Too Too Old To Rock 'N' Roll, Too Young To Die Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die Too Old To Rock 'N' Roll: Too Young To Die (Edited... Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young To Die! Too Old To Rock And Roll Too Old To Rock N Roll: To Young To Die Trains Truck Stop Runner Tundra Tundra Two Fingers Under Wraps Under Wraps (both parts) Under Wraps (both parts) Under Wraps #1 Under Wraps #2 Undressed To Kill Uniform Up The 'Pool Up To Me User-Friendly Valley Velvet Green Velvet Green (live) Velvet Green [Live][*] Walk Into Light War Child Warchild Warm Sporran Watching Me Watching You Watching You Watching Me We Five Kings [Instrumental] We Used To Know We Used To Know [Live] Weathercock When Jesus Came to Play When Jesus Comes to Play White Innocence Wicked Windows Wind Up Wind Up (Quad Version) Wind-Up Witch's Promise Witches Promise With You There To Help Me With You There To Help Me/By Kind Permission Of [L... Wond'ring Again Wond'ring Aloud Wond'ring Aloud (Live) Working John, Working Joe Wounded, Old And Treacherous