A L B U M S

IN A MOMENT OF COMPLETE MADNESS (2008)

OSKAR 1040 CD

Re-mastered CD version of In a Moment of Madness CD (originally released in 1993) containing 3 extra tracks, includes Ghost of Durtal, One for the Record and Lady Messiah.

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Credits

All songs written, arranged and performed by Galahad.

Tracks 1 to 5 originally produced and engineered by Steve Smith and Galahad at Room with a View in spring 1989.

Tracks 6 to 8 produced and engineered by Galahad and Steve Smith at Room with a View in spring 1993

All tracks subsequently re-mastered especially for CD by Tony Arnold at The Courthouse in April 1993.

Track Listing

1. One for the Record
2. Second Life
3. Parade
4. Earth Rhythm
5. Lady Messiah
6. Painted Lady
7. Ghost of Durtal
8. Welcome to Paradise

Lyrics

[Kindly transcribed by Simon Hill of New Horizons.]

[Select a track title below to view the lyrics for that track, or scroll down from here to see the entire set.]

One for the Record / Second Life / Parade / Earth Rhythm / Lady Messiah / Painted Lady / Ghost of Durtal / Welcome to Paradise

One for the Record

A burning nostalgia
Singes the damp early evening air
As the coffin parades
On to a rain sodden stage
Set down by the bearers in solemn poise
Anticipation mounts, all is still
In this heavily charged atmosphere

We are lost in nostalgia
But look to the future
One for the record
One for the memory. . .

In to the bowl of human celebration
Steps our hero to ecstasy out front
And they know it!
Blinded by the footlights
But he knows just where to face
With a read the report, the performance begins
The reunion is almost complete

We are lost in nostalgia
But look to the future
One for the record
One for the memory. . .

Rael arise from your aerosol guise
What a surprise!
But no fox in a frock on the rocks
(what no fox?)
Then in comes the old man
Dare I be so beautiful, just like a flower
A flower!
In the New Jerusalem

On comes the seventh star
The crowds are going crazy
Seven years on Bali
It's enough to make you cry
A feeling of deja vu ensues
On the stage once more
The band play on and on and on
In their old shoes

We're lost in nostalgia
But look to the future
One for the record
One for the memory

Will lost in nostalgia
But look to the future
One for a record
One for the memory. . .

 

Second Life

Falling through a Whirlpool of contempt
You struggle to the surface for air
All around you is indifference and jealousy
Nobody seems to care

Now you're looking for a new place to Hide
A sanctuary in your thoughts
Drifting away on a journey of dreams
When nothing is quite as it appears to be

Silence erodes the noise
That soon will not exist
Dusk turns into night
And darkness merges with the mist
Those who dare to venture in
To this strange and magical world
Into a soulless second life
They are to be hurled

Now you are spinning and spiralling down
Through an endless Whirlpool
Going round and round
Cold and crazy, going out of your mind
This is your last chance
Now that you've found . . .

That the soulless second life
Has taken over your mind
For trespass such as this
You'll pay a capital fine
The silence that seems so loud
Is twisting your sanity
Your wires are warped
And your cables are crossed
This no way you can break free

Silence erodes of the noise
That soon will not exist
As dusk turns into night
And darkness merges with the mist
Those who dare to venture in to
This strange and magical world
Into a soulless second life
They outbound to be held

 

Parade

Gerschwin's lost his melody
Louis has lost his brass
Poor old Nat King Cole
Has lost his backstage pass
The band stand waiting for a cue
Just to play for you again

Jimmy baby getting crazy
Whilst Elvis is getting fat
Freddies Nails are cracking snails
Peter's make-up is running
Through the gallery, the history
Our music Hall of fame, again

And we're drowning in a river of past reflection
Caught in the rapids, getting trapped between the rocks
H 20-as clear as daylight
Memories-as clear as daylight
They come flooding back
Flooding back to me, for free!

There is little John with a squeaky voice
Is he coming up to play?
Oh! And there's thoughtful Roger
You know, I never understood a word he had to say
But to the band stand waiting for a cue
Just to play for you again, and again

And we're drowning in a river of past reflection
Caught in the rapids, getting trapped to between the rocks
H2O - as clear as daylight
Memories - as clear as daylight
They come flooding back
Flooding back to make, always for free!
SEE THE PARADE. .

Flooding back
Flooding back
Flooding back
Flooding back
Flooding back
Flooding back to me
Always for free
Go!

Ritchie B with his cold cup of tea
I've seen those photos too
Kathy's dreaming
Is she still screaming
I'm not sure that she can get through
There is little Mick with his long, shiny stick
He's going to blow your way
These were the heroes with charisma and style
Where are the heroes for today?

And we're drowning in a river of past reflection
Caught in the rapids, getting trapped to between the rocks
H2O - as clear as daylight
Memories - as clear as daylight
They come flooding back
Flooding back to make, always for free!
There's no-one left to lead the parade

 

Earth Rhythm

Escape into a sanctuary, don't you worry
Freedom in the confines of a musical dream
A million different themes
But we're all one team
Feel the action, feel the passion
Let your spirit take over your soul

Feel the rhythm, sense the power
That the feeling, touched by magic

Music is the rhythm of Love
A language we all can understand
Speaking more in a melody
Than a thousand politicians ever could

Lose yourself in the rhythm of Love
Wrap yourself in the rhythm of Love
Lose yourself in the rhythm of Love

Why don't you loosen up and break yourself free
Disengage from reality
We've got to show the world in a positive motion
A good giving potion in an ocean of melody

Feel the rhythm, sense of the power
Get the feeling, touched by magic

Music is of the rhythm of Love
A language we all can understand
Speaking more in a melody
Than a thousand politicians ever could

Lose yourself in the rhythm of Love
Wrap the yourself in the rhythm of Love
Lose yourself in the rhythm of Love

Feel the rhythm, sense the power
The feeling, touched by magic
Rhythm
Power
Feeling
Magic
Rhythm
Power
Feeling
Magic

Feel the rhythm!

 

Lady Messiah (From beyond the sun)

See the lady there
With flowing golden hair
She is the one who knows
She is the one who cares
Look up to the sky and beyond the sun
For it is that from where
She chose to come, come, come

See the clothes she wears
Of silk and satin fayre
All as pure as
The intention that she bears

To save our hearts and minds
From such as our kind,
Thus to lead us to,
Fields of pastures new

To end the suffering
And pain and misery
To alter or our thoughts
And the course of history
And then the sun may shine
As one to us
Then disguised as two
We all turn to dust

Dust, dust, dust

And if we should heed
And listen closely to
This voice from far away
From far beyond the sun

From a land that once was
A reflection of ours now
But is also no more
About an image of our future times

So we must take this as a warning
We must listen and understand
Because of the world won't lost for ever
The glass is running out of sand

So we must try
We must pull together
As one, see reason
The lady speaks (she speaks)
With a truthful tongue
We must listen and act upon
This message of salvation
Our salvation
So we must try and pull together a
As one and see reason
The lady speaks a truthful tongue
So we must listen and set upon
This message of salvation
No need for devastation

 

Painted Lady

Your technicolour extravaganza
Has taken my attention
A gymnast and a painter
Unaware of my affection
Your patterns of beauty
Decorate the air
Your peacefulness and tranquillity
With all of us you share

Dancing in the sunlight
Complimenting the day
Please, my painted lady
I wish for you to stay

Please, my painted lady
I wish for you to state

 

The Ghost of Durtal

As unexpected fission in a far away foreign land
You took away my heart
But I couldn't take your hand
Floating on the mist by a willow-lined lake
You played the part of temptress
Or was it just my mistake?

To the backdrop of a chateau
And an antiquated mill
You enchanted soul
And I was captured until
I realised that fate was never on my side
Then you drifted out to view
And the moments magic died

Je croyais t'avoir vue
Je suis sur que je t'ai vue
Mais non, je sais que je t'ai vue
Je t'ai vu

I saw you in

Or were you just a passing shadow
Or were you just a passing dream
Tell me, were you just a passing shadow
Or were you just a broken dream

Or were you just a passing shadow
Or were you just a broken dream

 

Welcome to Paradise

Silent stares through a window pane
Anxious expressions make a claim
An army of souls lost long ago
A pyramid mentality still runs this show
Apollo disappeared away before dawn
And paradise was where we were drawn
Smoke stained glass comfort steals the light
As the whitewash floats like snowflakes
On a bitter winter breeze.....

She wraps up warm still standing
She's still standing where she has
So many times before
And though the story is wearing thin
Age is counting, my friend age is counting
And she is dying

Grime on the gutter, slime on the shutter
There's plenty for the rats
And plenty rats for the cats to grow fat!
Meanwhile the skeleton on the corner
Is holding out bare knuckles
He's looking for charity
Looking for a chance to live
But this is not real life
No, not in my eyes can you tell the difference or understand
the circumstances
Here in Paradise. . .

it's here, it's there, it's all around, it's everywhere
You can sense it, you can feel it, you can touch it
Welcome to the, Paradise, Paradise
If only it were half as nice!

Oh come closer, I want to get to know you
Much closer, I want to see you under the light
Much nearer, I want to feel your heart beat
Oh much nearer, much closer
I want to fill your breath on my brow
A much closer, we can be as one together
All together, together just for this night
Welcome to paradise. . .

If only it were half as nice!!!