A L B U M S

OTHER CRIMES & MISDEMEANOURS III (2001)

GHCD7 (Avalon Records)

Limited edition, contains previously unreleased radio sessions, live recordings and cover versions of classic Genesis, Camel and Twelfth Night tracks.

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Credits

OCMIII was compiled, edited and mastered by Neil Pepper at Underworld Studios, Salisbury, England, during the autumn of 2000 from various tapes which had been left lying around various locations in Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire.

All songs except the cover versions written by Galahad. All songs arranged and performed by Galahad.

Project coordination by Stu Nicholson.

Track Listing

Session One
1. Aries
2. The Chase
3. Learning Curve (Live and Learn - Part 2)

Session Two
1. Face to the Sun
2. One for the Record
3. Room 801

Session Three
1. Exorcising Demons (Live)

Session Four
1. The Ceiling Speaks
2. Lady Fantasy
3. The Chamber of 32 Doors

Lyrics

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Aries / The Chase / Learning Curve (Live and Learn - Part 2) / Face to the Sun / One for the Record / Room 801 / Exorcising Demons (Live) / The Ceiling Speaks / Lady Fantasy / The Chamber of 32 Doors

ARIES

Our minds entwine with same intention
Our thoughts rotate and swing in same direction
Separate by space but time resolved
Our paths should being the will of fate
Bestow good fortune, declare our goals
We work in unison, union of plenty

Solar light has reshaped our spirit
Value to create and satisfy
Musical creations on terms of our own
Will become the anthems of success

When reaching mass ears
Then all the faces will smile
Chords of ecstasy sound the time for our rise
Another dark horse, now a fully fledged knight of melody
But as the unit decays, the sounds gel ever more together
As one, one, one

The King is in his counting house
And he's counting out his gold
To see how his business fared today
But, we are his business
But he doesn't give a damn about the music man
He like the feel of the bucks in his distorted back pockets

We will follow our hearts
We will follow our dreams
We will stand strong for what we believe
We will not succomb to the media test
And we give a damn about the negative musical press
It's been no bed of roses
We've had our share of the downs
But still we arise with our feet firmly off the ground
We bring only music of breadth and melody
Of feeling and of joy of power and pure energy....

 

THE CHASE

With the first trick of dawn
Tranquility drowns amid the morning song
As the Sun cracks the sky
Shadows live another hour
Until they're killed of by the clouds
Waiting with invisible patience
For our star to shine once again....

Hillsides changing shade and shape
Silhouettes slow dance across
The fields, the valleys, the meadows of the chase
A predator hovers in the air
A predator sleeps in the long grass
Whilst all the innocents are unaware
This is the Chase
This is the Chase

A kestrel hovers over a babbling brook
And the hounds they hound
And the fox takes a look
He's running for cover in the trees
And still the fleas they cling
They're biting for life, chasing for life, chasing for life
Chasing desires, chasing ideals
Chasing the way that we feel
Chasing the grass that is oh so green on the other side
Chasing our dreams, in what we believe
This the Chase, this the chase
The Chase, the chase, the chase
The Chase, the chase, the chase
This the Chase

 

FACE TO THE SUN

It's getting late in the day
And I haven't heard a whisper
Where are now?
We'd like to know because we miss you
You misguided soul, you rebellious soul
Maybe you're the ones who's right
Perhaps we just don't understand, no!!

Well, your Mother's at her wits end
Your Father's disowning you
What else did you expect them to do?
You better pull yourself together
In to a better frame of mind
You're so, so, so young
With so much treasure left to find

Believe or not we really care
Believe it or not we want to see alright
Believe it or not you're a part of our lives
Believe it or not we want to see alright

You're another misguided soul
Changing places, changing faces we used to know
You're another misguided soul
Let in the light shut out the dark it's got to go
It's got to go
It's got to go, you know, it's got to go, go, go!!

It's getting late in the evening
And I stare into a flickering fire
I can see your tortured soul
Rise above the funeral pyre
I hope you can achuing head
Well above the rising tide
When will you realise
We are only on your side!

Believe or not we really care
Believe it or not we want to see alright
Believe it or not you're a part of our lives
Believe it or not we want to see alright

You're another misguided soul
Changing places, changing faces we used to know
You're another misguided soul
Let in the light, shut out the dark it's got to go
It's got to go
It's got to go, you know, it's got to go, go, go!!

Believe or not we really care
Believe it or not we want to see alright
Believe it or not you're a part of our lives
Believe it or not we want to see alright

You're another misguided soul
Changing places, changing faces we used to know
You're another misguided soul
Let in the light, shut out the dark, it's got to go
It's got to go......

 

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 and 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
Memory, memory.....

In to the bowl of human celebration steps our hero
To ecstasy out front.. and they know it
He's blinded by the footlights , but he knows just where top face
And with a ready rapport 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
Memory, memory ...

One for the memory ...

Rael arise from your aerosol guise
What a surprise, but fox in a frock on the rocks,
What no fox?
Then in comes in the old man, dare I be so beautiful
Just like a flower, a flower! In the new Jerusalem
And on comes the seventh star
The crowd is going crazy
Seven years gone by, it's enough to make you cry
And a feeling of déjà vu ensues on the stage once more
And the band play on and on and on in their old shoes ...

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

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

 

ROOM 801

Ninth floor, Hotel Metropole
High security, protecting another world, another world..
10,000 reports of the unexplained
And to this day that is how they remain
Official denials, mass cover ups
No unauthorized personnel
This door is kept tightly shut ...

This is Room 801, You're looking at Room 801
Here in Room 801, The legendary Room 801
801....

White lights
White lights, getting brighter
Then fading, disappear
A distant drone, getting louder
Then fading, disappear
Radio interference, no logical explanation
An unusual blip on the radar screen
It's too large for a man made flying machine

Yes we know, we know
They know, they know
We all know, we all know
Yes we know, we know
They know, they know
We all know, we all know

This is Room 801, You're looking at Room 801
Here in Room 801, The legendary Room 801
801...

'At airfields all over the U.K. Fighters were kept ready to intercept any U.F.O's that came within combat distance'

From the air ministry,
To the DDI
From the MOD
To the CIA
All Information classified
Not available to your or I
From Salandin to Killgallen
From Gaydon to Lakenheath

What are we to believe?
What should we believe?
What are we to believe?
Just what the hell are to believe?
Why don't tell me?
Will we ever solve the mystery of what lies within Room 801??

'I am convinced that these objects do exist, they are not manufactured by any nation on this Earth, I can therefore see no alternative to believing the theory that they come from some extra-terrestrial source....!'