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The Battle Of Twisted Heel

by Martin Bramah

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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Martin's rare solo album, issued on vinyl for the first time ever, in a limited edition. Comes with a download card.

    Includes unlimited streaming of The Battle Of Twisted Heel via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Comes in a digipack, displaying Martin surveying the savage beauty of the land before him.

    Includes unlimited streaming of The Battle Of Twisted Heel via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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1.
THE FALL OF GREAT BRITAIN 'The Philistines be upon thee!' This is a warning to you all This is the story of the fall Of Great Britain This is the story of the blow Not yet smitten The wearer of the suit of the cloth of gold Stood upon the bank and watched the battle unfold Ran amongst the ranks like the heroes of old Mystified the mind of his famous foe The wearer of the suit of the cloth of gold This is a warning to you all This is the story of the fall Of Great Britain This is the story of the foe Not yet beaten 'The Philistines be upon thee!' The wearer of the suit of the cloth of gold Saw history in the rolling of the passing clouds relished the risk and laughed out loud The wearer of the suit of the cloth of gold Felt his Fate unfold 'Give me one good plug!' This is a warning to you all This is the story of the blow Not yet smitten This is the story of the foe not yet beaten The wearer of the suit of the cloth of gold In iridescent livery An effervescent reverie Near robbed him of his sanity The wearer of the suit of the cloth of gold Felt his mind unfold 'My antediluvian nemesis!' he cried
2.
COMING FORTH BY DAY Boys and girls come out to play What once was has passed away Coming forth by day Coming forth by day The final seal is broken We're coming forth by day Horus rides the morning wave The dawning morning newly made Coming forth by day Coming forth by day The green hills are coming Coming forth by day Leave your cities and leave your towns We're heading for the fairground All the fallen angels sing ‘Lucifer, our Cuckoo King!' Coming forth by day Coming forth by day They're putting on their colours And coming forth by day And the world is changing in our wake The old foundations surely shake Leave your cities and leave your towns We're heading for the fairground Mary won't you dance with me? What once was will no more be Coming forth by day Coming forth by day The green hills are coming Coming forth by day
3.
I-Super Real 03:38
I-SUPER REAL Sitting on a hill On a fine fine day When I feel a winter chill Embrace me Then the mist comes down And the world turns grey And your cold cold breath Intoxicates me You're so alive you're so real You're so alive you're so real Is that ice in your eye? Or just a tear? And is it love that you feel? Or is it fear? You're too alive you're too real You're too alive you're too real I'm the only dog I need In this two team town 'Cos I'm feeling super real Invigorated I'm so alive I'm so real I'm so alive I'm so real Got to power down Get my washing done 'Cos I need a clean sheet Mister laundry day I'm the only dog I need On this fine fine day 'Cos I'm feeling super real Intoxicated I'm too alive I'm too real I'm too alive I'm too real Then the mist comes down And the world turns grey And the cold cold breath Invigorates me And I'm feeling super real As the snow comes down 'Cos this two-team town Now awaits me I Super Real
4.
STONE TUMBLING STREAM They say my ways are wicked They say walk straight talk true But the straightest way seems crooked So I make my own true crooked way Stone tumbling stream they call me 'Cos nothing stands in my way Stone stumbling stream just watch me Give me time and the mountains tumble to the sea Who fills the hills with laughter? Stone Tumbling Stream! Who's there the morning after? Stone Tumbling Stream! Stone tumbling stream refresh me Come tumbling down on me Stone tumbling stream possess me Fill my soul and make me whole again Stone tumbling stream they call me 'Cos nothing stands in my way Stone stumbling stream just watch me Give me time and the mountains tumble to the sea Who makes the tough guys tremble? Stone Tumbling Stream! Who's pure and free and humble? Stone Tumbling Stream! They say my ways are wicked They say walk straight talk true But the straightest way seems crooked So I make my own true crooked way Stone tumbling stream refresh me Come tumbling down on me Stone tumbling stream possess me Fill my soul and make me whole again Who's there for young and old now? Stone Tumbling Stream! Who fills the fleece with gold now? Stone Tumbling Stream! Stone tumbling stream they call me 'Cos nothing stands in my way
5.
IT'LL BE NIGHT SOON It'll be night soon It'll be night soon It'll be night soon It'll be night soon You can forget the day And the messed up games They make you play It'll be night soon You'll feel better then Under the big old moon Your lonesome friend And as the living stars Look down on you They see the ugly things You're made to do They'll tell you 'This old world isn't what it seems' It's a shadow play Built on dreams You say you seek enlightenment While I seek the dark of night For deep in the heart of darkness I see all that goes on in the light It'll be night soon It'll be night soon It'll be night soon The messed up things They make you do Will break your heart You know it's true By the living stars We will not fail By the living stars We will prevail It'll be night soon It'll be night soon It'll be night soon
6.
Lucybel 02:49
LUCYBEL Lucybel Lucybel It's Christmas time And I'm bound away Bound away I'm bound away And It's Christmas time Lucybel It's Christmas time And I see you shining in the sky Christmas time And I'm bound for glory in the sky Turned away We were turned away No room for us At Christmas time Christmas bells Yes they toll for me now Lucybel Christmas bells Yes they're pealing for me now Lucybel And you're my star My Christmas star And I see you shining Lucybel It's Christmas time And I see you shining in the sky Christmas time Yes we're bound for glory in the sky It's Christmas time And all the stars are blazing in heaven above But none shine as bright as you Lucybel my love Lucybel
7.
THE MOON'S LOST LIGHT There's not a man alive Could hurt Big Dan But it only took a pretty girl To take his hand And he fell Fell in love Yes he finally fell Fell in love The big lug Well he searched this land For a year and a day But he couldn't find the pretty girl Who ran away So he fell Into his cups Yes he finally fell Into his cups It was just his bad luck And he cried 'Sadder than the Moon's lost light Is the passing of your face from my sight And if I might look upon your face in my death I would gladly yield my last breath!' Big Dan drank Like an old sperm whale Until the day came He turned up his tail And he fell From this world Yes he finally fell From this world All for a girl You see Sadder than the Moon's lost light Was the passing of her face from his sight There's not a man alive Could hurt Big Dan
8.
BLACK COMIC BOOK Deep in my heart There's a black comic book And all the pages are the same Won't you come and take a look At my black comic book At my black my black comic book Well the action flies awesome From the depths of the ocean And the hero's washed up dead And then reborn bad In my black black comic book In my black in my black comic book Yeah lying in the gutter of my heart Tyre-torn and stained The tattered remains of the day Of swift victory revealed And when I dream at night Black realms unfold My love’s delight untold Her dress all black with mould Heart of darkness Love bedoomed And the shadows rise rampant As the heroine's saviour swoons In my black my black comic book In my black black comic book The blood of a hero Lies splattered on the ground And it's as black as the shadows Of the stooges standing round In my black in my black comic book Yeah in my black black comic book
9.
STRANGELY LUCID Strange Strangely Lucid Strangely Lucid Strangely Lucid Laying in a field Staring at the sky Remembering things That are making me cry Watching the clouds roll by Remembering why Strangely Lucid Strange Strangely Lucid When we dream now We go back to that city Back to who we really are And so our memories unfog Time is proved mutable Elastic For those who learn to swim As it were Who are not swept along In Time's current How does it feel To remember? How does it feel To forget? How does it feel To remember? How does it feel? Strangely Lucid Strangely Lucid Strangely Lucid Strange
10.
GREEN ROCKY ROAD (by Len Chandler / Robert Kaufman) Happy is the wise man And happy is the wicked man But woe to the one With a soul in embryo It's a green rocky road Mary running to the wall Don't you stumble don't you fall Don't you holler don't you shout And when you hear me sing Come running out Green rocky road When I go up to Manchester They've got no carpet on the floor Got no carpet on the floor When I go up to Manchester It's a green rocky road Green rocky road Bluebird in the sky He don't work He just flies If he ever touches the ground I swear he'll die Bluebird flying in the sky It's a green rocky road Green rocky road Tell me who do you love Who do you love Love
11.
NECESSITY She rises like the Sun She rises like the Sun She rides thunderclouds She rides thunderclouds Necessity Necessity Necessity She may be Necessity She rises like the Sun She rises like the Sun Necessity I call her Necessity Necessity She may be Necessity She rides thunderclouds She rides thunderclouds Necessity
She may be Necessity Necessity I call her Necessity

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released September 27, 2016

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Martin Bramah Manchester, UK

Originally singer for The Fall, before Mark E Smith realised he didn't know how to play guitar and so swapped with him, Martin Bramah is one of rock's great visionary presences - a master songwriter, influential musician and a unique talent.

Here he took an unusual turn, a stripped-down folk approach to songs, some of which he later remade with a full band.

A lost classic or urban folk.
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