Teen Angel Meets the Apocalypse Lyrics

Teen Angel Meets the Apocalypse Part I – Diamonds in the Rain Had a widescreen view of forever We sat back and watched it together Even in the end we were not entertained Always men making stupid decisions You shake your head but the idiot listens Embrace the atomic wind of change There’s no time to be sentimental Between the devil and the deep And that’s where you’ll find me Making plans for the next generation One drink short of a tonic perfection Just looking for diamonds in the rain ‘tis the song that we leave for our children Memories of the garden of Eden And that love is a story of the road Baby, nature has a cruel groove Someday you will feel it too You will feel it too Ring your bells for better days to come along Ring them out to sweeten our dumb old wrongs Ring your bells for better days to come our way Make a stand and take ‘em down Ring your red bells and ring them loud There’s an army being born Under the sign of the horn Hear distortion from the tower of song You are Legion, the storm that is coming When the new déjà vu day is dawning You can change anything with the power of chords And the beat will choose the drummer and the thunder will bring the rain – diamonds in the rain Ring your bells for days gone by and days to come Ring your bells for every child beneath the sun Ring you bells for better days to come our way Ring them for the final flame To keep you warm when the summer’s gone Part II – Road to Roundabout Mankind will try to remain on the old roman roads Men in high places say: “better the devil you know” We’ll be the scapegoats – enemies History’s grace note – To Calvary! My neophyte – ‘tis your world, your collapsed legacy To build a new world on the old ones stupidity Go let it out now! – Every note! Wear every colour – ever so proud They’ll bring out the banners of their old empires Throw ‘em all in the funeral pyre Ring out the old world with a boom and a bang The peasants unite and they will join the band Locked in a cage, but the bird still sings The dreams of a million only need one pair of wings If we only imagine what we believe Then let me live in my song of self deceit Part III – London Bridge Is Falling Down Good ole’ Johnny Mellor, he prophesized we would drown But sweet Thames is now a beach, a rocky ground London bridge is falling down London bridge is falling down again Smoke obscures the window that has no view anyway Oh, what shall we do today but pray for rain London bridge is falling down London bridge is falling down again Datta, Datta, Dayadhvam, Damyata Datta, Datta, Dayadhvam, Damyata Part IV – What the Thunder Said Teen angel, the doors are open To begin when all is broken Our pain is your guide to the top of the stairs And the queen is cleaning the seasons We’re all mad and we’re all beyond reason A gift from the autumn of my rocking chair So we lead our children underground To refine that million dollar sound Through the door to the left to get it right So the stage is set and the power’s on Bring the thunder down on everyone Push the hoi polloi out into the light Baby, we don’t need religion ‘cause we’ve got rock n’ roll You’re dancing in the stardust And it’s all so bittersweet … and that’s my legacy I would not wish any companion in the world but you No one else but you, my love Baby, we don’t need no borders ‘cause we’ve got rock n’ roll And the wonderful crescendo Promise that the rain will fall… and the rain will fall… Ring your bells for better days to come along Ring them out to sweeten our dumb old wrongs Ring your bells for better days to come our way Ring them for a rainy day the old world dies to rise again