Orpheus

This one was even better live than on CD. All four Mekon singers traded off, each taking a verse, then near-shouting the chorus. Orpheus All my time I spent in heaven Revelries of dance and wine Waking to the sound of laughter Up I'd rise and kiss the sky Ecstacy and fornication Music, lust and poetry Something stirs, I hear a warning I look for Euridice Lose your head Searching through the pits of Hades Like a miner in the gloom I seek out to find my baby Don't look back the warning booms In my thoughts that warning shakes me How can fate deceive me now? I will think on worlds in order I will make a solemn vow Lose your head One last glimpse to take back with me Said my eyes, despite the fear One last glimpse was all they needed "Loose the Mekons!" came the cheer Torn in two and cut and scattered Limb from limb and heart from mind In the water hear me singing As my head swirls in the brine Lose your head I will teach them with my lesson I will teach them with my song I will speak of all life's wonders Where I land will be renown Where I land will be the fortress Of this fight against the tides Tides of rotten patriarchy Tides of greed and fits and lies Lose your head