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