LYRICS

BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION - AFTERGLOW (2012)

DANDELION BIG TRAIN (Hughes) (Hughes) As I rise from Golden Slumbers On another destination To my own mortality I hear the grinding of the wheel And I want to take you with me Keep me waitin' at the station To my lone tranquility And I want you to reveal Then you vanish right before me I got a steely eyed devotion And the room smells like a flower I am ready for the thrill In the Palace of the Kings Feel like I'm movin' in slow Yet the fruit is sometimes sour motion As my car begins to spill My DANDELION My liberty Out on the track, shadow me My DANDELION Your devotee Down in the fools gallery My DANDELION This alchemy And you sow the seed My DANDELION Its all that you need You're building on Speed As I stumble to the parlor BIG TRAIN I am filled with no regret And I am but a troubadour As the Passenger did mention I am the last prophet Darkness falls just like a thief This house once was a vacancy Now you've got my full attention Now Gold has turned to rust As the steam spills from beneath But life is just a lesson Won't you let me be a Volunteer And full of wanderlust Won't you let come within I will be your manic engineer My DANDELION I'll be your Assassin My liberty My DANDELION Won't you whisper to my face Your devotee What you see can't be replaced My DANDELION By the fountain we embrace This alchemy On the mountain in my Grace My DANDELION

And I Take THIS IS YOUR TIME Dandelion (Bonham/Hughes) This is my inquisition You gotta paint it upon yourself Got me spun up on the wire Its written on your face And I make You'll find no wealth on a carpet Dandelion ride I have come to my decision You know that life ain't no race Gonna walk into the fire I hear the blackbird sing, its This Is Your Time everything Its in your hands I hear the blackbird sing, its what This Is Your Time you bring To make your stand And I Take I see it all in the Tapestry Dandelion And you can taste my blood This is my inquisition And it is all that you want to be Got me spun up on the wire Here come the tears and the flood And I make Dandelion Salvation, inside you I have come to my decision In tales, of yore Gonna walk into the fire Vibration, I feel you The Station, to Shore And I Take Dandelion This is my inquisition MIDNIGHT SUN Got me spun up on the wire (Hughes) And I make Dandelion Cascade, Earthquake I have come to my decision My quest, is callin' me Gonna walk into the fire I'm made, I break Sting like a honey bee I hear the blackbird sing, its Velvet, Princely everything Too late to disagree I hear the blackbird sing, its what Gauntlet, you flee you bring God speed your Symphony Dandelion Knife Edge, restless Inside do test my nerve THE CIRCLE High Ledge, timeless (Hughes) Slowly yet I serve Cloudless I sleep in the Midnight Sun Nothing but sky over me In shade I rest Peacefulness With my Saffron How in this world could it be I weep in the Midnight Sun This last parade Nameless I face the dawn Ghostly you shelter my flame Out here in the Midnight Sun I am helpless I'm miles away In the black light And I am gone It's a shame And I taste the cinnamon On my way to Avalon I'm in the middle of a dream I just don't know what it means Refused, no sin I am at war with my fear Outside the devil lurks And I'm lost Confused, tailspin In The Circle, again We ride, we make it work Powerless I sleep in the Midnight Sun Only the strong will prevail In shade I rest Childless With my Saffron Alone on this ship I will sail I weep in the Midnight Sun Faceless This last parade You try and reach for my Soul I face the dawn I'm helpless Out here in the Midnight Sun In the black light I'm miles away Down the hole And I am gone And I taste the cinnamon I'm in the middle of a dream On my way to Avalon I just don't know what it means I am at war with my fear I sleep in the Midnight Sun And I'm lost In shade I rest In The Circle, again With my Saffron I weep in the Midnight Sun Childless This last parade Alone on this ship I will sail I face the dawn Lord I'm helpless Out here in the Midnight Sun I'm lonely and feeling I'm miles away So frail And I am gone Out here in the Midnight Sun I'm in the middle of a dream On my way to Avalon I just don't know what it means I'm on my way I am at war with the fear (and it can I'm on my way only appear) And I'm lost In The Circle, again CONFESSOR (Hughes) COMMON MAN You give me the madness (Bonham/Hughes) I'll give you a sign No need to be mindless Lord won't you help me At the scene of the crime Make it thru the night No one can hear me Now do you have a Confession Lead me to the light That you want to make? You are the reason Your resurrection I am here today I'm ready to take Love is the answer Take me far away Release the fantasy And catch the final trip On my own I'm no better than Unleash the majesty All alone And tighten up your grip I'm a Common Man Inside your memory Has choked on broken glass Where are you brother? Beneath the Karma tree I'm feelin' kinda low You know this too shall pass Sister and Mother I won't let you walk this path I want to let you know alone Can't break the Chain It comes from deep within Confessor Live thru the pain Let the motor Burn That's underneath my Skin Confessor Its time to overturn On my own I'm no better than Confessor All alone Can't justify the past I'm a Common Man I see your colors Were born to last Called by the Siren Down by the sea Its your resolution Ghost in the distance What cannot be done Its callin' me A simple solution You are the reason Before it all begun I am here today Love is the answer And if you happen to see me Take me far away I'm already there On my own I'm no better than Out here on the hillside All alone I'm everywhere I'm a Common Man

On my way CRY FREEDOM I will all I can (Hughes) I will stay Just a Common Man Freak Flag I fly Now can you hear me Callin? THE GIVER Don't drag and justify (Hughes) Or soon you will be fallin' Last kiss Holy Mother, Lord and maker, I am We Hail just a soldier of the free You're ready for transition You know I was once a taker Sweet bliss Lonely tired and sick Derail I could not see In the red mist We shall Sail Captured with the evidence The seasons come and go Holy father believe it's over A prisoner in his residence Cry Freedom I'm haunted don't you know Dozen dawn the last crusade Don't you know Cry Freedom Many miles many tears for I live and die soldiers I take the pressure We're the last brigade I wear a coat of armor you can't see In the motorcade And now I feel The final measure Too deep Slow but quickly So wide This was meant to be Too late to get some shelter I leap Captured with the evidence You glide The seasons come and go We ride the helter skelter A prisoner in his residence Moonbeam I'm haunted don't you know Starbright A storm on the horizon Shake out the fear Bad dream Until I fall Daylight And I will hear Like a diver In the dead of night Here come The Giver You will be free Holy Father believe it's over Just like the river Cry Freedom That leads to the sea Dozen dawn the last crusade Cry Freedom As I look down from the tower Many miles many tears for I see the fields of hope that wait for soldiers me We're the last brigade Bring the dawn In the motorcade Upon the hour Ascending to the sky Coat of armor upon your shoulder For you to see Cry Freedom Trail of blood the last crusade Captured with the evidence Cry Freedom The seasons come and go Many miles, many tears for A prisoner in his residence soldiers I'm haunted don't you know We're the last brigade In the motorcade Shake out the fear Until I fall And I will hear AFTERGLOW (Hughes) Here come The Giver You will be free There's a sacred place Just like the river It's where I go that leads to the sea As I lay my head On my pillow My flesh and blood

In this world I roam I let my conscience suffer me The Glory shines And it broke my will somehow It shook me down Hard to breathe I'm on my knees My soul I leave But I won't be took to the bow Now I can see I let my conscience suffer me By the lake And it broke my will somehow The road you take It shook me down The lone mistake I'm on my knees I try to break But I won't be took to the bow

So let me go Here come The Giver I wanna know You will be free So let me go Here come The Giver In the AFTERGLOW You will be free

In this wonderland I lose myself CRAWL You will find no trace (Hughes) To find yourself Out there you're gotta walk So proud Hard to breathe You say you wanna leave My soul I leave This crowd Now I can see Today, a shot away You slip By the lake Seems like you're gonna lose The road you take Your grip The lone mistake I try to break Invisible Invisible So let me go I wanna know You live and you will die So let me go So stoned In the AFTERGLOW And still you wonder why Alone In the wildwood rests The Autumn Rose So fake, no mercy With your shield and crest You fall This life you chose You break, no pity You Crawl I will cross the stream That waits for me So fake, no mercy You fall Hard to breathe You break, no pity My soul I leave Now I can see You Crawl

By the lake A wreck, a tragedy The road you take A sign The lone mistake So sad the memory I try to break Redline Too late to build a Bridge Let me go On trust I wanna go I see the Gold has turned So let me go To dust Oh let me go I wanna go Invisible Let me go Invisible In the AFTERGLOW You live and you will die So stoned And still you wonder why Alone

So fake, no mercy You fall You break, no pity You Crawl

So fake, no mercy You fall You break, no pity You Crawl