"I defy you to find anything else that sounds quite like this..." The Tasty Fanzine ~ April 2010

lyrics ~ the last steampunk waltz

Originally named 'Calibernus', this song is about the sword Excalibur and her inexorable link to the earth and forces of nature, as discussed in the legends of King Arthur. It was renamed in honour of steampunks from across the UK who got up and waltzed so finely to it at last year's Asylum event.

VERSE 1
Legends spoken shall never fail
Every deed as hard as nails
She never speaks, she never smiles
The journey's end of a thousand miles
Rings on her fingers and bells on her toes
Music to haunt us she knows

As she goes

VERSE 2
Many years in a bed of rock

Too many turns of the season's clock

She never smiles, she never speaks

The awful silence grows long and deep

Ghost light and candlelight show her the way

Onwards the dawn of the day
As they say

CHORUS
Stay with her, lay with her, carry her high

Swear an allegiance to things you can't hide

She will find us again

She will bind us again

Lies won't blind us again

Heavens bow to her reign
Once again

VERSE 3
Into her arms below the ground

Eternity never made a sound

She never speaks, she never smiles

The journey ends in a thousand trials

Rings on her fingers and bells on her toes

Devils and demons alive alive-o
Follow us close as we go

As we know