Lyrics Triumph – The City: War March; El Duende Agonizante; Minstrel’s Lament

War March

Instrumental

El Duende Agonizante

Instrumental

Minstrel’s Lament

I have watched in wonder as
The colours turned to grey
I’ve seen the metal machines and
The factory dreams
I just got to get away
I have grown accustomed to
The drugs of power and steel
And the achin’ in my head and the concrete bed
And the politician’s velvet feel, oh

I have learned to save my smile and
Use it like a knife
We’ve all learned to trust in profit and value
Profit over life
I have watched the skyline grow in
Defiance of the sun
We let it take us and we let it break us
Now the damage has been done, oh

I have learned the language
Of the lost that walk the streets
And I’m the city’s minstrel
Who knows all of her syncopated beats
I can recall when ambitions were small
And the music filled the air
But the minstrel’s crying ’cause the music’s dying
And the city’s everywhere

Now there’s no more singing
Just a ringing in my ears
And the city’s story in all it’s power
Is the greatest of my fears

Long gone once upon a time
I sang a song so sweet
But now I can’t hear the melody
I just feel the driving beat, beneath my feet
Hear my crying