Song #59 - Albion
Written by David Newton (Wong Chung Bang)
Completed on 29 Sept 2003
Length: 11 minutes
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Why must humans always destroy
Always ugly and despoil
Tearing the planet to suit their needs
In their search for gold and oil
Been given one last chance far too often
And they always carry on
So many centuries ago we left the world to flee our past
Now this planet we call home
Let me take you far beyond the stars
To the place where we all belong
The planet of our brothers in the human race
Come with me to Albion
We came from the Earth to find a new planet
With more resources to take
Nugget was our target, the desert world
We didn't know of our mistake
The planet below awaits us
We're on a new frontier
To be the first to see this world
We're the pioneers
From here I see the planet rise
Our journey has begun
Taken down on to the land
Beneath an alien sun
I have travelled far beyond the stars
To somewhere that I don't belong
A planet that we haven't yet explored or known
But this is where it began
It isn't barren as we thought
All our planet's life and more
Now to me the Earth seems lifeless
Why didn't we see this before
Now I look around me I can see
That science and technology have failed our race
The species here are balanced with their world
Isolated in deep space
I was taken far beyond the stars
To the place where we all belong
A planet that we haven't yet exploited and harmed
Come with me to Albion
How can there be other humans here as well
We've got to get back, and then we'll tell
They can't take the life from here
But the landing time is near
They're coming to take our lives
After destroying one earth
They don't care for us or our planet
Exchanging our very lives for their wealth
Been given one last chance far too often
And they always carry on
Not long ago we left behind and turned against our race
Now this planet we call home
Let me take you far beyond the stars
To the place where we all belong
The planet of our kind, no matter what their race
Come with me to Albion
And we will stand to defend it
From the race which was once mine
The species of the planet standing side by side
And together we will shine
Let me take you far beyond the stars
To the place where we all belong
The planet of our kind, no matter what their race
Come with me to Albion
Let me take you far beyond the stars
To the place where our lives began
The planet of our kind, no matter what their race
Come with me to Albion
Come with me, I'll show you the world
I'll show you the place that we saved
Come with me, come with me to Albion
Come with me, with me to Albion
