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Twelfth Night - Sequences (opening section 2018 version)

from PROG sampler by Twelfth Night - Friends & Family

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From the 2018 album 'Sequences'.

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And it seems my time has passed
Before me until now, in sequences of moments
And now I see this poster, they seem to need me anyway
I'll take the shilling sign
I'll make a positive move, to be an action man
The women seem to want us to go
So I can't refuse,
No, I can’t refuse

So I find myself in a country somewhere
Where mayhem's madman minions all march around a square
Unquestioning obedience is the order of the day
Your friends are coloured khaki and your enemies are grey

The Sergeant Major’s pep talk
"Alright my likely lads, you've left your mums and dads, now
Our glorious leaders start a war, to protect the 'ole of 'umankind that's why they always stay be'ind
What d'ya mean ain't it wrong to kill?‘ Not if the top men say so!
Where you're going, sonny, general's top chap
Next to him you're a small piece of crap
If none of us went out of fight,
We'd never prove our side was right would we?
ATTENTION!“

The Colonel’s pep talk
"The front line is a pretty bloody place to be, that's why you go instead of me
Now, I'd hate to send you all off thinking that if you get yours
You're going to fret about your families, so don't.
They'll get some lovely souvenirs
A nice bronze plaque on which will be your name
You'll get free crutches if you end up lame, good God!
'Though the numbers of dead will contain many zeros, the survivors will return to a land fit for heroes
Would I lie to you? PRESENT ARMS!“

Put next to a young boy in a knee-deep trench
Whose hand even shakes when he keeps it clenched
We attack tomorrow in dawn's early light
And as this sinks in I'm so scared
I can't wait for it and tonight to be over
It and tonight to be over

credits

from PROG sampler, released April 5, 2023
Brian Devoil: drums, percussion, Andy Revell: lead guitar, classical guitar, additional vocals, Mark Spencer: vocals, keyboards, rhythm guitar, programming and all the other bits
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Dean Baker: piano, keyboards, Andy Faulkner: bass

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Twelfth Night are an English progressive rock band of the 1980s, reformed between 2007 and 2012 and again in 2014.

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