Prayer Flags Lyrics - New Model Army

I met a Moko man from the other side 

The room began to capsize as he was telling me his tales 

And all my beliefs and best belongings 

were flying useless through the air 

And when they all were lost - then we were brothers 

By the wheel the tellers stands shaking numbers from his hands 

His face is masked and his coats tails are waring 

He cries 'round and round and round she goes 

Where she lands nobody knows, but hey thank you for asking' 

The prayer flags are flying in the wind 

In the last days of winter, just a few of us remained 

We built a fire of remembrance on the frozen land 

And as the sparks flew up into the night to dance around the stars 

Beneath our very feet the ground was shifting 

The prayer flags are flying in the wind 

The prayer wheels spinning in the wind 

And there she blows - our time is gone 

And in the womb a new head is beginng to turn 

Beyond these Carnival lights there is nothing at all 

Just the distant screams and the endless fall 

A single drop of rain falls on my windscreen 

We're closer to the very edge than we realise 

The bridges all have been washed away or bombed out 

And the water runs fast and black and cold... 

The prayer flags are flying in the wind 

The prayer wheels spinning in the wind