Wise After The Event Lyrics - Singles - Phillips Anthony

Four thousand monks in a maelstrom 

All crying out for release. 

Three cheers for old Mother Hailsham 

She's sticking to her beliefs. 

A hundred ships took to the high seas 

intent on sailing the world. 

They might have known that a rainy sky 

would scatter swine before pearls. 

One by One, the Centaur is breaking its chains 

and, after all, we're blood and flesh and pain. 

Cover it up high, cover it up low 

Cerebus stirring, 

finally learning, 

Lamplighters' torches extinguish 

the flames of our fate. 

Six sturdy Bold held the Tiber 

Across the stakes they did swarm. 

And in a chance he was leaving 

Throughout his watch he was warming their guards. 

I met a man on a spreading kite 

who set his course for the sun. 

But when I asked what he'd found up there 

he said he'd just been for fun. 

Hour by hour, the Jigsaw is piecing together 

In fear and dread, we wait the final act. 

Gathering up high, gathering up low, 

See how the earth quakes 

watch as the crust breaks 

beating the air as the hot wind 

comes blowing my way. 

A million men marched on Memphis, 

to pay respect to their King 

but when they came to Fort Lauderville 

they found they all had to sing - So we're 

Getting so much wiser, it's so much fun.