The Battle Lyrics - Journey To The Centre Of The Earth - Rick Wakeman

NARRATION 

Narration 5 

Having made a raft from wood taken from the giant mushroom forest, 

with rigging consisting of a mast made of two staves lashed 

together, a yard made of a third, and a sail borrowed from their 

stock of rugs, they set sail from the harbour - Port Grauben, 

named after Axel's fiancee. With a north-westerly wind propelling 

them along at about three miles an hour, silvery beams of light, 

reflected here and there by drops of spray, produced luminous 

points in the eddy created by the raft. Soon all land was lost to 

view. Five days out to sea, they witnessed a terrifying battle 

between two sea monsters. One having the snout of a porpoise, the 

head of a lizard, and teeth of a crocodile - an Ichthyosaurus. And 

the other, the mortal enemy of the first, a serpent with a 

turtle's shell, the Plesiosaurus. 

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Lyrics 

Five days out on an infinite sea, they prayed for calm on an ocean free, 

But the surface of the water ws indicating some disturbance. 

The raft was hurled by an unseen source, two hundred feet, with 

frightening force 

And a dark mass rising showed to be a giant porpoise 

Rising out of the angry sea, towered the creatures' enemy, 

And so the two sea monsters closed for battle 

Crocodile teeth, lizard's head, bloodshot eye, stained ocean red 

Moving close to their raft's side, the two men prayed as one and cried 

"Save me, save me, save me, save me" 

The serpents' fight went on for hours, two monsters soaring up like towers 

And driving downn to the depths in a single motion 

Suddenly, the serpent's head, shot out of the water bathed in red 

And the serpentine form lay lifeless on the ocean 

Crocodile teeth, lizard's head, bloodshot eye stained ocean read 

Battle won, a victor's pride, the three men thanked the Lord and cried 

"Praise God, praise God, praise God, praise God." 

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NARRATION 

Narration 6 

Cumulus clouds formed heavily in the south, like huge wool packs 

heaped up in picturesque disorder. Under the influence of the 

breezes they merged together, growing darker, forming a single 

menacing mass. The raft lay motionless on the sluggish waveless 

sea and in silence they waited for the storm. 

Narration 7 

For four days the storm had raged as they clung to the mast of 

their raft for safety. Finally, with their raft wrecked after 

being bashed against the reefs, they lay sheltered from the 

pouring rain beneath a few overhanging rocks where they ate and 

slept. The next day all trace of the storm had disappeared and 

what remained of their stock seemed intact. Checking the compass 

brought only heartbreak as it showed that a chance of wind during 

the storm had returned them to just a few miles north of Port 

Grauben. So, deciding to try and find the original route they 

advanced with difficulty over granite fragments mingled with 

flint, quartz, and alluvial deposits, eventually reaching a plain 

covered with bones. like a huge cemetery. A mile further on, they 

reached the edge of a huge forest made up of vegetation of the 

Tertiary period. Tall palms were linked by a network of 

inextricable creepers, a carpet of moss covering the ground and 

the leaves were colourless, everything having a brownish hue. 

Exploring the forest they discovered a heard of gigantic animals, 

Mastadons, which were being marshalled by a primitive human being, 

a Proteus. He stood over twelve foot high and brandished an 

enormous bough, a crook worthy of this antediluvian shepherd.