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The Waterboys

The Waterboys are a band formed in 1983 by Mike Scott. The band's membership, past and present, has been composed mainly of musicians from Scotland, Ireland and England. Edinburgh, London, Dublin, Spiddal, New York, and Findhorn have all served as homes for the group. The band has played in a number of different styles, but their music is a mix of Celtic folk music with rock and roll. After ten years of recording and touring, they dissolved in 1993 and Scott pursued a solo career. They reformed in 2000, and continue to release albums and tour worldwide. Scott emphasizes a continuity between The Waterboys and his solo work, saying that "To me there's no difference between Mike Scott and the Waterboys; they both mean the same thing. They mean myself and whoever… more »

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I remember the day the games began
and the hills themselves crackled and sang
and news was brought by stone and water
of wind and her daughter

and a child was dancing under the sky
with gods for companions, I saw with my eye
dryads and naiads and all their clan
in the company of Pan

Call it strange: we live, we die
All may change in the wink of an eye

And I recall your dread of the gathering clouds
the way you recoiled 
from the cape of the crowd
when the shouts and the rage 
and the sudden fear failed to disappear

yet the touch of your hair 
as it brushed my cheek
and you telling me no, don't sing, don't speak
and your skin so warm in the dark alive night
and the stars bright

Call it strange...

I remember your face 
in the broken black time
in the wreck of the world 
when love was a crime
a monstrous lie told by a charlatan choir
and a man on fire 

Then the bodies burned and the cities bled
and the courthouse fell and innocence fled
when into our minds, unbidden, unsought 
came the Great Thought

It dropped into your heart 
where the lover is found
and there it took root, 
and there was it crowned
and you and I stood on All Soul's Hill
breathing still

Call it strange...

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