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lyrics

Fit the Eighth: Mister Silver

Narrator: Sir Jester walks on alone until he comes to a great white archway. He passes though and finds himself in a new part of the city. Here tall buildings tower to the sky, made of gleaming metal, with wings and flanges at every corner. The silver streets are thronged with shiny metal people who sing a welcome to the Jester.

Mr Silver: Welcome, welcome, to our happy world
Welcome, stranger, you are just like us
Jester: Once men were blind, once they ignored me
Mr Silver: You’re welcome to our world
Jester: One of their kind, still they abhorred me
Mr Silver: Most welcome to our world
Jester: But now these men of steel, bright with electric light
Embrace me as a brother might
Mr Silver: You’re just like us
Jester: Driven by gears, driven by amperes
Mr Silver: Please worship at our church
Jester: Feigning their tears, tender with sham cares
Mr Silver: Our God waits in the church
Jester: They dance before me through the streets of gleaming chrome
Towards a flanged and polished dome
Mr Silver: Our God is there
Jester: They all sing, they all dance, they all bow and wink and nod
Mr Silver: We all sing allelujia, we all sing allelujia, we all sing to praise our God

Narrator: Inside the dome a million metal men are gathered in silence. Then a mechanical pianist steps forward. He begins to play upon a shining keyboard.

Narrator: Upon an altar in the centre of that great dome
A small black object lies
It is the God the metal people have come to worship
The Jester rubs his eyes
Their God is nothing but a child’s doll of black wool with one eye and ludicrous of face
The jester reaches out and touches the black doll, a million harsh voices fill the place
Mr Silver: He is touching God! He is touching God!
Narrator: Their god is lolling in his hand now, it’s silky, its downy, with something hard inside
The Jester tears the doll asunder and draws out its black heart and casts the threads aside
Mr Silver: He is killing God! He is killing God!

Narrator: The doll is stuffed with cotton wool, and at its heart is a flat black plastic box with brightly coloured buttons on its face. Sir Jester touches one of the buttons. With one accord, the metal people throw themselves down on their faces. He touches another button and they all rise up vertically again, but standing on their heads. He presses another button and they all spin round, in the same direction, singing madly of their happiness. He presses another button and all movement and sound ceases. The metal people are frozen, all standing on their heads. Slowly, one by one, they fall over, and lie where they have fallen, with happy grins upon their metal faces. Sir Jester walks out of the great dome. Once outside, he presses another button on the black box. From inside there is a great hubbub and the sound of metal worshippers lamenting the destruction of their God.

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from The Jester's Quest in the City of Glass, released April 1, 2016

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John Blake: guitars, singing
Alison Felstead: bass, singing
Paul W. Nash: keyboards, guitars, woodwinds, singing
Edgar Wilde: drums, percussion

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