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Maginot Line

from Advent (abridged) by Advent

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Call to arms! See the vandals at the gates.
Sound alarms! The hounds asleep, the hour late.
Perfect teeth … smile, assure to bad intent.
Just underneath … a sneer can hardly veil contempt.

They come bearing sweets for the children,
Innocents lost by parental consent,
While ghosts from the past led the forces in vain,
Glory’s moment now theirs to prevent.

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CHORUS

Fine cafés on the Maginot Line
And the river’s high today. (The river’s high.)
What’s to fear? Have one more glass of wine,
They’re still miles away. (There’s time.)

Fine cafés on the Maginot Line.
Glories past will sin the day. (We’ve got yesterday.)
Victory’s just a fait accompli away.

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Sneak attack! Truths reversed and put to flight.
Bar the facts! White is black and darkness light.

Graves without dates, without crosses.
New rules for a new kind of war,
Yet the quarry believed the defenses would hold
Just because they had held once before.

(repeat chorus)

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from Advent (abridged), released April 10, 1997
by Alan Benjamin, Mark Ptak & Henry Ptak

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Perhaps a modern equivalent to the symphonic side of classic English progressive-rock groups like Gentle Giant, (early) Genesis, and Procol Harum, but with a little Tubes-style funk and the occasional jazz-rock flourish as well, Advent seeks to blend true classical-quality composition with the excitement and dynamics of rock music. ... more

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