The Knife - Live at the Lyceum - London - 1980 - Genesis

Rare video of The Knife at the Lyceum, London, 1981.

Lyrics:

Tell me my life is about to begin
Tell me that I am a hero,
Promise me all of your violent dreams
Light up your body with anger.
Now, in this ugly world
it is time to destroy all this evil.
Now, when I give the word
get ready to fight for your freedom
Now -

Stand up and fight, for you know we are right
We must strike at the lies
That have spread like disease through our minds.
Soon we'll have power, every soldier will rest
And we'll spread out our kindness
To all who our love now deserve.
Some of you are going to die -
Martyrs of course to the freedom that I shall provide.

I'll give you the names of those you must kill,
All must die with their children.
Carry their heads to the palace of old,
Hang them high, let the blood flow.
Now, in this ugly world
break all the chains around us,
Now, the crusade has begun
give us a land fit for heroes,
Now -

Stand up and fight, for you know we are right
We must strike at the lies
That have spread like disease through our minds.
Soon we'll have power, every soldier will rest
And we'll spread out our kindness
To all who our love now deserve.
Some of you are going to die -
Martyrs of course to the freedom that I shall provide.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• genesis
• lyceum
• london
• 1981
• the
• knife
• Tony
• Banks
• Phil
• Collins
• Mike
• Rutherford
• rock

[GLICKTON]

this is from 7th may 1980 at the lyceum ballrooms, london, ive uploaded it on here, no vid tho, better quality sound :)

[ELIOREYES]

yes I have all the concert and sounds like an official cd!! In the cage sounds really good

[matstar19]

Pour les gens francais .. on dirait que Phil collins au tout début crie : Ta gueule pi rote ! XD

[labora4best]

If you are not ready "to stand up and fight for your rights"...you are probably bound to grab that knife sooner or later.

You should not.

You should not.

[piercepd]

I dunno, it's good but it's not got the power of the original. Phil seems to be singing it rather than investing in it & connecting the way Peter did.

[marmadukespratt]

I was there.

[Laminateddeffect]

chesters drumming during the chorus sound like freakin machine guns!!!

[andrew2410]

WOW!!!!

[KeithThePunk]

you lost me there, man

[pinkfloydrule27]

but on the reunion concert with peter garbiel in 1982 they still did this version

[pinkfloydrule27]

wow this is the most phil has ever sounded like peter gabriel and great video thanks for posting