Procol Harum - Fires (Which Burnt Brightly)

Procol Harum in Copenhagen, 2001.
Fires - from album "Grand Hotel" - 1973.
Gary Brooker & Matthew Fisher!

Fires (Grand Hotel 1973)
(Brooker/Reid)

This war we are waging is already lost
The cause for the fighting has long been a ghost
Malice and habit have now won the day
The honours we fought for are lost in the fray

Standards and bugles are trod in the dust
Wounds have burst open, and corridors rust
Once proud and truthful, now humbled and bent
Fires which burnt brightly, now energies spent

Let down the curtain, and exit the play
The crowds have gone home and the cast sailed away
Our flowers and feathers as scarring as weapons
Our poems and letters have turned to deceptions

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Procol
• Harum
• Fires
• Which
• Burnt
• Brightly
• Gary
• Brooker
• Matthew
• Fisher
• Copenhagen
• 2001

[GlasgowGran]

Gary Brooker is astoundingly good in this video.

Could listen to him forever ...

[Adominae]

Happy to see this epic getting it's due recognition after all these years.

[dlorahch]

love this song sooo much i cant get enough of it

[dlorahch]

love this song sooo much

[Jangalene1]

@Adominae Yes Absolutely'..This is from a very under-rated album in the UK'..Recieved much better on the continent &USA'Canada.EXCELLENT TRACK!!

[rafartreides]

waar is de tijd? zulke songs maken ze niet meer; tijdloos, pakkend, emo-music..

[y54tub]

Gary Brooker is Procol Harum.............

[MortenRaaOlsen]

Was there :-)

[SuperDrummer2012]

@Rawego does anybody have anything from the 2 mathew fisher solo albums

[Rawego]

pure magic!

[genesisisok]

Probably their finest track ever.

[bk3broom]

Single Singer Makes the Song!! Bummer without.