Ian Evans - The Wrestler's Tomb

This is a first take recording of a new tune called the Wrestler's Tomb. It's another one using a loop pedal. The lyrics are below and (as usual in my songs) they contain a lot of quotes and odd references... When the new album is finished, I'll type them all out to go in the accompanying booklet. Cheers, from Ian :-)

The Wrestler's Tomb
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William Hope Hodgson had warned me of a woman - menaced by rats aboard a sinking ship
So, that night, we went out to find her anywhere. After the Terror of the Water Tank
William had once chained up Houdini and the pair of them both weathered good punches
Sam Moskowitz had said that he'd be the one to help save her - but the clock was ticking
We teamed up with Jemima Shore, a plucky young girl who could solve a black and bloody business
Now the Thames TV logo showed a scene of night, we knew the game was afoot

Big D was come, through the evening sun, as we made our journey - Red Sails in the sunset
We had last met in a Moscow shed, where his feline servant nearly took my head
This time his niece (as a cockatrice) fought me through foam wherever I did roam
I could now hear the girl, who I believed was near, as I battled the fiend
Jem and I saw her, with no food left over
I took her wrist as she started the ship

William ran away to the Navy
Now I need advice with my haunted mirror
If you steel yourself, to ride your bike down a steep hill...
to win applause and ales

Nigel Kneale: He was scornful of radio men
Then a rocket hit a home in suburbia
After creating such a good metaphor for himself...
he was kind not to say, "told you so"

Category:

Music

Tags:

• loop
• station
• acoustic
• guitar
• polyrhythms

[snavenai]

Thanks Cary, your wish is my command :-) I'll eventually write out the references, so that it makes a bit more sense! My beard has gone quite soft now and my Mum really liked it. I'll probably keep it for a few weeks at least

[CaryGranite]

Hey Ian, you already know I like the song so now I'll tell you that I also like the beard. You'll have to take some pics before it drives you crazy and you shave it off.

PS: How bout posting the lyrics for this?