XTC Sacrificial Bonfire

From their 1986 album Skylarking

Lyrics:

Fire they cried
So evil must die
And yields are good
So men pull back hoods and smile
The scapegoat blood spilled
Spittled and grilled it crackled and spat
And children grew fat on the meat
Change must be earnt
Sacrificial bonfire must burn
Burn up the old
Bring in the new
Burn up the old
Bring in the new
Assembled on high
Silhouette against the sky
The smoke prayed and pranced
And sparks did their dance in the wind
Disguises wore thin with less and less skin
And the clothes that were draped
Was all that told man from ape
Change must be earnt
Sacrificial bonfire must reign
Reign over good
Banish the bad
Oh,Reign over good
Banish the bad, oh, ohh

Category:

Music

Tags:

• XTC
• Sacrificial
• Bonfire
• Skylarking

[uncleavi2002]

I love this album.

[FuncSHun]

Am I the only one who, when they heard the first couple lyrics thought of the Salem witch trials?

[rintintin7529]

ah Sir but this has been wiped from history ...or should I say co-opted? :-)

[HANDofGODproduction]

To imagine that all here have no pagan shadows deep within is to deny the legacy of a rich past. It is only when we shudder just a bit that we pay attention to any wake-up call. JCH

[JavelBleach]

@iVEomg I was born earlier. Blown away by their first 4 albums then heard they'd stopped playing & heard nothing more till about a month ago when I rediscovered them by accident... about 20 albums later! Feel like I've lost 20 years!

[khunopie]

this song causes glee in my underpants while I dance in a trance

[benmungovin]

this song causes glee in my heart...Benmungovin

[blackwelderadam]

@bijeto I remember reading an article in which Andy and Coulion said that the album's theme is about how things come in cycles: a day, a season, a year, a lifetime...

[tamurello1979]

This song gives me the chills :)

[iVEomg]

finding these XTC songs here on youtube made me create an accound, just wanted to say thx to you FallingDown08

XTC is one of the bands i can listen to all day, either in background or really listen to lyrics

and XTC is one of the only reasons i wish i was born earlyer

[hithereseven]

@bijeto-- totally agree. Both of those songs are just incredible. This one is a wonderful finish to a superb album. I can listen to it over and over, perhaps with the exception of 'supergirl'.