Procol Harum - Broken Barricades - 02 - Broken Barricades

It was all once bright jewels
And glittering sand
The oceans have ravaged
And strangled the land
Waste fills the temples,
Dead daughters are born
The presses are empty
The editors torn

Whose husband was the first to fall?
Who died the worst death of them all?
How many splinters in each separate band?
How many stations in the final hand?

Now gather up sea shells,
And write down brave words
Your prayers are unanswered,
Your idols absurd
The seaweed and the cobweb,
Have rotted your sword
Your barricades broken,
Your enemies Lord.

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Music

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• Procol
• Harum
• Broken
• Barricades

[Tycho114]

B.J. Wilson's drumming on this is great.

[mxtypx]

Simply one of the most creative groups to come out of England in the 60's. I just shake my head at what has become of 'popular music'. Good luck to everyone; God know we all need it.

[fawlty07]

great track , brilliant organ solo

[ronrizzi]

@mxtypx easily one of the best, intelligent, eloquent, artistic, creative, classical, progressive rock bands to ever grace a pair of JBL studio monitors. This LP along with Home and Shine On Brightly mark a period of incandescence in rock and roll music to be played on radio, now found here or your iPod. Gary Brooker, Robin Trower, BJ Wilson, Matthew Fisher and the family of members over the years... we are lucky to have had them here to give these masterpieces to us all!

[Tedisntakidanymore]

Absolutely stunning song! I'd forgotten how powerful and majestic Procol Harum's brilliant compositions truly were.

[SupernalOne]

the scenario in the song is the Republican vision for America, with the themselves as the overlords and the rest of us in despair

[jeffreyad1]

What happened 2 rock?

[SupernalOne]

Absolutely lovely elegiac piece, so sad: the revolution has failed, the gods have turned their backs, all is lost -

[maida1982a]

@Tycho114 Wasn't it always! simply the best.

[jeffreyad1]

One of the bands best..........

[edking1949]

I'll never forget the first time I heard this in '71. Didn't see the end coming....never thought of ending a song with a drum solo! Classic.