Manning - The Root, The Leaf & The Bone lyrics

Strip away the layers overgrown Down beneath the underside it lies alone Travel through the human lives it has known Pa**ing by the root, the leaf and the bone Hidden away, far below Impressions of a World we used to know. A veil now pulled over the surface in Time Carved upon the stone & the water lines Mapped within the space beneath our feet Are Signposts to a progress now complete Echoes of the moments we have now lost Building up to a future but at what cost? Hidden away, far below Impressions of a World we used to know A veil now pulled over the surface in Time Carved upon the stones & the water line Down...We trace our borders underground Searching for the things once held but thrown away upon a pile of memories... ...Memories... Down...With geophyrs we prod around. With detectors, site directors reveal the metal objects from our memories Memories(x3) Underground (x5) Tracking by the meeting hall & pa**ed the Village Green Lit by lamps that are tended to by hand Copper kettles boil away on fire burning stoves the Horses in the stables stand unseen Peel away the layers of towered thrones Concrete, tarmac driveways, fields of stone. To contemplate the pa**ing of home grown Built upon the root, the leaf and..... .....the postal office corner shop is now the entrance way to a Corporation leisure complex & carvery. The homely hearth of the Speckled Hen is now a B&B. Where foreign bankers bring their girlfriends for s** & afternoon tea Peel away the layers of towered thrones Concrete, tarmac driveways, fields of stone. To contemplate the pa**ing of home grown Built upon the root, the leaf and..... Tick...tock (x4) Peel away the layers of towered thrones Concrete, tarmac driveways, fields of stone. To contemplate the pa**ing of home grown Built upon the root, the leaf and..... Tick...tock (x6)