New Model Army - Lust For Power Lyrics
Across the flatlands we came out of nowhere specialLike a peasant revolution - makeshift weapons in our handsWe crashed the gates so hard we'd never heard that kind of sound beforeAnd braced ourselves for victory and the spoils of the landDefences melt away before our frozen blank surpriseFrom the palace now we stare into a million waiting eyesChorus:I've got my trophies on the wall, the heads I've hunted down the hallAnd I guard my winnings well, carry them with me when I fallNow the daylight hours pass like the people I have lostIn the triumph of the hour, in the bloody cause - lust, lust for powerLike a vision she dances through the shafts of lightEverything I've ever dreamed about focused true and brightAnd fortune opens up the ground, blackens out the skyI kissed her once, I kissed her twice but I couldn't remember whyWhen I was young they taught me well to always play to winBut they never said what happens when you've won the bloody gameChorus:I've got my trophies on the wall. . .And all desire is satisfied but still the hunt goes onIt's funny how this feeling stays with all the reasons goneWe've seen them fat and bloated those who once could hold a flameI've run for home and words gone by but nothing seems the sameI can watch the world in secrecy from one side of this glassFrom the other my reflection and I don't know which is worseThe streets are lined with glittering stores and a million fatted calvesI can catch myself sometimes these days and all I do is laugh, laughChorus:I've got my trophies on the wall . . .
