Connection

<br>Unused lyrics at beginning of lyric sheet:<br><br>Warm.....round the hunting fire<br><br>Wrapped in the robes of the dead warrior<br><br>Protected from ferocious winds<br><br>Under the shield of the dead gladiator<br><br>Standing in the darkness of this stagecraft<br><br>All is black I cannot see your faces I need<br><br>Light I want to see your eyes<br><br>Let my voice wash over your faces<br><br>Connection<br><br><br><br>Connection<br><br>Whoaa ohhh<br><br><br><br>A hundred thousand years ago<br><br>People livin in bone white cities<br><br>Comin and goin on streets of silver<br><br>Talkin future history<br><br><br><br>Then something very strong went wrong<br><br>And suddenly<br><br><br><br>People gathered round the hunting fires<br><br>(huddled in caves like animal, not human)<br><br>Round the warmth of the late night fire<br><br>Cities gone, memories fading<br><br>Spend their lives round the late night fire<br><br>Give their souls to the hunting fire<br><br>Seeking each others company<br><br>Tryin to remember ancient history<br><br><br><br>They lost connection<br><br>They lost contact<br><br>They need to touch you<br><br>Reach out across the ages and touch you<br><br><br><br>Meanwhile somewhere in the 20th century<br><br>A young girl named phoebe caulfield<br><br>Plops herself down on the sofa<br><br>Pops open a soda and watches you<br><br><br><br>She likes to watch murderer talk<br><br>She likes to see them on my tv<br><br>She likes to watch them how they walk<br><br>She likes to hear what they say<br><br><br><br>Its like a car crash<br><br>Bloody fascination<br><br><br><br>You wonder how they get their shoes tied<br><br>Sit and stare at the horror there<br><br>She knows you watch them too<br><br>Stranglers, murderers, snipers, terrorists<br><br>Political assassins, crazy ones, cool ones<br><br>All them looking for<br><br><br><br>Connection<br><br>They lost contact<br><br>They lost direction<br><br>They need sexual, mystical<br><br>Magical, uninterrupted, peter gabriel like<br><br>Contact<br><br><br><br>Here I am<br><br>Again inside<br><br>This darkness<br><br>All is black<br><br>I cannot see your future<br><br>Give me light<br><br>I want to see your eyes<br><br>Just a little light<br><br>Inside your future<br><br><br><br>A small connection<br><br>Connection<br><br>Ah!!!!<br><br><br><br>Id like to see jesus and mohammad<br><br>On the road to damascus<br><br>What did you think they would say<br><br>Would they fight with knives clenched in their teeth<br><br>Like jews and arabs today<br><br>Or would they walk and speak<br><br>Like philosophers and thinkers<br><br>Amused at each others insights<br><br>Relishing the brain waves there<br><br>Round the warmth of the hunting fire<br><br>Eager for, hungry for<br><br>They got to have<br><br>You know they love<br><br><br><br>Connection<br><br>Contact<br><br>Communion<br><br>And let our two great religions<br><br>Cease their senseless struggle<br><br>It only hurts the children<br><br>Connection<br><br>Connection