《The Spirit of Man (Max Mondo)》歌词

[00:05:17] The Spirit Of Man(Max Mondo) - Jeff Wayne

[00:05:17] Journalist: I suddenly noticed the body of a parson, lying on the ground in a ruined churchyard. I felt unable to leave him to the mercy of the Red W**d and I decided to bury him decently.

[00:05:17] Beth: Nathaniel! Nathaniel!

[00:05:17] Journalist: The parson's eyes flickered open. He was alive!

[00:05:17] Beth: Nathaniel! I saw the church burst in to flame! Are you all right?

[00:05:17] Parson: Don't touch me!

[00:05:17] Beth: But it's me, Beth, your wife!

[00:05:17] Parson: No! You're one of them. A devil!

[00:05:17] Beth: (to Journalist) He's delirious

[00:05:17] Parson: Lies! I saw the devil's sign.

[00:05:17] Beth: What are you saying?

[00:05:17] Parson: The green flash in the sky. His demons were here all along, in our hearts and souls, just waiting for a sign from him. And now they're destroying our world.

[00:05:17] Beth: But they're not devils, they're Martians.

[00:05:17] Journalist: We must leave here

[00:05:17] Beth: Look! A house is still standing, come Nathaniel, quickly.

[00:05:17] Journalist: We took shelter in the cottage and black smoke spread, hemming us in. Then a fighting machine came across the fields spraying jets of steam that turned the smoke in to thick, black dust.

[00:05:17] Martians: Ulla!

[00:05:17] Beth: Dear God - help us!

[00:05:17] Parson: The voice of the devil is heard in our land!

[00:05:17] Parson: Listen, do you hear them drawing near

[00:05:17] In their search for the sinners?

[00:05:17] Feeding on the power of our fear

[00:05:17] And the evil within us.

[00:05:17] Incarnation of Satan's creation of all that we dread

[00:05:17] When the demons arrive

[00:05:17] Those alive would be better off dead!

[00:05:17] Beth: There must be something worth living for

[00:05:17] There must be something worth trying for

[00:05:17] Even some things worth dying for

[00:05:17] And if one man could stand tall

[00:05:17] There would be hope for us all

[00:05:17] Somewhere, somewhere in the spirit of man

[00:05:17] Parson: Once there was a time when I believed

[00:05:17] Without hesitation

[00:05:17] That the power of love and truth could conquer all

[00:05:17] In the name of salvation

[00:05:17] Tell me what kind of weapon is love when it comes to the fight?

[00:05:17] And just how much protection is truth against all Satan's might?

[00:05:17] Beth: There must be something worth living for

[00:05:17] There must be something worth trying for

[00:05:17] Even some things worth dying for

[00:05:17] And if one man could stand tall

[00:05:17] There would be some hope for us all

[00:05:17] Somewhere, somewhere in the spirit of man

[00:05:17] People loved you and trusted you, came to you for help.

[00:05:17] Parson: Didn't I warn them this would happen?

[00:05:17] Be on your guard I said

[00:05:17] For the evil one never rests

[00:05:17] I said exorcise the devil

[00:05:17] But no, they wouldn't listen

[00:05:17] The demons inside them grew and grew

[00:05:17] Until Satan gave his signal

[00:05:17] And destroyed the world we knew!

[00:05:17] Beth: No, Nathaniel,

[00:05:17] Oh no, Nathaniel

[00:05:17] No, Nathaniel, no

[00:05:17] There must be more to life

[00:05:17] There has to be a way

[00:05:17] That we can restore to life

[00:05:17] The love we used to know

[00:05:17] Nathaniel, no

[00:05:17] There must be more to life

[00:05:17] There has to be a way

[00:05:17] We can restore to life

[00:05:17] The light that we have lost

[00:05:17] Parson: Now darkness has descended on our land

[00:05:17] And all your prayers cannot save us

[00:05:17] Like fools we've let the devil take command

[00:05:17] Of the souls that God gave us.

[00:05:17] To the altar of evil like lambs to the slaughter we're led

[00:05:17] When the demons arrive, the survivors will envy the dead!

[00:05:17] Beth: There must be something worth living for.

[00:05:17] Parson: No, there is nothing!

[00:05:17] Beth: There must be something worth trying for.

[00:05:17] Parson: I don't believe it's so.

[00:05:17] Beth: Even some things worth dying for,

[00:05:17] And if one man could stand tall,

[00:05:17] There would be hope for us all,

[00:05:17] Somewhere, somewhere in the spirit of man.

[00:05:17] Parson: Forget about goodness and mercy, they're gone.

[00:05:17] Didn't I warn them...

[00:05:17] Pray I said

[00:05:17] Destroy the devil I said...

[00:05:17] They wouldn't listen

[00:05:17] I could have saved the world

[00:05:17] But now it's too late

[00:05:17] Too late!

[00:05:17] Beth: No, Nathaniel

[00:05:17] Oh no, Nathaniel

[00:05:17] No, Nathaniel, no

[00:05:17] There must be more to life

[00:05:17] There has to be a way

[00:05:17] That we can restore to life

[00:05:17] The love we used to know

[00:05:17] Nathaniel, no

[00:05:17] There must be more to life

[00:05:17] There has to be a way

[00:05:17] That we can restore to life

[00:05:17] The light that we have lost

[00:05:17] Parson: Dear God! A cylinder's landed on the house! And we're underneath it - in the pit!

[00:05:17] Journalist: The Martians spent the night making a new machine. It was a squat, metallic spider with huge, articulated claws. But it too had a hood in which a Martian sat. I watched it pursuing some people across a field. It caught them nimbly and tossed them in to a great metal basket upon its back.

[00:05:17] Parson: Beth! She's dead! Buried under the rubble! Why? Satan! Why did you take one of your own?

[00:05:17] There is a curse on Mankind,

[00:05:17] We may as well be resigned,

[00:05:17] To let the devil, the devil take the spirit of man.

[00:05:17] Journalist: As time passed in our dark and dusty prison, the parson wrestled endlessly with his doubts. His outcries invited death for us both - and yet I pitied him.