78

All the world will be your enemy,
Prince with a Thousand Enemies.
And whenever they catch you, they will kill you.
But first, they must catch you: digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning.
Be cunning and full of tricks, and your people will never be destroyed.

Extract from Watership Down.

77

My sanctuary is violently attacked
as the night wails on and
the anger in the skies
fight in a battle of forces.

My book sounds a crash
as I drop it in a haste
to sheild myself from the mighty
Reign of the Elements.

Concentration is lost to something
magnificent but insane as
the blood of the Gods
cascade against my window.

Like an unlucky antelope, kiled by a lion
my heart is shredded as a
flash of beautiful danger
kisses the ground.

As darkness approaches me
ever closer, I know I am not safe.
These walls may be shatterproof,
but I am not.

The red window pane is illuminated
by a second wave of lightning
sent bursting from a furious
ocean in the heavens.

I wonder how any mother
could inflict this torment
on her children. Almightly nature
has turned on us.

The door rattles noisily as
the vicious wind attempts to
burst in and envelop me,
wrenching my soul from my grasp.

Mutts howl and beg to the moon,
desperate for this destructive
power to weaken its grip on
their tiny nation.

Our trivial lives flash before
us as the terror beams of
blinding light snatch from us
our precious shadows.

I wish to pace the room nervously,
but the fatal fear nestled inside me
roots me to my chair, I am grounded
like an old man.

Managing to peek out of the trembling
window, I see nothing but inky clouds,
poisoning the atmosphere and ready
to leap down on us.

Alone in my fortress, I wait for
this nightmare to end.
The world spins on, battered and bruised
and left to fend for itself.


Once the storm has subsided, the
damage may be observed. Until then
I listen for a calm, peaceful and
gentle breath of guilt from the Universe.

76

Marina and the Diamonds - Oh No.

Don't do love,
don't do friends.
I'm only after success,
Don't need a relationship,
I'll never soften my grip.
Don't want cash, don't want car,
Want it fast, want it hard.
Don't need money, don't need fame,
I just want to make a change.
I just wanna change
I just wanna change
I just wanna change
I just wanna change
I just wanna change

I know exactly what I want and who I want to be.
I know exactly why I walk and talk like a machine.
I'm now becoming my own self-fulfilled prophecy.
Oh, oh no, oh no, oh no

One track mind, one track heart.
If I fail, I'll fall apart.
Maybe it is all a test.
Cause I feel like I'm the worst,
So I always act like I'm the best.
If you are not very careful,
Your possessions will possess you.
TV taught me how to feel,
Now real life has no appeal.
It has no appeal
It has no appeal
It has no appeal
It has no appeal
It has no appeal

I know exactly what I want and who I want to be,
I know exactly why I walk and talk like a machine.
I'm now becoming my own self-fulfilled prophecy,
Oh, oh no, oh no, oh no

I'm gonna live, I'm gonna fly,
I'm gonna fail, I'm gonna die,
I'm gonna live, I'm gonna fly
I'm gonna fail, gonna die, die, die, die

I know exactly what I want and who I want to be,
I know exactly why I walk and talk like a machine.
I'm now becoming my own self-fulfilled prophecy,
Oh, oh no, oh no, oh no

75

Don't go outside,
because you never know...
Don't wear those clothes tonight,
because you never know...
Don't go through life with your eyes wide shut.

Every day is a lie
Everyone will moan
Everything is for show
and everybody's so cold.

Better hold on tight,
because you never know...
Don't sober up tonight
because you never know...
Don't kick and scream for just yourself.

Every time its a fight
Every item is lost
Every beg is too quiet
Every friendship must cost.

74

Here comes the sting of pain again,
just open up and let it in.
Thats when the healing can begin.

And when you stay away from dreams,
your world is never what it seems.
The end is falling into reach.