First Summer After - New Model Army

After all the days of waiting we were suddenly released\nWe filled our pockets with good fortune and headed out East\nThere were rumours on the highways, there were shadows of the war\nIt was the first summer after and the last summer before\nWe bought flowers for the wedding from the market in the square\nAnd turned up dressed like pirates, just happy to be there\nAmong the ghosts of Empire and the legends of the Wall\nIt was the first summer after and the last summer before\nSo we listened to the road, we listened to the wind\nWe listened to the bells, we listened to the trees\nThere were ripples on the water and ripples in the sheets\nThere were ripples in our hearts and ripples in the heat\nAnd when the madman stole the keys in the dark dead of the night\nOur luck we couldn’t believe, like a strange shift of the light\nIt’s the kindness of other people we have built our lives upon\nIt was the first summer after and the last summer before\nThere were ripples on the water and ripples in the sheets\nThere were ripples in our hearts and ripples in the heat\nAnd now the people talk in riddles and drift to silence\nAnd all the colours they were turning, and the land was at rest\nAnd the harvest moon was waning as we headed back West\nThe dust rising from the fields until we couldn’t see at all\nIt was the first summer after and the last summer before