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No, Nathaniel
Oh no, Nathaniel
Nathaniel, I saw the church burst into flame
Are you alright?
Don't touch me
But it's me, Beth, your wife
No, you're one of them, a devil
But they're not devils, they're Martians
Yes, they came from Mars, not from God
Lies, I saw the devil's sign
What are you saying?
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
He's delirious
Now pull yourself together, man
What good is religion if it fails you in a calamity?
It was I who failed?
After all my promises, I couldn't help the people when they needed me?
Take heart, you'll have this chance again
But we must leave here, now
Look, a house still standing
Come, Nathaniel, quickly
We took shelter in a cottage
And black smoke spread, hemming us in
Then a fighting machine came across the fields
Spraying jets of steam that turned the smoke into thick, black dust
(Black dust)
(Thick, black dust)
Dear God, help us
The voice of the devil is heard in our land
Listen, do you hear them drawing near
In their search for the sinners?
Feeding on the power of our fear
And the evil within us
Incarnation of Satan's creation of all that we dread
When the demons arrive
Those alive would be better off dead
There must be something worth living for
There must be something worth trying for
Even something worth dying for
And if one man can stand tall
There must be hope for us all
Somewhere, somewhere in the spirit of man
Once there was a time when I believed
Without hesitation
That the power of love and truth could conquer all
In the name of salvation
Tell me, what kind of weapon is love
When it comes to the fight?
And just how much protection is truth
Against all Satan's might?
There must be something worth living for
There must be something worth trying for
Even something worth dying for
And if one man can stand tall
There must be some hope for us all
Somewhere, somewhere in the spirit of man
People loved you and trusted you
Came to you for help
Didn't I warn them this would happen?
"Be on your guard," I said
"For the evil one never rests"
I said, "Exorcise the devil"
But no, they wouldn't listen
The demons inside them grew and grew
Until Satan gave his signal
And destroyed the world we knew
No, Nathaniel
Oh no, Nathaniel
No, Nathaniel, no, there must be more to life
There has to be a way
That we can restore to life the love we used to know
No, Nathaniel, no, there must be more to life
There has to be a way
That we can restore to life the light that we
Have lostNow darkness has descended on our land
And all your prayers cannot save us
Like fools we've let the Devil take command
Of the souls that God gave us
To the altar of evil, like lambs to the slaughter we're led
When the demons arrive, the survivors will envy the dead
There must be something worth living for
No, there is nothing
There must be something worth trying for
I don't believe it's so
Even something worth dying for
Name me one thing
And if just one man could stand tall
There would be some hope for us all
Somewhere, somewhere in the spirit of man
Forget about goodness and mercy, they're gone
Didn't I warn them?
Pray, I said
Destroy the Devil, I said
They wouldn't listen
I could have saved the world
But now it's too late, too late
No, Nathaniel
Oh no, Nathaniel
No, Nathaniel, no
There must be more to life
There has to be a way
That we can restore to life
The love we used to know
No, Nathaniel, no
There must be more to life
There has to be a way
That we can restore to life
The light that we have lost
Nathaniel (No, Nathaniel)
Oh no, Nathaniel (Nathaniel)
No, Nathaniel (No, Nathaniel)
Oh no, Nathaniel (Nathaniel)
Dear God, a cylinder's landed on the house
And we're underneath it, in the pit
A Martian spent the night making a new machine
It was a squat, metallic spider with huge articulated claws
But it too had a hood on which a Martian sat
I watched it pursuing some people across a field
It caught them nimbly
And tossed them into a great metal basket upon its back
Beth, she's dead!
Buried under the rubble!
Why?
Satan, why did you take one of your own?
There is a curse on mankind
We may as well be resigned
To let the Devil, the Devil take the spirit of man
No, Nathaniel (No, Nathaniel)
Oh no, Nathaniel (Nathaniel)
No, Nathaniel (No, Nathaniel)
Oh no, Nathaniel (Nathaniel)
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