The Spirit of Man - Jeff Wayne.mp3

[00:00.00]Journalist:
[00:00.00] 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 **** and I decided to bury him decently.
[00:00.00]Beth:
[00:00.00] Nathaniel! Nathaniel!
[00:00.00]Journalist:
[00:00.00] The parson's eyes flickered open. He was alive!
[00:00.00]Beth:
[00:00.00] Nathaniel! I saw the church burst in to flame! Are you all right?
[00:00.00]Parson:
[00:00.00] Don't touch me!
[00:00.00]Beth:
[00:00.00] But it's me, Beth, your wife!
[00:00.00]Parson:
[00:00.00] No! You're one of them. A devil!
[00:00.00]Beth:
[00:00.00] (to Journalist) He's delirious
[00:00.00]Parson:
[00:00.00] Lies! I saw the devil's sign.
[00:00.00]Beth:
[00:00.00] What are you saying?
[00:00.00]Parson:
[00:00.00] 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.
[00:00.00]Beth:
[00:00.00] But they're not devils, they're Martians.
[00:00.00]Journalist:
[00:00.00] We must leave here
[00:00.00]Beth:
[00:00.00] Look! A house is still standing, come Nathaniel, quickly.
[00:00.00]Journalist:
[00:00.00] 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.
[00:00.00]Martians:
[00:00.00] Ulla!
[00:00.00]Beth:
[00:00.00] Dear God - help us!
[00:00.00]Parson:
[00:00.00] The voice of the devil is heard in our land!
[00:00.00]Parson:
[00:00.00] Listen, do you hear them drawing near
[00:00.00]In their search for the sinners?
[00:00.00]Feeding on the power of our fear
[00:00.00]And the evil within us.
[00:00.00]Incarnation of Satan's creation of all that we dread
[00:00.00]When the demons arrive
[00:00.00]Those alive would be better off dead!
[00:00.00]Beth:
[00:00.00] There must be something worth living for
[00:00.00]There must be something worth trying for
[00:00.00]Even some things worth dying for
[00:00.00]And if one man could stand tall
[00:00.00]There would be hope for us all
[00:00.00]Somewhere, somewhere in the spirit of man
[00:00.00]Parson:
[00:00.00] Once there was a time when I believed
[00:00.00]Without hesitation
[00:00.00]That the power of love and truth could conquer all
[00:00.00]In the name of salvation
[00:00.00]Tell me what kind of weapon is love when it comes to the fight?
[00:00.00]And just how much protection is truth against all Satan's might?
[00:00.00]Beth:
[00:00.00] There must be something worth living for
[00:00.00]There must be something worth trying for
[00:00.00]Even some things worth dying for
[00:00.00]And if one man could stand tall
[00:00.00]There would be some hope for us all
[00:00.00]Somewhere, somewhere in the spirit of man
[00:00.00]People loved you and trusted you, came to you for help.
[00:00.00]Parson:
[00:00.00] Didn't I warn them this would happen?
[00:00.00]Be on your guard I said
[00:00.00]For the evil one never rests
[00:00.00]I said exorcise the devil
[00:00.00]But no, they wouldn't listen
[00:00.00]The demons inside them grew and grew
[00:00.00]Until Satan gave his signal
[00:00.00]And destroyed the world we knew!
[00:00.00]Beth:
[00:00.00] No, Nathaniel,
[00:00.00]Oh no, Nathaniel
[00:00.00]No, Nathaniel, no
[00:00.00]There must be more to life
[00:00.00]There has to be a way
[00:00.00]That we can restore to life
[00:00.00]The love we used to know
[00:00.00]Nathaniel, no
[00:00.00]There must be more to life
[00:00.00]There has to be a way
[00:00.00]We can restore to life
[00:00.00]The light that we have lost
[00:00.00]Parson:
[00:00.00] Now darkness has descended on our land
[00:00.00]And all your prayers cannot save us
[00:00.00]Like fools we've let the devil take command
[00:00.00]Of the souls that God gave us.
[00:00.00]To the altar of evil like lambs to the slaughter we're led
[00:00.00]When the demons arrive, the survivors will envy the dead!
[00:00.00]Beth:
[00:00.00] There must be something worth living for.
[00:00.00]Parson:
[00:00.00] No, there is nothing!
[00:00.00]Beth:
[00:00.00] There must be something worth trying for.
[00:00.00]Parson:
[00:00.00] I don't believe it's so.
[00:00.00]Beth:
[00:00.00] Even some things worth dying for,
[00:00.00]And if one man could stand tall,
[00:00.00]There would be hope for us all,
[00:00.00]Somewhere, somewhere in the spirit of man.
[00:00.00]Parson:
[00:00.00] Forget about goodness and mercy, they're gone.
[00:00.00]Didn't I warn them...
[00:00.00]Pray I said
[00:00.00]Destroy the devil I said...
[00:00.00]They wouldn't listen
[00:00.00]I could have saved the world
[00:00.00]But now it's too late
[00:00.00]Too late!
[00:00.00]Beth:
[00:00.00] No, Nathaniel
[00:00.00]Oh no, Nathaniel
[00:00.00]No, Nathaniel, no
[00:00.00]There must be more to life
[00:00.00]There has to be a way
[00:00.00]That we can restore to life
[00:00.00]The love we used to know
[00:00.00]Nathaniel, no
[00:00.00]There must be more to life
[00:00.00]There has to be a way
[00:00.00]That we can restore to life
[00:00.00]The light that we have lost
[00:00.00]Parson:
[00:00.00] Dear God! A cylinder's landed on the house! And we're underneath it - in the pit!
[00:00.00]Journalist:
[00:00.00] 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.
[00:00.00]Parson:
[00:00.00] Beth! She's dead! Buried under the rubble! Why? Satan! Why did you take one of your own?
[00:00.00]There is a curse on Mankind,
[00:00.00]We may as well be resigned,
[00:00.00]To let the devil, the devil take the spirit of man.
[00:00.00]Journalist:
[00:00.00] 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.