The Great Escape

from The Rise of the Oak by Alabaster Theatre

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I was travelling, was unraveling to the cause of this great divide
In a new land struck by new hands, there was no place in which I could hide
He was white, the dark saw him and he was dead, from inside his head

It was the last ship that he ran from
He lived in day and it lived in the night
It was his last chance to run away

We must still escape

I was sailing, it was raining, sailed the ship straight into the storm
I was paling it was hailing, had to get into where it was warm,
Vision trailing, poor man ailing, deep inside the earth they knew that it was wrong,
He had stayed too long

It was the last ship that he ran from
He lived in day and it lived in the night
It was his last chance to run away
We must still escape (x2)

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from The Rise of the Oak, released May 26, 2005

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Alabaster Theatre Wellington, New Zealand

Alabaster Theatre was an alternative-rock band active between 2001 and 2008. Alabaster Theatre included Lester Litchfield, Duncan Nairn, Brad Gallen, Moritz Decker, Bernie Gruschow, Chris Kenny, Aean Campbell and Polina Outkina. Thank you to everyone who made our time with the band a good one, and best of luck avoiding the circus master's whip. ... more

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