Lyr Req: Our Time Will Arise! (Findask)

Subject: Our Time Will Arise!
From: Mbo
Date: 23 Oct 99 - 03:41 PM

I heard this song once on the Thistle & Shamrock that I think was called "Our Time Will Arise." It was sung by a male voice (or possibly a group with a male lead singer.)I've been searching a long time for what this song actually is and who sings it. I posted before about it, but I though there may now be new Mudcatters who know what this song is.

Subject: RE: Our Time Will Arise!
From: wildlone
Date: 23 Oct 99 - 04:14 PM

I can think of a song that contains "rise again rise again rise like the sun". I dont know if this is it
Can you think of any more of the words.
I will check out my books.wl.

Subject: Lyr Add: OUR TIME WILL ARISE (Findask)
From: Susan-Marie
Date: 27 Oct 99 - 05:21 PM

M'bolo ("hi" in ynzebi") Mbo!

I've been helped so much by others answering requests like this, I'm glad I can finally return the favor.

Our Time Will Arise was done by Findask, a scots duo (Willie Lindsay and Stuart Campbell) that recorded in the '80s. I was never able to get a copy of the recording (this was several years ago, I should try again using the 'net) but I did transcribe the following from my recording of the T&S show that played it:

Ch: Our time will arise, our time will arise, our time will arise some sweet day
(repeat)

Frustration of faces, a platform that's bleak cold and staring
No more
A crowd slowly watching with eyes that are bloodshot and ?naked?
No we couldn't stay here, no we couldn't wait here
No we couldn't hold on ???? stand abuse
Abandoned to rot here like cold empty empires
Arising a monster, we slip into hatred

Chorus

We're swimming with strangers, lost in a place unfamiliar
No sound
Our lips move, no speaking, our ears are not hearing, no laughter
We're barren and leaden, infertile and wasted
Where one half is hidden and one half is dead
Our souls feel the trembling, our hearts feel the turmoil
We slip into silence, and slip into hatred

Chorus

There's no winter sunshine, no autumn leaves softly falling
No more, no
No summer breezes, no springtime believing, no calling
You're clothed in a blanket as dark as the cold night
Gone with the daylight and gone with the sun
And now riding backwards through rain-soaked and whirlwind
You're rising a monster, and slip into hatred

Chorus

Since this is merely what I thought I heard, it may be incorrect in many places. Now that I look at the lyrics, they seem pretty bleak, but it is a great song to hear.

Subject: RE: Our Time Will Arise!
From: Susan-Marie
Date: 27 Oct 99 - 05:47 PM

AN update - a web search produced two Findask albums that I know don't have the song (Between the White Lines and Waiting For a Miracle) and another, more recent that might (No MOre Lies). I found the latter for sale at www.kgmusic.com/browsebyartist.html

Subject: RE: Our Time Will Arise!
From: Mbo
Date: 28 Oct 99 - 04:15 PM

THANKS SO MUCH, SUSAN-MARIE! I've been searching for this song for a long time, and when I read the lyrics you supplied, I knew that was it! I knew that someone out there knew what I was talking about, and I am gratefull that you were able to help! If you EVER have any request for music or lyrics, I would happily return the favor!

Thanks Again

--Mbo

Subject: RE: Our Time Will Arise!
From: Den
Date: 28 Oct 99 - 08:50 PM

Thats the most amazing thing about this place. It doesn't matter how obscure the request you can always count on someone to come up with an answer. I'm sure you will get the chance to return the favour Mbo if not for Susan-Marie it will be for someone else such as yourself looking for a tune or words to something that means something to them. Its happened to me before and I know that whenever I need help (and God knows that's often enough) finding a lyric or whatever I can always turn to my pals here at the mud. So keep up the good work guys. Den