Belle and Sebastian
Belle and Sebastian
Belle and Sebastian
Belle and Sebastian
Belle and Sebastian
Belle and Sebastian
Belle and Sebastian
Belle and Sebastian
Belle and Sebastian
Belle and Sebastian & Kristin Kontrol
Belle and Sebastian
Belle and Sebastian
Belle and Sebastian
Belle and Sebastian
Belle and Sebastian
Belle and Sebastian
Belle and Sebastian
The final track on the album Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance, which is alluded to in the lyrics. Stuart called the song “pseudo-Christian imagery”.
[Verse 1]
Today I want to slip back to the dream I had
When you had urged me to look out
Upon the window of my life
[Verse 2]
Today the choices have all clashed upon my head
Is it wrong to leave your charges
And go charging round the bend?
[Chorus]
Mansions, there are mansions in the sun
There's no hiding, defying the night
Come out into the light today
[Verse 3]
Today my thoughts were like a tent put up in heaven
Build a shelter for your mind
Invite a stranger to come in and taste the wine
[Chorus]
Mansions, there are mansions in the sun
There's no hiding, defying the night
Come out into the light today
[Verse 4]
Today they want to tear my body from my mind
The rust will show
I am an iron bridge that's giving into time
[Verse 5]
Today the wind blows west the heather and the broom
Becalms the spirit of the fighting man
And lays him where his wild spirit belongs
[Verse 6]
Victims will be justified
The lame will be leaping
This army's for peace
Come out into the light today
[Verse 7]
Victims will be justified
The lame are believing
This army's for peace
Come out into the light today
Today (This Army’s for Peace) was written by Belle and Sebastian.
Today (This Army’s for Peace) was produced by Ben H. Allen III.
I remember explaining this song to the group when we were in the practice room. They got the feel of it within a half an hour. I thought we should just put it to one side, let it ride, see what happened when we got to Atlanta. We did that with a few of the numbers I think, “Ever Had A Little Faith”,...