In The Shadows Of Giants by Every Black Day

Well I’m standing on the landing stage, my woman’s leaving town
She’ll be bound for New York while I stand here on the ground
Four hammers swing, four steel pegs ring, four riggers end their song
And the RMS Hibernia rises, casts a shadow two miles long

(Chorus)
In the shadows of the giants, that’s where we’ll live and die
And it would be a simple man who never wondered why
In the shadows of the giants, that’s where we’ll end our days
And hope and pray our children find some other way

Now every town in England has its statues proud and tall
Brunel and Watt and Babbage, true titans one and all
But financier and factory boss sought their own accolades
And raised themselves to heaven while we suffered in the darkness that they made

(Chorus)
In the shadows of the giants, that’s where we’ll live and die
And it would be a soulless man who never wondered why
In the shadows of the giants, that’s where we’ll end our days
And hope and pray our children find some other way

Now, once our noble empire was forced onto its knees
We cried out for deliverance, it came in on the breeze
But the miracles and metals we inherited from Mars
Will only serve to keep us in the gutter while we yearn for distant stars

(Chorus)
In the shadows of the giants, that’s where we’ll live and die
Although their silhouettes no longer frame the evening sky
In the shadows of the giants, that’s where we’ll end our days
And hope and pray our children find some other way
And hope and pray our children find some other way

D. Redford