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Market Square Heroes

Oct. 25, 19821 viewer

Market Square Heroes Lyrics

I found smog at the end of my rainbow
I found my thoughts shift slowly into phase
Declared the constitution of the walkway
I realise it's time to plan the day, the day

I'm a market square hero gathering the storms to troop
Cause I'm a market square hero speeding the beat of the streetpulse
Are you following me, are you following me?
Well suffer my pretty warriors and follow me

I got a golden handshake that nearly broke my arm
I left the ranks of shuffling graveyard people
I got rust upon my hands from the padlocked factory gates
Silent chimneys provide the silent steeples

Cause I'm a market square hero gathering the storms to troop
Cause I'm a market square hero speeding the beat of the streetpulse, the streetpulse
Are you following me? Are you following me?
Well suffer my pretty children and follow me, follow me

Change, change, change!
Change, change, change!

I am your antichrist show me allegiance
Are you following me
I am your antichrist pledge to me defiance
Are you following me

Suffer my pretty warriors
Suffer my fallen child
Are you following me
The time has come to conquer and I'll provide your end
Suffer!
We march!
I give peace signs when I wage war in the disco
I'm the warrior in the ultra violet haze
Armed with antisocial insecurity
I plan the path of destiny from this maze


Cause I'm a market square hero gathering the storms to troop
Cause I'm a market square hero speeding the beat of the streetpulse, the streetpulse
Are you following me? Are you following me?
Well suffer my fallen angels and follow me

I'm the market square hero
I'm the market square hero
We're market square heroes
We're the market square heroes
Are you following me?

I'm the market square hero!

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Genius Annotation

This is the first version of the song, published in 1982 as the first ever single of Marillion with Three Boats Down from the Candy and Grendel as b-sides.

The song will be re-recorded next year, and this new version will be published as the b-side of Punch and Judy in 1984.

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