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TITLE. LYRICS

Concert version

Passover

This is a crisis I knew had to come, destroying the balance I'd kept
Doubting and turning and moving around, wondering what will come next
Is this the role that you wanted to live? I was foolish to ask for so much
Without the protection and infancy's guard, It all falls apart at first touch

Watching the reel as it comes to a close, brutally taking its time
People who change for no reason at all, it's happening all of the time
Can I go on with this train of events disturbing and purging my mind?
Back out of my duties, when all's said and done, I know that I'll lose every time

Moving along in our god-given ways, safety is sat by the fire
Sanctuary from these feverish smiles left with a mark on the door
Is this the gift that I wanted to give? Forgive and forget's what they teach
Or pass through the deserts and wastelands once more and watch as they drop by the beach

This is the crisis I knew had to come, destroying the balance I'd kept
Moving along to the next set of lives, wondering what will come next

	LIVE RECORDINGS. NOTES	Studio recording
	Date: Tuesday 18 December 1979 Venue: Bains-Douches – Paris (France) Duration: unknown Availability on record: – Note: this is the first time this song was played live
	Date: Friday 11 January 1980 Venue: Paradiso – Amsterdam (Netherlands) Duration: 2.13 (cut at the beginning) Availability on record: Fractured Box \| Les Bains Douches 18 December 1979 \| Refractured Box One
	Date: Friday 8 February 1980 Venue: University College Union – London (Bloomsbury) (UK) Duration: unknown Availability on record: –
	Date: Wednesday 5 March 1980 Venue: Trinity Hall – Bristol (UK) Duration: unknown Availability on record: –
	Date: Tuesday 8 April 1980 Venue: Derby Hall – Bury (UK) Duration: unknown Availability on record: – Note: vocals by Alan Hempsall, of Crispy Ambulance
	Date: Saturday 19 April 1980 Venue: Ajanta Theatre – Derby (UK) Duration: 4.43 Availability on record: –
	Date: Friday 2 May 1980 Venue: High Hall (University) – Birmingham (UK) Duration: 5.10 Availability on record: Still

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	ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
	Passover is a Jewish feast commemorating the night when the Lord, smiting the first-born of the Egyptians, "passed over" the houses of the children of Israel

	ALTERNATE LYRICS
	Studio version