Lyrics and translation Jeff Wayne - The Eve of the War
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The Eve of the War
La veille de la guerre
No
one
would
have
believed
Personne
n'aurait
cru
In
the
last
years
of
the
nineteenth
century
Dans
les
dernières
années
du
XIXe
siècle
That
human
affairs
were
being
watched
from
the
timeless
worlds
of
space
Que
les
affaires
humaines
étaient
surveillées
depuis
les
mondes
éternels
de
l'espace
No
one
could
have
dreamed
that
we
were
being
scrutinized
Personne
n'aurait
pu
rêver
que
nous
étions
scrutés
As
someone
with
a
microscope
studies
creatures
that
swarm
and
multiply
in
a
drop
of
water
Comme
quelqu'un
avec
un
microscope
étudie
les
créatures
qui
grouillent
et
se
multiplient
dans
une
goutte
d'eau
Few
men
even
considered
the
possibility
of
life
on
other
planets
Peu
d'hommes
ont
même
envisagé
la
possibilité
de
vie
sur
d'autres
planètes
And
yet,
across
the
gulf
of
space
Et
pourtant,
à
travers
le
gouffre
de
l'espace
Minds
immeasurably
superior
to
ours
Des
esprits
immensément
supérieurs
aux
nôtres
Regarded
this
Earth
with
envious
eyes
Regardaient
cette
Terre
avec
des
yeux
envieux
And
slowly
and
surely,
they
drew
their
plans
against
us
Et
lentement
et
sûrement,
ils
ont
élaboré
leurs
plans
contre
nous
At
midnight,
on
the
12th
of
August
À
minuit,
le
12
août
A
huge
mass
of
luminous
gas
erupted
from
Mars
and
sped
towards
Earth
Une
énorme
masse
de
gaz
lumineux
a
jailli
de
Mars
et
s'est
précipitée
vers
la
Terre
Across
two
hundred
million
miles
of
void
Sur
deux
cents
millions
de
kilomètres
de
vide
Invisibly
hurtling
towards
us
Se
précipitant
invisiblement
vers
nous
Came
the
first
of
the
missiles
that
were
to
bring
so
much
calamity
to
Earth
Est
arrivé
le
premier
des
missiles
qui
devaient
apporter
tant
de
calamités
à
la
Terre
As
I
watched,
there
was
another
jet
of
gas
Alors
que
je
regardais,
il
y
avait
un
autre
jet
de
gaz
It
was
another
missile,
starting
on
its
way
C'était
un
autre
missile,
qui
entamait
sa
route
And
that's
how
it
was
for
the
next
ten
nights
Et
c'est
comme
ça
que
ça
s'est
passé
pendant
les
dix
nuits
suivantes
A
flare,
spurting
out
from
Mars
Une
éruption,
jaillissant
de
Mars
Bright
green,
drawing
a
green
mist
behind
it
Vert
brillant,
dessinant
une
brume
verte
derrière
elle
A
beautiful,
but
somehow
disturbing
sight
Une
vue
magnifique,
mais
en
quelque
sorte
dérangeante
Ogilvy,
the
astronomer,
assured
me
we
were
in
no
danger
Ogilvy,
l'astronome,
m'a
assuré
que
nous
n'étions
pas
en
danger
He
was
convinced
there
could
be
no
living
thing
on
that
remote
Il
était
convaincu
qu'il
ne
pouvait
y
avoir
aucune
créature
vivante
sur
cette
planète
lointaine
Forbidding
planet
Planète
interdite
The
chances
of
anything
coming
from
Mars
Les
chances
que
quelque
chose
vienne
de
Mars
Are
a
million
to
one,
he
said
Sont
d'un
million
à
un,
a-t-il
dit
The
chances
of
anything
coming
from
Mars
Les
chances
que
quelque
chose
vienne
de
Mars
Are
a
million
to
one,
but
still,
they
come
Sont
d'un
million
à
un,
mais
quand
même,
elles
arrivent
Then
came
the
night
the
first
missile
approached
Earth
Puis
vint
la
nuit
où
le
premier
missile
approcha
de
la
Terre
It
was
thought
to
be
an
ordinary
falling
star
On
pensait
que
c'était
une
étoile
filante
ordinaire
But
next
day
there
was
a
huge
crater
in
the
middle
of
the
common
Mais
le
lendemain,
il
y
avait
un
énorme
cratère
au
milieu
du
commun
And
Ogilvy
came
to
examine
what
lay
there
Et
Ogilvy
est
venu
examiner
ce
qui
se
trouvait
là
A
cylinder,
thirty
yards
across,
glowing
hot
Un
cylindre,
d'une
trentaine
de
mètres
de
diamètre,
brûlant
à
blanc
With
faint
sounds
of
movement
coming
from
within
Avec
de
faibles
bruits
de
mouvements
provenant
de
l'intérieur
Suddenly
the
top
began
moving,
rotating,
unscrewing
Soudain,
le
sommet
a
commencé
à
bouger,
à
tourner,
à
se
dévisser
And
Ogilvy
feared
there
was
a
man
inside
trying
to
escape
Et
Ogilvy
craignait
qu'il
n'y
ait
un
homme
à
l'intérieur
qui
essayait
de
s'échapper
He
rushed
to
the
cylinder
but
the
intense
heat
stopped
him
Il
s'est
précipité
vers
le
cylindre,
mais
la
chaleur
intense
l'a
arrêté
Before
he
could
burn
himself
on
the
metal
Avant
qu'il
ne
puisse
se
brûler
sur
le
métal
The
chances
of
anything
coming
from
Mars
Les
chances
que
quelque
chose
vienne
de
Mars
Are
a
million
to
one,
he
said
Sont
d'un
million
à
un,
a-t-il
dit
The
chances
of
anything
coming
from
Mars
Les
chances
que
quelque
chose
vienne
de
Mars
Are
a
million
to
one,
but
still,
they
come
Sont
d'un
million
à
un,
mais
quand
même,
elles
arrivent
Yes,
the
chances
of
anything
coming
from
Mars
Oui,
les
chances
que
quelque
chose
vienne
de
Mars
Are
a
million
to
one,
he
said
Sont
d'un
million
à
un,
a-t-il
dit
The
chances
of
anything
coming
from
Mars
Les
chances
que
quelque
chose
vienne
de
Mars
Are
a
million
to
one,
but
still,
they
come
Sont
d'un
million
à
un,
mais
quand
même,
elles
arrivent
It
seems
totally
incredible
to
me
now
that
Cela
me
semble
totalement
incroyable
maintenant
que
Everyone
spent
that
evening
as
though
it
were
just
like
any
other
Tout
le
monde
a
passé
cette
soirée
comme
si
c'était
comme
n'importe
quelle
autre
From
the
railway
station
came
the
sound
of
shunting
trains
De
la
gare,
on
entendait
le
bruit
des
trains
de
triage
Ringing
and
rumbling,
softened
almost
into
melody
by
the
distance
Sonnant
et
roulant,
atténués
presque
en
mélodie
par
la
distance
It
all
seemed
so
safe
and
tranquil
Tout
semblait
si
sûr
et
tranquille
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Writer(s): Wayne Jeff
1
The Artilleryman and the Fighting Machine
2
The Red Weed (Mister Joy Boy Remix)
3
The Eve of the War (1980 Disco Steve Thompson Remix)
4
The Spirit of Man (Max Mondo Remix)
5
The Eve of the War (Ben Liebrand Remix)
6
Brave New World (Dario G Remix)
7
The Eve of the War (Original Unused Intro)
8
The Eve of the War (Early Band Take)
9
The Eve of the War (Stripped Down Mix)
10
Forever Autumn (Original 1972 Version)
11
Brave New World (Todd Terry Remix)
12
The Eve of the War (Hybrid's Fire In the Sky Mix -)
13
The Eve of the War (Hani Remix)
14
Horsell Common and the Heat Ray (Early Version)
15
The Artilleryman and the Fighting Machine (Early Band Take,
16
Forever Autumn (Early Version)
17
The Artilleryman and the Fighting Machine (Max Mondo Remix)
18
Horsell Common and the Heat Ray (Max Mondo Remix)
19
Forever Autumn (N-Trance remix)
20
The Eve of the War
21
The Spirit of Man (Beth & Parson Out-Takes, Including Original Unused Script)
22
The Spirit of Man (Beth Is Killed - Original Out Take)
23
Dead London (Early Version,
24
The Spirit of Man (Guitar Solo)
25
Parson Nathaniel (Original Unused Song)
26
Brave New World (Early Band Take)
27
Brave New World (Acoustic Alternative)
28
Brave New World (Early Piano Demo)
29
The Spirit of Man (Jerry, Doreen & Phil Acting Out-Takes)
30
Thunder Child (Later Version)
31
The Spirit of Man (Early Version Guide Vocals)
32
Dead London (Mister JoyBoy Remix)
33
The Spirit of Man (Early Version With Unused Acting Parts)
34
The Red Weed (Early Version)
35
Thunder Child
36
Forever Autumn
37
The Spirit of Man
38
Dead London
39
Brave New World
40
The Artilleryman Returns
41
Epilogue, Pt. 2 (N.A.S.A.)
42
Forever Autumn (Dark Autumn Dub Tom Frederikse / Gaëtan Schurrer Remix)
43
Original Spanish Parson Scream Out-takes
44
Original Parson Scream Out-takes
45
Parson Nathaniel Scream Out-Takes (From the Spirit of Man)
46
Tea for Two: Jerry & Phil's Late Night Cabaret
47
The Spirit of Guitars (guitars and strings from The Spirit of Man)
48
The Spirit of Man (Beth Out-Takes)
49
The Spirited Man (strings and acoustic guitar alternative)
50
German Journalist and Parson Out-takes
51
'Outcries' (from The Spirit of Man)
52
The Spirit of Man (Beth is killed)
53
The Spirit of 'Mayan' (Parson outtakes)
54
The Spirit of Man (Out-Takes, Including Original Unused Script)
55
"Are You Ready Jeff?" (Acting Out-Takes from the Spirit of Man)
56
The Spirit of Man (Alternate Version)
57
Spanish Journalist and Parson Scream Out-take
58
"And There Was Nothing I Could Do to Prevent It" (out-takes and master)
59
Murderous Out-Takes (From Dead London)
60
Dead London (Early Band Run-Through)
61
Regressing Bar Count
62
Original 40" Radio Commercial
63
Acting Out Takes (From Brave New World)
64
The Spanish Artilleryman's Plan (from Brave New World)
65
Brave New World (Alternate Version)
66
The Artilleryman's "I've Got a Plan!" Out-takes (from Brave New World)
67
The the Artilleryman's Out-Takes (From Brave New World)
68
The Artilleryman's Out-Takes (From Brave New World) [Continued]
69
The Artilleryman's Out-Takes (From Brave New World)
70
The Artilleryman Returns (With Unused Parts)
71
"Less Piano and More Air, Please!"
72
Parson Nathaniel (2005 revisited version)
73
The Eve of the War Versus Animal and Man (Forrest / Schurrer / Wayne remix)
74
The Spirt of Destiny (The Parson Versus Palene) [Cassidy / Langan / Wayne Remix]
75
The Spirit of Man: Spirit of Dub (Tom Frederikse / Gaëtan Schurrer remix)
76
ULLAdubULLA (Papa Ootzie remix)
77
Epilogue, Pt. 1
78
The Red Weed, Pt. 2
79
The Red Weed, Pt. 1
80
Horsell Common and the Heat Ray
81
The Four Narrators (opening passage)
82
Bar Count (from Dead London)
83
'That' Laugh
84
Out-Takes (From Horsell Common and the Heat Ray)
85
Original 75" Radio Commercial
86
Jeff's "Worth A Listen" Red Weed Alternative
87
The Red Weed (Original Unused Parts)
88
Unused Out-Take (From The Red Weed)
89
The Four Narrators (The Red Weed)
90
The Four Narrators (The Earth Belonged to the Martians)
91
Thunder Child (Early Version Version)
92
"Ugly Brutes!" and "See Them" (Original Unused Out-Takes)
93
Paperboy Shouts and Panicking Crowd (Original Unused Out-Take from Forever Autumn)
94
Paperboys (Original Unused Out-Take)
95
Bar Count Continues (from Forever Autumn)
96
Bar Count - Under Attack (from Forever Autumn)
97
Lego Toys (Original 1969 Radio Commercial)
98
Richard Burton Out-take
99
The Heatray Versus the Jangle Piano (Martian Versus Man)
100
Out-Takes (From Horsell Common)
101
Horsell Common and the Heat Ray (Original Narration and Acting Parts)
102
The Falling Star (Original Narration and Acting Parts)
103
The Eve of the War (Original Narration and Acting Parts)
104
Spanish Narrator Out-Takes
105
NASA Epilogue Spanish Version
106
Unused Alternate N.A.S.A. Epiliogue Out-Takes
107
The Four Narrators (Epiliogue)
108
Epilogue 1 (Early Bird Take)
109
Breathless Out-take (from Dead London)
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