Lyrics The Return of the Giant Hogweed - Steve Hackett

Turn and run!
Nothing can stop them,
Around every river and canal their power is growing
Stamp them out!
We must destroy them,
They infiltrate each city with their thick dark warning odor

They are invincible,
They seem immune to all our herbicidal battering

Long ago in the Russian hills,
A Victorian explorer found the regal Hogweed by a marsh,
He captured it and brought it home
Botanical creature stirs, seeking revenge
Royal beast did not forget
He came home to London,
And made a present of the Hogweed to the Royal Gardens at Kew

Waste no time!
They are approaching
Hurry now, we must protect ourselves and find some shelter
Strike by night!
They are defenceless
They all need the sun to photosensitize their venom

Still they're invincible,
Still they're immune to all our herbicidal battering

Fashionable country gentlemen had some cultivated wild gardens,
In which they innocently planted the Giant Hogweed throughout the land
Botanical creature stirs, seeking revenge
Royal beast did not forget
Soon they escaped, spreading their seed,
Preparing for an onslaught, threatening the human race

Mighty Hogweed is avenged.
Human bodies soon will know our anger.
Kill them with your Hogweed hairs
Heracleum Mantegazziani.