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"The Creatures have a Secret"

	The True Story behind " A Dream Too Far"	999 giorni fa
	The Story behind the Song A Dream too Far (The Song of the Great Auk) The Great Auk was a tall, handsome flightless bird a bit like a penguin. It lived in the North Atlantic and was once found in huge numbers in the icy volcanic islands and waters around Iceland and Greenland… until the arrival man. The lyrics of the Rockford’s Rock Opera song ‘A Dream too Far’ tell the true story of the very last Great Auk. Like several seabirds, Great Auks were believed to have mated for life which, to me, made the story of the very last Great Auk, left pining alone forever, uniquely touching. Humans and Great Auks it seems, never got on. At first huge numbers of Great Auks were slaughtered by fisherman for food and later, as numbers dwindled some simple people believed the birds to be witches and killed them. But it was the story of the very last Great Auks that inspired this song. On 3rd June 1844 two sailors landed on the rocky island of Eldey, off Iceland. The birds chose the rocky outcrop as they would lay their eggs directly on to rock for protection from ice. The men spotted the pair of Great Auks standing on their own, tending their eggs. The birds made a desperate attempt to reach the safety of the water. One was caught in the rocks and the last one watched while the men destroyed her eggs. Of course this is a terribly sad story and one which we can only hope would never happen today. (If you’d like to know more about the Great Auk and many other wonderful extinct animals, we recommend ‘A Gap in Nature’ by Tim Flannery and Peter Schouten (Heinemann) – a wonderful, beautifully illustrated book that has been a great inspiration to us in the creation of Rockford’s Rock Opera.) Down near the frozen waters On starry nights we dreamed and played As we lay on rocky altars We kept love warm and named the day We planned of other places We dreamed of sunsets yet to come But they came with empty faces I looked around and you were gone All gone! And it seems In the stars That I dreamed too far In my mind I still hold you But those wings are now washed out to sea Down where the fires bleed through That day my heart was thrown away As rocks crashed I felt your leaving This gentle witch gave you away That day And it seems In the stars That I dreamed too far In my mind I still hold you But those wings are now washed out to sea And it’s a heartfelt lonely heart And a dream we dreamed too far Too far… No hopes of other places No dreams on stars high up above Though you’re gone I’ll never leave you I never said goodbye my love My love! And it seems In the stars That I dreamed too far In my mind I still hold you But those wings are now washed out to sea Can you be In the stars Where we dreamed too far? In my mind I will hold you Till the ending of hours I’ll believe
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