Steve Wallis’ musical poem:
Assassinations
Inspired by The Revolution Could Have Started Then! – Galaxia/Red Day, Anthem Part II – Blink-182, Candle In The Wind ’97 – Elton John, Empty Chairs At Empty Tables from the musical Les Miserables, The Great Pretender – The Platters/Freddie Mercury, Losing My Religion – REM, The Living Years – Mike & the Mechanics, Eternal Flame – The Bangles, I Will Always Love You – Dolly Parton/Whitney Houston and Goodbye My Lover – James Blunt
Written by Steve Wallis
Version 4, 17/7/2006
Dedicated to the late Nathalie Monier, the late Diana Princess of Wales, the late Grace Kelly (Princess Grace of Monaco) and the late Alana Murray
I wrote this musical poem before finding out from Alana’s friend Igor that she had died in suspicious circumstances. Alana had previously been my most important contact for the band and I was still keen to involve her at the time she died. One of her musical influences was Blink-182, from which I borrowed heavily in this song, so it is appropriate for this song to be dedicated to her as well as the three others mentioned.
See the assassination-of-nathalie-monier, assassination-of-princess-diana, assassination-of-grace-kelly and assassination-of-alana-murray discussion groups for more information.
Everything is falling to pieces,
Earth is dying; can I lead us?
You need guidance, you’ve been misled;
I need new allies ’cos Nathalie is dead.
CHORUS:
Infiltration, assassinations and mind control
And not just the odd MI5 or CIA mole
Have so far stopped the revolution
But it is the only solution!
Nathalie’s murder was so gory;
I loved her so, I’ll tell her story.
She died when going to a meeting;
A fast car hit her, stopped her heart beating.
Nathalie’s life was snuffed out like a candle in the wind.
She never knew who to turn to when the rain set in.
Oh, I’d have loved to know her better
But she died when little more than a kid
On our party’s first joint branch meeting day.
Empty chairs at empty tables!
Oh my love was dead and gone!
Empty chairs at empty tables!
Can you tell me what her sacrifice was for?
SPOKEN:
I’ll tell you about big business’s rationale:
In southern France, Nathalie had taken on the Front Nationale.
She came to Manchester to study and take part in politics
But conspiratorial organisations on the side of big business used dirty tricks.
They used a secret agent called Stuart who used to be in the army.
Striking building workers we helped thought that in going out with someone so ugly, Nathalie was barmy!
Nathalie was in a different Socialist Party branch from me
But when we met, between us there was electricity!
I was shy and didn’t think it a socialist thing to do
To nick someone else’s girlfriend, especially when he was in the Socialist Party too.
Nathalie didn’t always do what she was told but had a great mind of her own
And many seeds of revolution she had sewn.
If they hadn’t died, she could have helped me persuade the Socialist Party
To support the proposal from Scottish Militant Labour’s leaders to set up the SSP.
The Scottish Socialist Party won six Scottish parliament seats in 2003
And it remains the best hope for the working class becoming free.
Nathalie was killed by two drug dealers;
The army came but could not heal her.
Ugly Stuart had been in the army.
Big business messes with my mind but does not harm me!
CHORUS:
Infiltration, assassinations and mind control
And not just the odd MI5 or CIA mole
Have so far stopped the revolution
But it is the only solution!
SPOKEN:
About a week after Nathalie, Princess Diana also died suspiciously.
In her case too, the secret services acted viciously!
VX nerve gas was squirted into the eyes of driver Henri Paul
Giving him blurred vision so he hit a zigzagging car and the tunnel wall.
The Order of the Solar Temple that had already bumped off Princess Grace
Were also implicated in Princess Diana’s case.
Diana was the world’s most successful campaigner against war
In trying to ensure that using landmines was against the law.
Diana was going out with a Muslim when she died, perhaps with plans to marry or have his baby.
SO WHO THINKS THAT BUSH AND BLAIR COULD HAVE ATTACKED IRAQ IF OPPOSED BY DIANA AND DODI?
CHORUS:
Infiltration, assassinations and mind control
And not just the odd MI5 or CIA mole
Have so far stopped the revolution
But it is the only solution!
Oh yes, I’ve been the Great Pretender!
I’m lonely but few people can tell.
My need is such –
I loved Nathalie so much
So I believed that she was still around
And that she saw me in the spot-light
Gaining some religion!
I dreamt I heard her laughing;
I thought I heard her speak!
I felt such trepidation when I approached her door;
I had such loving feelings that I’d never felt before!
Oh, I felt such deep emotion when I heard she’d passed away.
About those loving feelings I had never got to say.
Oh, I wish I could have told her in the Living Years!
Does she feel my heart beating?
Does she understand?
Is this burning – burning – an eternal flame?
CHORUS:
Infiltration, assassinations and mind control
And not just the odd MI5 or CIA mole
Have so far stopped the revolution
But it is the only solution!
Bitter sweet memories –
That is all I could take with me.
So goodbye my darling, goodbye my friend.
I-I-I will always love you!
SPOKEN:
VIVE LA REVOLUTION !
I have recorded this musical poem, available as a Windows Media Audio (WMA) file or in MP3 format.