MEDICINES
I can see that dark-set face
Hands crawl by fingering fate
Parsley, sage, rosary of time
Herbs to heal the modern mind
A wounded lover with a clockspring heart
Hears not the Heavens only metal stars
Drinks the liquor of certain flowers
Is released from lust to count the hours
There inside a secret garden
There inside a secret garden

Night’s sweet hush is for us all
No creeping thing is too small
Wings and webs a mottled map
Dawn will take the empties back
A solo soldier with a gunmetal head
Hears only the music of the marching dead
Drinks the liquor of certain flowers
Is released from lust to count the hours
There inside a secret garden
There inside a secret garden

Writhing vines climb the hill
Where we stand so very still
Columbine perfumed dark
The whitest flowers an eternal spark
A parish priest with a Bibled mouth
Speaks unnoticed of God and Doubt
Drinks the liquor of certain flowers
Is released from lust to count the hours
There inside a secret garden
There inside a secret garden

Words by Peter Greatorex. Copyright (c) D & G Music 1992.

Lyrics by Peter Greatorex.
Music by P.Greatorex/G.Davies/J.Willmot.
Recorded at Silent Running Studios, Exeter, by George Davies, 1992.

Performers:

Peter Greatorex – vocals
George Davies – guitars, sequencing
Jeff Willmot – bass, sequencing

Facts:

• This song is in the key of A#.
• George plays the guitar parts on the Ice Maiden.
• Jeff played his bassline into the S900.
• This song along with The Forger and Terminal Road had radio airplay in the UK and Spain.
• When Pete sang the melody to George for the first time it took him ages to decide which of the multitude of different possibilities to go with.
• There are two simultaneous guitar solos at the start of the song, both of which were recorded on the first take.
• Pete was initially sceptical about the whispered vocal.
• Various acoustic versions of this later appeared with the song transposed down to A. It was performed by The Bastard Sons of Dennis and Dr Watson and used as a teaching resource by George in his TEFL classes.
• Some of the bassdrum and snare parts were recorded by randomly bashing keys and then quantising. It produced some remarkably pleasing results.