Photo: The Alarm,11/1/1985

‘Marching On’ (MacDonald/Peters), The Alarm Lead Vocals:Mike Peters Lyrics (from Declaration album version) : Well, There’s a young boy standing Staring at the world You know he can’t control his anger You can see it in his eyes He’s gonna smash the window He’s gonna tear down the walls Hey mister you don’t understand it Take a look at it through my eyes These are the kids they’re powerless So [read more]

‘Reason 36’ [4:16] (Sharp), The AlarmLead Vocals:Dave SharpLyrics: Well I’m always getting told I gotta to keep my place And to build a little house that suits my face But I can’t stand still and that is serious Then I was given the tools to help in a trade I can’t even dig with a pick nor spade And you know as well as I do That makes no sense [read more]

The bands starts to click again as a unit. The songs “Rescue Me”, “Permanence In Change”, “Presence Of Love” by Eddie, and “Shelter” by the whole band start taking shape.