Photo: The Alarm,9/15/1989

‘Chant Has Just Begun, The (Single version)’ [3:41] (Macdonald/Peters/Sharp), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: Weialala leia Wallala leilala (Fighting) The chant has just begun The song must now be sung For the word must now be spoken The chant has just begun (Fighting, Fighting) Here we are in times of recession The cuts are like a stab in the back To the monetary sound the world goes round Unrest on every [read more]

‘Only Love Can Set Me Free’ [4:22] (MacDonald/Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mikr PetersLyrics: Somewhere in this world I know that love exists I’ve known it in a kiss Sometimes in my sleep I’ve been searching For more than these few glimpses For a love that lasts all eternity There is a light, a light that never dies Oh no, see it shine, shining in my sorrow There is a light, a [read more]

‘Across The Border (Demo)’ [3:36] (Sharp), The AlarmLead Vocals:Dave SharpLyrics: Across the Irish border And hidden in a car Lies guns and ammunition That were smuggled from Armagh Well that’s not right – and they should stop the fight And they should sort it out – and they stop the march And stop the shout Well the Irish reb’s a gunman And his pistol’s Russian grey And when you ask [read more]