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Introduction

It is the 21st millennium. For a hundred centuries, the Imperium of Andarra has ruled the galaxy from the throneworld of Terra. The Mother of Mankind is long gone, abducted by the enigmatic forces of the warp. The Imperium is Her flaming sword, but its holder is missing.

Yet, even in Her absence, the Imperium lumbers forward, steered by the Franz dynasty whose lineage goes as far back as the Great Collapse—the Long Night that brought humanity into ruin. Mighty battlefleets cross the miasma of the warp, an alternate reality dominated by daemons—the only path to cross the stars. Vast armies give battle in Her name as they give their blood, sweat, and tears to the defence of mankind's incalculable worlds. Greatest amongst Her warriors are the Adeptus Sparticus, Spartans, bio-engineered soldiers blessed with the powers of the aether. Their comrades are legion: the Adeptus Militarum, the ever-vigilant Inquisition, and the tech-priests of the Adeptus Mechanicus. Even with their multitudes, they are barely able to defend man's vast domain.

**The Emperor is dead.**

Karl Franz, Master of Mankind, Lord of the Imperium, once ruled man's domain with an iron fist. His words were law, and wherever he goes, a hundred planets cheer his name—Karl Franz. The Good Emperor. But he is no God, for he is only a man. The Emperor is dead, shot in the heart on the streets of Cadia. Heirless, the Imperium is tethering on the brink
Segmentum

The space ruled by the Imperium is divided into four major territories known as Segmentae Majoris, known simply as segmentum.

## Overview

Each segmentum is administered by a Marshall who oversees all of the administrative and military processes in their sector. They are responsible for collecting the Imperial Tithe, as well as ensuring that the many worlds that belong in their segmentum remain loyal to Terra. Marshalls are able to summon forth their segmentum's vast fleets, but theoretically speaking, they would not be able to fully command them as their movements could only be dictated by the segmentum's respective Grand Admiral.

Ultimately, all of the marshalls are subservient to the High Marshall.

### List of Segmentae

* Epsilon Sector
* Eridanus Sector
* Schultz Sector
 Segmentum Nova | * Cardassian Sector
* Rohan Sector
* Cadia Sector
 Segmentum Borealis | * Ultramar Sector
* Gothic Sector
* Khal Sector
 Segmentum Ultima | * Perseus Sector
* Frissian Sector
* Ullanor Sector
* Mandalore Sector

## Tips

Hi, it's the author here. So as you can see above there are a bunch of sectors and segmentae to consider, but u dont hv to worry abt them too much. u can learn more abt each and one of the planets that belong to one of these sectors but it wont affect u all that much.

its mostly just me bein a loregeek lmao
Eden on the Air

Cardiacs

***Eden on the Air*** is a song by Cardiacs. It is a track featured on their fourth studio album, *Sing to God*. It is the first track on the album and the first track on the first volume.

## Lyrics

Plain, we make it
How we love – plain and even.
This is even.
Things are fine odd,
But we all like it even.
This is even.

You are on the air;
You’re on the water.

Water’s always welcome on the deck,
But we like it dry.
Odds can call in all-day,
But they ain’t get any answers.

You are on the air;
You’re on the water.

## Credits

 **Published by** | Alphabet Business Concern
All That Glitters Is a Mare's Nest

***All That Glitters Is a Mare's Nest*** is the third live album by Cardiacs. It was originally recorded in the afternoon in the Salisbury Arts Centre on June 30, 1990. In effect, it is the soundtrack album to the live concert film *Mare's Nest*. *All That Glitters Is a Mare's Nest* is, technically, the last Cardiacs recording to feature saxophonist Sarah Smith, percussionist Tim Quy and keyboard player William D. Drake as band members. It is the only Cardiacs album to feature guitarist Christian Hayes throughout.

## Background and production

Napalm Death were recording their *Live Corruption* video at the same venue that evening, and seeing as both Cardiacs and Napalm Death shared the same manager, it was decided they could record two live videos in the same place for the price of one-and-a-half. The CD features two extra tracks ('Two Bites of Cherry' and 'All Spectacular') that didn't appear on the video.

*All That Glitters Is a Mares Nest* is the only Cardiacs album to feature the band as a septet. In fact, the lineup of Cardiacs which played this concert did not entirely reflect the live touring band of the time. Sarah Smith had left the band the previous year, but had maintained her connections with the band: she was persuaded to temporarily rejoin the band as a special guest for the show.

The Salisbury Arts Centre show was Tim Quy's last performance with Cardiacs. Although William D. Drake is clearly heard performing on the album and is fully visible on the *Mare's Nest* video recording, his name was entirely left out of the personnel credits.

## Release and promotion

Album coverCD back coverOriginal album coverOriginal CD back coverDVD coverDVD back coverThe album was put on the band's Bandcamp page on March 6, 2018 and would later also appear on other streaming services.

## References

### Citations

1. ↑ "Cardiacs' Community | Cardiacs". *Bandcamp*. Retrieved February 14, 2021.

### External links

* Official Cardiacs website
No Gold

Cardiacs

***No Gold*** is a song by Cardiacs. It is a track featured on their fourth studio album, *Sing to God*. It is the twentieth track on the album and the tenth track on the second volume. It was released alongside 'Bellyeye' and 'A Horse's Tail' on April 17, 1995 in a CD by ORG Records.

## Lyrics

She is only trying on a leafy crown,
She’s looking in the mirror
And kind glass knows her too well.
‘Dig deep,’ she’s told.
Ah well, no gold.

And let’s drink soup to misfortune,
Her complete faith is eager to serve as her mirror,
Where she wants to be
In one small step nearer.
She’ll soup her mirror.
She’s souped her mirror.

Now that’s what I call a story.
It’s not your fault
That we want to go home at the end of every street.
There you go my son,
Thank you, you’re welcome.
There you go my son,
Thank you, you’re welcome.
There you go my son,
Thank you, you’re welcome.

## Credits

 **Published by** | Alphabet Business Concern
Bell Clinks

Cardiacs

***Bell Clinks*** is a song by Cardiacs. It is a track featured on their fourth studio album, *Sing to God*. It is the fifteenth track on the album and the fifth track on the second volume.

## Lyrics

Choosing my resources at random endeavours
As the fool thinks so the bell clinks
Fall for my own pain
There's a tiny step from the sublime to the ridiculous
Thoroughly related which one am I?
So much to be learned from this new age of reason
This is what it shouts and screams
Loudly into my ear
Every single man he has a fool in his sleeve
Whether he wants it there or not
It breeds sanity

One step above the sublime
It amounts to the feeling inside Jon rejects
Jon rejects every feeling inside
Step above the sublime to the ridiculous
Dismissing thoughts in a head
He refuse to accept taking logic within
Within logic within everything he refuse
He fears his creepiest thoughts

Stupid soldier he's falling shot without purpose
Stupid soldier shot at random
Dies without respect
Where's the harm in that?
He should have kept a sane mind after all
How can he be trusted after he dies?

Level head sat proudly on the wisest shoulders
Stares an eyefull toward his sister
Smiles a wiliest smile
Isn't life a wheeze when treasure's in the trees
And I possess longer arms than you or anyone else

One step above the sublime,
It amounts to the feeling inside Jon rejects.
Jon rejects every feeling inside.
Step above the sublime to the ridiculous,
Dismissing thoughts in a head.
He refuse to accept taking logic within,
Within logic within everything he refuse.
He believe in a thoughts and a laughter will reign.

One step above the sublime,
It amounts to the feeling inside Jon rejects.
Jon rejects every feeling inside.
Step above the sublime to the ridiculous,
Dismissing thoughts in a head.
He refuse to accept taking logic within,
Within logic within everything he refuse.
He believe in a thoughts and a laughter will reign.

One step above the sublime,
It amounts to the feeling inside Jon rejects.
Jon rejects every feeling inside.
Step above the sublime to the ridiculous,
Dismissing thoughts in a head.
He refuse to accept taking logic within,
Within logic within everything he refuse.
He fears his creepiest thoughts.

## Credits

 **Published by** | Alphabet Business Concern
Helen and Heaven

Cardiacs

***Helen and Heaven*** is a song by Cardiacs. It is a track featured on their third studio album, *Heaven Born and Ever Bright*. It is the sixth track on the album.

## Lyrics

Helen and Heaven Earth sea and shore
Says even less than says even more than
Is hearable, anyway. Even for Sandy.

Life in my ankles lives in my hands.
Own minds for nothing ’cept laying of Sandy’s pit
Lies in a field that is nearer than handy.

Space for approval; plenty of room,
Join me in closedown sink into gloom.
Watching window, see all of the news of the day and
Life without anger; life without fear,
Own minds for nothing helped with ideas,
But the mouth I was feeding was sick on my hand.

Water’s voice and wind as one
Quake their call to Moon and Sun,
Sovereign stars and throws of light,
Pale before her queenly mighty ankles.

Life in her ankles lives in my hands;
Says even less than what even can.
Stands in bold in my eyes,
Finally accepting deterioration.
Strange men and women
Allowing themselves to be shot at the same time.

All hope and fear by night and day forever pine away
And every leaf that plumes her touch
Sails from branch to sink in dust.

Hooray!

## Credits

 **Published by** | Alphabet Business Concern
Hello Mr Minnow

*This article or section is a stub. You can help by expanding it.*

***Hello Mr Minnow*** is a song by Cardiacs. It was a track only heard during concerts in the late '70s and early '80s, never being officially recorded at the time.

## Official Audio

It is the twenty-third track on the live album The Special Garage Concerts which was released in 2005. It is the seventh track of the second volume.
Imperium Libraricus

The Imperium Libraricus is the Imperial adepta responsible for the publication and preservation of knowledge in the Imperium of Andarra. Thousands of librarians guard the ancient Library of Terra, ensuring the safety of the Imperium's greatest treasure. Currently, the Imperium Libraricus is represented by Chancellor Lynn Asifah.

## Overview

While some may scoff at the Libraricus as an insignificant adepta, it actually holds the daunting task of maintaining anything related to knowledge in the Imperium. Scholars of the Libraricus record the Imperium's monolithic history and its librarians conduct research that seeks to advance the Imperium technologically, culturally, and societally. Their status as scholars have earned them renown throughout the galaxy as their expeditions have uncovered secrets lost to humanity since the Age of Strife.

Due to the nature of their expeditions, many librarians maintain contrarian values that directly oppose the Imperial Creed, such as xenophilia, freedom of expression, and the right to worship whomever they want. Chancellor Lynn Asifah was once quoted to have said that 'it is our duty, as one of the many lifeforms that inhabit this universe, to pursue the betterment of all life in the cosmos."
Faster Than Snakes With a Ball and a Chain

Cardiacs

***Faster Than Snakes With a Ball and a Chain*** is a song by Cardiacs. It is a track featured on the compilation album *Greatest Hits*. It is the eleventh track on the album. It was planned to also be included on the now abandoned following album.

## Lyrics

I am about to bust all my gut to find out what you find in
Jumping over bushes, howling like a dog-wolf at moon time.
And did they hurt him till he got mean mad?
It’s just like people.
So, we’re marking up our land with x’s,
But look out, here comes cowboy o.

About a mile of all of us now, dinosaurs and giants,
Laying down a-shivering,
Lonesome on the ground.

Is that belt too tight for it to spurt?
Missing collar and I.D. to help he find it.
‘Hello doc, please mend my body, mend my seam.’

On the ground a-shivering and scared,
One of the ships hanging in mid-air like it was lost
And nobody cared.

Oh how he died blubbing and whimpering and all
Shivering cold and was scared,
Just like he was lost and nobody cared.

Jump he over, bust all gut, all floodlit like I don’t know,
It being one of the biggest doses of Holy Spirit I ever seen.
And did they hurt him till he got mean mad?
It’s just like people.
So, we’re marking up our land with x’s,
But look out, here comes cowboy o.
Roll ’em Rawhide! Brand ’em in the eye!
Alien there. So what if it dies?
Y’ain’t ever gonna see it again!
Hang in air, oh, far too slow,
I am faster than snakes with a ball and a chain,
Faster than snakes with a ball and a chain,
Faster than snakes with a ball and a chain,
Faster than snakes with a ball and a chain.

Your rocket will go chase me for more than a mile ’cause
I am faster than snakes with a ball and a chain.

Light shine over all my body and about my anatomy but
Can’t reach me ’cause I am faster than snakes with a ball and a chain.
Like my collar and I.D?
It help me show me anatomy ceremonial.
I am faster than snakes with a ball and a chain.
Luring me with all the people I love above all else.
All floodlit, I startle there all street flair.

Oh, to go in all directions at once
If you have to kennel into which you crawl,
You got them sweetheart.
All sprightly, business-like?
Not likely.
If you move to have me buried under tons of tiny dogs,
Adventures will await you.
By bad lung, he coughs away and
Leaves us his berry sperm wrappers left trod,
What would you have me do?
Future past and future pretty, ah!
Might more affected be by one of the biggest doses of
Holy spirit I ever seen.
And did they hurt him till he got mean mad?
It’s just like people.
So, we’re marking up our land with x’s,
But look out, here comes cowboy o.

Roll ’em Rawhide! Brand ’em in the eye!
Alien there. So what if it dies?
Y’ain’t ever gonna see it again!
Hang in air, oh, far too slow,
I am faster than snakes with a ball and a chain,
Faster than snakes with a ball and a chain,
Faster than snakes with a ball and a chain,
Faster than snakes with a ball and a chain,
Faster than snakes with a ball and a chain.
Flap off You Beak

Cardiacs

***Flap off You Beak*** is a song by Cardiacs. It is a track featured on their fourth studio album, *Sing to God*. It is the sixteenth track on the album and the sixth track on the first volume.

## Lyrics

All nineteen birds flying fast up,
They are dead; they are not alive.
Bad bird, you flap off you beak,
High and mighty beady bird eye.

Featherless me and I be all glad on my own,
Doggy-eyed graceless in my home.
Steps in wire,
High and mighty beady bird eye.
They’re not alive.

They eat no love;
They curl up in their hollow tree
And leak the sap that bad birds do.

Poison in the drops of black and white pearl
On the ‘leaving the cinema' girl.
Steps in wire,
High and mighty beady bird eye.
They’re not alive.

Don’t linger on not pure gold in your hand
And fly again to the end of England.
Sad birds flying through the famous London fog,
There is no God;
There is no ‘alive’ in my menageri.

Sad birds, they are not alive.
Nineteen birds flying fast up,
They are not alive.

(They’re not alive.)

## Credits

 **Published by** | Alphabet Business Concern
March

Cardiacs

***March*** is a song by Cardiacs. It is a track featured on their third studio album, *Heaven Born and Ever Bright*. It is the third track on the album.

## Lyrics

Everything I fear forever coming here
To bless my heart and bless my soul.
Leaving nerves for shor, ’s only my lot,
’S only my heart, ’s only my hole.

Everything I fear forever coming here
To bless my heart and bless my soul.
Bless my front and rear and touch my part.
Yes, that’s my heart. Yes, that’s my hole.
Happier when head is high,
Nearer sky ’cause high says I.
Only one thing left inside
Pandora’s box; arrived inside and
Every dancing kind in me left,
Leaving me.

Happier when head is high,
Nearer sky ’cause high says I.
Only one thing left inside.
Then Pandora’s box arrived and
Every dancing kind in me left,
Leaving me.

It’s only all my lot
Leaving my nerves for shot.
’S only one thing left in th’ insides
No one free from fear,
Leaving my parties uninvited anyway.

Everything was fine inside;
Then Pandora’s box arrived.
Soft and mellow sadness rised;
Probed the bush like march,
Except that fearful mind of mine
Packs up and carts off my fears.

Treats like this, no one lives.
All babies born like babies
Happier when head is high like is
Nearer sky ’cause high is mizz.
Only one thing left in this.
Every dancing kind in me left,
Leaving me.

Many are the same things.
People invite would-be raiders.
One more then back must fly
For casting out by neighbours.
Grubs and insects all carry on
With their capers.

## Credits

 **Published by** | Alphabet Business Concern
Rude Bootleg

***Rude Bootleg*** is the first live album by Cardiacs. It was originally recorded at the Reading Rock Festival on August 24, 1986.

## Background and production

The original source material for *Rude Bootleg* was a "very rough and ready" cassette recording taken from the onstage sound mixing desk during Cardiacs' performance. Despite this, the album has excellent sound quality given the circumstances of recording.

## Release and promotion

*Rude Bootleg* was originally released as a free cassette, bundled with orders of Cardiacs' 1989 album *A Little Man and a House and the Whole World Window*: this package was available for a short time as a special value pack. A number of 12" vinyl LP copies were released, all as white-label releases in a plain white sleeve (although some had an A4 white (or pastel blue) paper insert. For these vinyl releases, the only markings were a rubber stamp on the cover, repeated on the centre labels (although some later pressings omitted the cover stamp.

Album coverThe album was reissued on CD as part of Cardiacs' 1995 reissue programme on Alphabet Business Concern.

The album was put on the band's Bandcamp page on March 1, 2018 and would later also appear on other streaming services.

## References

### Citations

1. ↑ "Cardiacs' Community | Cardiacs". *Bandcamp*. Retrieved February 14, 2021.

### External links

* Official Cardiacs website
Cardassian Order

The Cardassian Order is an Imperial-affiliated organisation dedicated to the study of the Aether. They are renowned for their mastery of the aether and races from all across the galaxy flock to the Order to study within its elegant walls. The late emperor Karl Franz once studied in the Order, which influenced his perception of Xeno races.

The Order only accepts students who possess psychic abilities. Many scholars believe that the Order has developed a technique that allows an individual—even an entire ship—to be resistant to the adverse effects of the Immaterium. In recent years, the Cardassian Order has faced many challenges which ultimately culminated in its quasi-integration into the Imperium after the Cardassian Incident

## History

### Pre-Collapse

Many in the galaxy has forgotten the origins of the Cardassian Order. Its halls are ancient, and it is rumoured to have been created by the Precursors as a hub for knowledge. When their civilisation collapsed eons ago, the Cardassian Station fell into disrepair until a mysterious group of aliens discovered its oily-black hulls thousands of years ago. These aliens, known as the Celestials, brought together a small group of aether-potent individuals to the station, laying the foundations of the Cardassian Order.

For hundreds of centuries, the knights of the Cardassian Order have stood vigilantly against the forces of the Immaterium, unlocking the secrets of the warp. The Old Republic
Two Bites of Cherry

Cardiacs

***Two Bites of Cherry*** is a song by Cardiacs. It is a track featured on their second studio album, *On Land and in the Sea*. It is the first track on the album.

## Versions

'Two Bites of Cherry' is the fifth track on the live album *All That Glitters Is a Mare's Nest* which was released on May 15, 1995.

## Lyrics

Any real egg has a shell as the shell an egg.
So, break it killer fisty.
Killer fisty, beat his head!
The watching every time, beats playing of every kind.
And as the way’s subsiding, every crack is yours for mine.
Undreaded courage all the time.
(Knees up pleading, picks up hope for the drunken line after mine, line after mine.)

As if she like sugar as I said she did.
She, like a snail, says she, like a gale, says,
‘Ideal. It’s like coming down with a newly born energy.
Only trouble is I am too afraid of what was said!’

Ah! Different arms and different eyes.
Different colours, different size.
Different smell and different cries.
Different meaning, different life.

Only to have white hair caused by the trouble that never comes
And a gale more powerful than all of the guns.

Crying need leading astray and steals her gentle smile away. Came
Made two bites of cherry when the world’s too big for danger,
World’s too big for danger.

In demolitions all the time,
Knees up pleading, picks up hope for the drunken line after mine. After mine, after mine.
Different arms and different eyes.
Different colours, different size.
Different smell and different cries.
Different meaning, different …
Only to have white hair caused by the trouble that never comes
And a gale more powerful than all of the guns ever.
Crying need leading astray and steals her gentle smile away came
Crying need leading astray and steals her gentle smile away. Came
Made two bites of cherry when the world’s too big for danger.
And all for the sake of imitating mum and dad, there’s good and bad down cul-de-sac and sanctuary making two bites of cherry when the world’s too big for danger.

Jeopardy and risk is ten miles high.

## Credits

 **Published by** | Alphabet Business Concern
Tarred and Feathered

Cardiacs

***Tarred and Feathered*** is a song by Cardiacs. It is a track featured on their compilation album *Songs for Ships and Irons*. It is the second track on the album. The song was originally recorded for the *Big Ship* EP, and was released in 1987, before the EP was discontinued due to all of its tracks being included in the former album.

## Versions

'Tarred and Feathered' is the fourth track on the live album *Rude Bootleg* which was released on August 24, 1986.

It is also the sixth track on the live album *Cardiacs Live* which was released on October 31, 1988.

It is also the twelfth track on the live album *All That Glitters Is a Mare's Nest* which was released on May 15, 1995.

## Lyrics

I find I understand the rules but cannot find the reasons.
Do they include everything and they change for every season?
It’s only a matter of …

Time is of the essence, shall I put up some resistance?
Cursed with the awareness of my own existance,
It’s only a matter of …

Time tends to pass by quicker than the nail
That boxes me together, forever it forms the seal.
Is the knowledge of my own existance real?

I find I understand the rules but cannot find the reasons.
Do they include everything and they change for every season?
It’s only a matter of …

Time tends to pass by quicker than the nail
That boxes me together, forever it forms the seal.
Is the knowledge of my own existance real?

A slice of life, a piece of mind
Laid on a plate of my own kind;
I’ll take a key from the gravy
And unlock the cage that holds the ravens in.

What’s it like flying high?
I’ve a cone for a beak but the tar makes me cry –
That holds me together, tarred and feathered.

Breathing home, hoping for the day;
The radio and television’s thrown the rest away.
Oh dear me, look who’s come around.
Now all I have to do is hide my body in the ground.
It’s all I have to do.

When they who to the sea go down,
And in the waters ply their toil,
Are lifted on the surges crown,
And plunged where seething eddies boil.
Odd Even (single)

**"Is everybody happy?"**

This article is about **the 12" single by Cardiacs, ***Odd Even*****. You may be looking for **the song with the same name**.

## Odd Even

### Label

Alphabet Business Concern

***Odd Even*** is the ninth single by Cardiacs. The title song was featured on the album *Sing to God*.

## Tracklist

All songs produced by Tim Smith.

## Concept and music

*Odd Even* is a 12" single. The title song was also included on the album *Sing to God* with the other tracks not being featured anywhere else.

## Release and promotion

Album coverCD back coverThe single was released in the UK in 1995 by the band's long-running own label, the Alphabet Business Concern.

The 12" single was released on Bandcamp on March 6, 2018. It has not been officially released anywhere else online.

## References

### Citations

1. ↑ "Cardiacs' Community | Cardiacs". *Bandcamp*. Retrieved February 21, 2021.

*Some of this article uses text originally authored on Wikipedia.*
An Ant

*This article or section is a stub. You can help by expanding it.*

***An Ant*** is a song by Cardiacs. It was a track only heard during concerts in the late '70s and early '80s, never being officially recorded at the time.

## Official Audio

It is the twenty-second track on the live album The Special Garage Concerts which was released in 2005. It is the sixth track of the second volume.
Aukamacic

Cardiacs

***Aukamacic*** is a song by Cardiacs. It is a track featured on their second demo album, *Toy World*. It is the first track on the album. The song was also featured on *Archive Cardiacs*.

## Versions

It is also the seventh track on the live album The Special Garage Concerts which was released in 2005. It is the seventh track of the first volume.

## Lyrics

Hello, little doggie. My, you are a nice dog.
What did you just say then? You can do some tricks?
Oh good, then will you show me?
My word, that’s a good one.
Would you like a cigarette?
No, you can’t. They’re bad for you.

## Credits

 **Published by** | Self-published
Icky Qualms

Cardiacs

***Icky Qualms*** is a song by Cardiacs. It is a track featured on their second demo album, *Toy World*. It is the third track on the album. The song was also featured on *Archive Cardiacs*.

## Versions

It is the thirty-second track on the live album The Special Garage Concerts which was released in 2005. It is the sixteenth track of the second volume.

## Lyrics

Uh-oh, icky qualms!
I’m getting sick of just sitting around
’Cause you think that by keeping me, I’m safe and sound.
You wrap me up and you keep me warm,
But you think I’ve just been fucking born!

You don’t realise that was quite some time ago,
I’m old enough now to be set free.
’Cause I tell them I’m a man but they don’t believe me,
’Cause I tell them I’m a man but they don’t believe me.

My mum’s obscene, my dad’s obscene;
The vicar’s obscene, oh God!

I tell them I’m a man but they don’t believe me,
I tell them I’m a man but they don’t believe me,
I tell them I’m a man but they don’t believe me,
I tell them I’m a man but they don’t believe me,
But if I’m still here in the morning.

They banned the bomb and the war on want
And they banned Richard Davis. they won’t allow the rabies.

As far as I’m concerned, that’s a load of bull.
I know I’m a rebel, what I need is a cause,
But if I’m still here in the morning.

## Credits

 **Published by** | Self-published
Wireless

Cardiacs

***Wireless*** is a song by Cardiacs. It is a track featured on their fourth studio album, *Sing to God*. It is the tenth track on the album and the tenth track on the first volume.

## Lyrics

Jenny’s bed is nailed to the floor.
Black dog, tumbleweed, white dress,
Play whistley wireless happy.

Fireworks under her pillow,
Cold girl and deadness.
Can you cross your heart?
Jenny played the wireless.

Black dog, white dress,
Hand holding with her wireless;
Kind whistling on when she passed
From this world off into the next.

They were all stuck in a
Really small wood boat
To perish on the sea.
And then one, one of the sailors,
Pulled up the plug
And put it in a bucket
And all water, sea water, came in the boat.
And a fish, by accident, came in
And flipped out again by using its fin.
The water coming in looked like a spout
And would make them perish.
And then, with red fire
Coming out from his gills,
Came Action Fish, and was made of metal
And cut through the waves
At one hundred miles an hour,
Faster than a torpedo.
Red fire coming out from his gills,
And jumped into the sky
And shoved a bung into the hole in the boat
And sped off,
Cutting through the waves
One hundred miles an hour,
Faster than a torpedo.
Red fire coming out from his gills.

## Credits

 **Published by** | Alphabet Business Concern
Fiery Gun Hand

Cardiacs

***Fiery Gun Hand*** is a song by Cardiacs. It is a track featured on their fourth studio album, *Sing to God*. It is the fourth track on the album and the fourth track on the first volume.

## Lyrics

Sacred patience (and a short silence) and
we will be sure as eggs is eggs that
Jesus’ll hold his fiery hand to the gun,
And together we’ll blow him to the ends of the earth.
To the ends of the earth!
See, has no lines on the sore palms of his hands.
On the palms of his hands!

He went off dead.
He went off dead with his hand with his
Big gun fire hand.
Big gun fire hand in his mouth in his hand
And puts a big gun up inside of his mouth and he
fires till he cries!
A bullet his gullet and he fires till he cries
up inside till he –

Click! (Run!)
“Hello sir, I’m in a tango in a different timing I will never lose my anger,
I haven’t got a secret.
Secrets are in my secret box down my avenue;
Suck away my tiny dress.
I’m cleaner than a filthy mess,
Cleaner than a big mess!”

## Credits

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R.E.S.

Cardiacs

***R.E.S.*** is a song by Cardiacs. It is a track featured on their debut studio album, *A Little Man and a House and the Whole World Window*. It is the tenth track on the album. The song was originally recorded for *The Seaside* and was released in 1984.

## Music Video

A music video for 'R.E.S.' was included in the Seaside Treats short film.

## Versions

'R.E.S.' was originally recorded for *The Seaside*.

'R.E.S.' is the sixteenth track on the live album *All That Glitters Is a Mare's Nest* which was released on May 15, 1995.

It is also the thirtieth track on the live album *The Special Garage Concerts* which was released in 2005. It is the fourteenth track of the second volume.

## Lyrics

A stitch in time saves nine in time
To stay alive ’cause we are so divine.
In my mind, I can’t stop dying.
I wish there was no stopping me now.
In the hope I’m to grow old,
I’ve been told to keep my head down to the ground.
It’s like standing in the playground,
Looking at the ground, trying not to notice
All the kids around.

The will to be kind is mine but
That’s the way we all go.
The people subsiding are always advising that
That’s the way we all go.

Calling is craving; is letting the rain in,
It peers at me and is it understanding?
Ha!
Holding me with all its derelict charm,
Rushing round me and slipping but never falling
Down!
‘Give me something I don’t need.’
My friend cried till his face bled really really red.
It stays here all my life, it fears towards me.

The will to be kind is mine but
That’s the way we all go.
The people subsiding are always advising that
That’s the way we all go.

Is everybody happy?

My hope day is forever coming closer,
My hopes and fears are uncommon and it’s he
Who asks for me now,
So I’ll stay here until it’s saving my life.
Sing la la la la la la la
Outside!

## Credits

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Insect Hoofs on Lassie

Cardiacs

***Insect Hoofs on Lassie*** is a song by Cardiacs. It is a track featured on their fourth studio album, *Sing to God*. It is the fifth track on the album and the fifth track on the first volume.

## Lyrics

Real (or imaginary) ice-spitting fire
(That comfortable sound),
Hands in the air both feet stood on the ground;
Lassie’s on my TV.
I get flat on all fours and start kissing thr screen
And I sit like a good dog in the hope that she might
give in to me.
Whats the matter? Neither good nor bad weather
Makes me all ill-like (Suffer with pain),
But I don’t mind, he is me. “Look Lassie! Watch him until he dies of his brain.”
All or nothing (Before he dies of his brain),
Breathe in my skin ohh! It feeling too hard;
Start collect the hoofs from my insect graveyard.
No longer imaginary.

I want it, I need it so bad that I cry!
Lets make between we you more
Fantastic than we ever feared of,
Hero Collie! Insect hoofs on Lassie instead of feet;
he Lassie, not she!
Because of me, all she is blessed with the mane of a horse and wing of a bee!
(And carrying a cluster of bee eggies in the centre of she.)

Customising Lassie.

Tail out the window,
press in coloured glass
for more beautiful eyes!
Daddy long-leg lashes how you flirt, get out of here!
Our hero dog, insect hoofs on Lassie
Worthy of space dog; worthy of me!
After my Lassie customising y’be holding up all your
Tiny insect hoofs and worshiping me.

Whats the matter?
Insect hoofs on Lassie instead of his feet,
(He Lassie, not she!)
But I don’t mind, all she is blessed with the
Mane of a horse and wings of a bee.

(And carrying a cluster of bee eggies in the centre of she.)

## Credits

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A Bus for a Bus on the Bus

Cardiacs

The first Cardiacs recording, ever! At this point, still called Cardiac Arrest, the band’s major difference from later lineups was the fact that Tim Smith was not on lead vocals. Instead, Michael Pugh was singing, and this is quite a bit of a problem with this song, and other early recordings. While Pugh’s vocals are not bad by any means, they are not well suited for the band’s music and keep the band firmly within the confines of punk.

A Bus for a Bus on the Bus’ driving (excuse the pun) rhythm, powered by Peter Tagg’s energetic drumming, is similarly heavily rooted in the music of the Cardiacs’ peers, and the single as a whole is the epitome of the amateurish, punky side of the band. The song’s guitar melody, solo and outro, however, hint at greater things to come.

This track was included on The Special Garage Concerts Vol II CD.

## Official Audio

It is the nineteenth track on the live album The Special Garage Concerts which was released in 2005. It is the third track of the second volume.

## Lyrics

I cannot come and play today
My mummy says I'm in disgrace
I wanna enjoy my Action Man
But I am stuck inside this place

Incarcerated I will be
Trapped inside forever
Everybody laughs at me
Because my name is Simon

I cannot come and play today
My mummy says I'm in disgrace
I wanna enjoy my Action Man
But I am stuck inside this place

Incarcerated I will be
Trapped inside forever
Everybody laughs at me
Because my name is Simon

## Personnel

* Philip Pilf (Tim Smith) – guitar
* Patty Pilf (Jim Smith) – bass
* Peter Boker (Michael Pugh) – vocals
* Duncan Doilet (Colvin Mayers) – keyboard (miniKORG 700)
* Richard Targett (Peter Tagg) – drums
* Raphael Cadd (Ralph Cade) – saxophone

1. ↑ MUSEUMSAREDEAD - https://cardiacsdiscog.wordpress.com/
2. ↑ https://cardiacs.com/testimonials/ Mark Cawthra's testimonial
Chris Hederson

Chris is a classmate of Malory and Nova, majoring in machinery. Chris is 18 years old.

He is head over heels for Nova and supports her with everything although she mistreats him at times. Chris basically is a hopeless romantic as he knows nothing about Nova nor shows any interest or motivation to learn about her.

He is often ridiculed by his cousin Freddy. Although Freddy teases him a lot, they are still very close and share a deep bond despite the major differences.

Chris is gullible, naive, fatuous and dull. But also hard-working, caring, smart and stable.

Chris is a family orientated man and wants to settle down instead of enjoying life as he is still young, opposite Freddy.
Burn Your House Brown

Cardiacs

***Burn Your House Brown*** is a song by Cardiacs. It is a track featured on their compilation album *Songs for Ships and Irons*. It is the third track on the album. The song was originally recorded for the *Big Ship* EP, and was released in 1987, before the EP was discontinued due to all of its tracks being included in the former album.

## Lyrics

Left to live out our lives on earth.
Unplug Katie, crush the orange,
Wash the insides, toast the peelings,
Break the kitchen, play the windows,
Play the floor, the tiles and ceiling.

Look out, here is hoover standing ugly at the door;
His pretty little tubing’s getting sucked into the floor.
The floor says this is dangerous; the fridge is unaware
That everything it closes on is living without air.

Plug it in the wall and it works, oven cries
Little drops of grease all dirty brown but clean inside.
Big house, small house, tumbling around.
It’s a nail, the knives and forks, and the table to the ground.

Unplug Katie, crush the orange,
Wash the inside, toast the peelings,
Break the kitchen, play the windows,
Play the floor, the tiles and ceiling.

Left to live out my life on earth,
Left to live out my life on earth,
Left to live out my life on earth,
Left to live out my life on earth,
Left to live out my life on earth,
Left to live out my life on earth,
Left to live out my life on earth,
Left to live out my life on earth.

Mary’s house is upside down,
She burnt the walls to make them brown.
But left to her devices, foiled by bluntness,
She would take pleasure
In finding something pointier,
In finding something pointier.
Is This the Life?

**"Is everybody happy?"**

This article is about **the song by Cardiacs, ***Is This the Life?*****. You may be looking for **the 12" inch single with the same name**.

### Length

5:02 (Toy World)
5:15 (The Seaside)
5:37 (A Little Man and a House and the Whole World Window)

### Album

A Little Man and a House and the Whole World Window

### Original Album

Toy World

***Is This the Life?*** is a song by Cardiacs. It is a track featured on their debut studio album, *A Little Man and a House and the Whole World Window*. It is the fourth track on the album. It was released alongside 'Goosegash' and 'I'm Eating in Bed' in a CD by the Alphabet Business Concern. The song was originally recorded for *Toy World*, and was released in 1981, before the album was discontinued due to its age and unprofessional sound. 'Is This the Life' was also released on *The Seaside*.

## Versions

'Is This the Life?' was included on the album *The Seaside*.

'Is This the Life?' is the seventh track on the live album *Rude Bootleg* which was released on August 24, 1986.

It is also the tenth track on the live album *Cardiacs Live* which was released on October 31, 1988.

It is also the seventeenth and final track on the live album *All That Glitters Is a Mare's Nest* which was released on May 15, 1995.

## Lyrics

Following around to see a life thats never in,
Always calling itself on its own phone,
Though its never quite at home in the world today.

See it to arranging the day,
Prepared in its own special way
With added loving care,
Though it’s not been there since yesterday.

Looking so hard for a cause
And it don’t care what it is.
And never really ever seeing eye to eye,
Though it doesn’t really mind,
Perhaps thats why
It never really saw,
Never really saw.
Saw.

## Credits

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Come Back Clammy Lammy

Cardiacs

***Come Back Clammy Lammy*** is a song by Cardiacs. It is a track featured on their fifth studio album, *Guns*. It is the seventh track on the album.

## Lyrics

Dead you barmy you make it to heaven
Fancy drowning to death you barmy in
Half a fathom see red rim barnacle
Come back clammy he reek all lammy
He tear off all of his clothes and snap his hair
Suffer he stink, he reek all lamb

"Hi, 'tis me pal I come back clammy
I reek all lammy of half a fath
Saw red rim barnacle make it to heaven"

Fancy drowning to death you lamb you
Come back clammy you reek all lammy
Of half a fathom of stink and you dead

Make it to heaven red rim barmy you
Come back clammy you dead saw barnacle
Make it to heaven red rim barmy you

All soldiers together in World War One
Having a bit of a laugh on the Somme
My friend says, "Where's my dirty bottom gone?"
I says, "Blown of by a big bomb"
And he says, "I thought there was a bit of a stink pong"

All soldiers together in World War One
Having a bit of a laugh on the Somme
My friend says, "Where's my dirty bottom gone?"
I says, "Blown of by a big bomb"
And he says, "I thought there was a bit of a stink pong"

All soldiers together in World War One
Having a bit of a laugh on the Somme
Make it to heaven red rim barmy you

Dead and you make it up to heaven
Fancy starving to death you barnacle
In half a fathom of red rim barnacle
Come back clammy you dead you barnacle
Tear of all his clothes and snap his hair

It was your idea to have a crazy party
With all your new pals to enjoy a free feed
On your body and to make the birds stop singing
While they go pick your bones white as pale
All stench and stale to barter with a hammer and you

Come back clammy you dead saw barnacle
Make it to heaven red rim barmy you

"Hi, 'tis me pal I come back clammy
I reek all lammy in half a fathom
Of suffer and stink and clam and you"

Come back clammy you dead saw barnacle
Make it to heaven red rim barmy you dead
Saw barnacle make it to heaven
Come back clammy you red rim barmy you
Come back clammy you dead saw barnacle
Make it to heaven

## Credits

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The Stench of Honey

Cardiacs

***The Stench of Honey*** is a song by Cardiacs. It is a track featured on their second studio album, *On Land and in the Sea*. It is the tenth track on the album.

## Lyrics

Loves smell for the stench of honey,
Easy life and love for money.
Violent shrieking sirens of warning,
Aeroplanes up in the evening.

We split a wing of that one tiny fly
In the world that he thrives,
In the world that he dies on other world.

Birds of ill omen forever,
Airmen lay their heads together.

In the once that he dies,
Getting heard get a word in
As I saw you deserved,
As I saw you deserved in as deserved.

One single fly, flying and singing,
Flying in a room singing hard,
In a room as deserved.

We split a wing of that one tiny fly
In the world that he thrives,
In the world that he dies on.

Shot pilot blind, and a sight for his eyes
In the air where he flies,
In the air where he dies.

We split the wings, tiny blue spitfire wings.
Thousands shot pilot blind
And a thousand tiny flies,
And that thousands to be won,
To be won in their thousands to be won.

## Credits

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Stoneage Dinosaurs

Cardiacs

***Stoneage Dinosaurs*** is a song by Cardiacs. It is a track featured on their compilation album *Songs for Ships and Irons*. It is the fourth track on the album. The song was originally recorded for the *Big Ship* EP, and was released in 1987, before the EP was discontinued due to all of its tracks being included in the former album.

## Lyrics

Wishing for money is a man growing old and he
Breaks our knife’s edge with his care for the ordinary.
Winning hand in hand, Michael Miles plays a game for me.
Liberace asks after me and all my family.

On down the line,
A soldier hides his worn uniform in an eiderdown
Says, ‘Never mind the war, take me home again
For the last time.’

Jim parades a toy that he won on a rifle range.
Holds him up high, its a plaster statue of Peter Glaze.
It says the strangest things,
And all we feel is lonely just like stoneage dinosaurs.

Wishing for money is a man growing old and he
Breaks our knife’s edge with his care for the ordinary.
And Mr T offers me and all humanity a safe place to be,
And all we feel is lonely just like stoneage dinosaurs.
Jibber and Twitch

Cardiacs

***Jibber and Twitch*** is a song by Cardiacs. It is a track featured on their third demo album, *The Seaside*. It is the first track on the album.

## Versions

'Jibber and Twitch' was recorded for Some Fairytales from the Rotten Shed. It was uploaded to the abcglobus YouTube Channel on October 25, 2007.

   It is also the first track on the live album The Special Garage Concerts which was released in 2005. It is the first track of the first volume.

## Lyrics

Try to relax me now but then again
Oh no! Isn't it good?
Why do I feel so misunderstood?
Could it be that I'm peeling?
Look at my finger
Wait here just for a moment
Look at me wiggle
No wonder I'm feeling bored all the time
Could it be that I'm wrong
I'm right I'm wrong but then again

Oh it would be nice for everyone
It would be nice for everyone
Oh what a lovely way to be
Oh what a lovely way to be
It would be nice for everyone
It would be nice for everyone
Oh what a lovely way to be
Oh what a lovely way to be

Sit me down and make me stay
To say the first things on my mind
"My Soldier
Will Hay
Silver bells and cockle shells
And, er pretty maids all in a row"
'Cause my leg is a part of me
I always knew what was wrong with me
I could tell by my general attitude, attitude
I always knew it would get physical
I could tell by my longitude altitude oh...

What's on the table?
Good Lord! Look at the cakes!
I'm going to go and mess them all up
Or is it that I'm dreaming?
Look at my finger
Wait here just for a moment
Look at me wiggle
No wonder I'm feeling bored all the time
Could it be that I'm wrong
I'm right I'm wrong but then again

Oh it would be nice for everyone
It would be nice for everyone
Oh what a lovely way to be
Oh what a lovely way to be
It would be nice for everyone
It would be nice for everyone
Oh what a lovely way to be
Oh what a lovely way to be

Sit me down and make me stay
To say the first things on my mind
"My Soldier
Will Hay
Silver bells and cockle shells
And, er pretty maids all in a row"
I always knew what was wrong with me
I could tell by my general attitude, attitude
I always knew it would get physical
As a part of my longitude altitude

It's the same I sometimes wonder
If something or other's in my headbone
It's the same I sometimes wonder
If something or other's in my headbone

Look at my finger
Wait here just for a moment
Look at me wiggle
No wonder I'm feeling bored all the time
Could it be that I'm wrong?
I'm right I'm wrong but then again

## Credits

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Day Is Gone

**"Is everybody happy?"**

This article is about **the song by Cardiacs, ***Day Is Gone*****. You may be looking for **the EP with the same name**.

### EP

Day Is Gone (EP)

***Day Is Gone*** is a song by Cardiacs. It is a track featured on their third studio album, *Heaven Born and Ever Bright*. It is the tenth track on the album. It was released as an EP in 1991 and served as the first track.

## Lyrics

Telling familiar stories,
Invited us to our home for some soup.
Bothered by steam,
We clipped our wing, so we can’t fly.

Better than, better than what?
Some dying off
A rocket ship.
Looks as if a day is gone;
Looks as if a day is missing.
Everyone’s trying to leave,
Lorries driving to the sea.
Who is that who slammed the door?
Looks as if a day has gone away.

More active than scraps alive,
Sleep for weeks but often stirring.
More alive than anyone swears,
As born were we from hollow trees.
Telling familiar stories,
Invited us to our home for some soup.
Bothered by steam,
We clip our wing, so we can’t fly away.

Looks as if a day is gone,
Looks as if the day is playing.
Looks as if a day is gone,
Looks as if a day has gone away.

## Credits

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