DESCRIPTION:
Who left your feelings in the cold and let them die
Hide a saving grace in a secret place
Now all the reasons in the world wont tell you why
Mountains turn the sand when we're holding hands

Fire flies within your eyes
Make the world seem colder

When will the darkness fade away so you can shine?
Find a helping hand take it while you can
Don't search for truth again your heart will never lie
Pleasure after pain in sweet love again

Fire flies within your eyes
Make the world seem colder
So much older
So much harder to fan the flames
And the fireflies

Fire flies within your eyes
Make the world seem colder
So much older
So much harder to fan the flames
And the fireflies

=============================
The Snake Corps came together in 1984 following the break-up of Sad Lovers & Giants (SL&G) the previous year.
Aiming for a harder-edged sound, core members Tristan Garel-Funk and Nigel Pollard advertised in the Melody Maker for the necessary musicians. After many auditions they settled on Marc Lewis and Liam McGuinness on vocals and bass respectively. This original incarnation set about establishing its own sound - recording demos of songs later to appear on the band's albums as well as a video of Look East for Eden at Kingston Poly where Marc was a student.

After some initial success building a local following and reconnecting with many of the fans of SL&G, Nigel left the band and was replaced by Jon Greville from the extreme hardcore three-piece Rudimentary Peni. This line up went into record the first album: Flesh on Flesh, released on Midnight Music.
Tours in europe helped to build and consolidate the band's following, but at home the story was one of press and radio indifference.

Feeling a need to broaden the scope of the Snake Corps sound the band decided to add keyboards. This resulted in the return of school friend and SL&G founder member David Wood. With the addition of Jim Blanchard from label-mates The S-Haters replacing Liam on bass guitar, this line-up recorded the band's second album Smother Earth.
More gigs followed but UK recognition continued to elude the Snake Corps despite growing interest from around the world; the bulk of the band's record sales going overseas.

David Wood eventually quit the band and Ian Gibson (recently having left the Mk2 version of SL&G) replaced him on keyboards.


post-punk new wave 80s gothic rock goth rock