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Flash’s Dream (The Final Elbow)

This version of Flash’S Dream (The Final Elbow) was released by The Kinks in 1974.

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Mr. Black’s army is closing in on Flash & The Spivs.
After a long day’s campaigning Flash, having overindulged
The alcohol, has fallen asleep in his den.

Cooee. Cooee. Flash. Flash

Who is this?

Wake up Flash. Can you hear me Flash?

Who is this? Who dares to wake me from my slumber?

Need I announce myself? Am I such a stranger to you?

Say your name. Speak!

I am your soul.

My soul?

I have come to show you who you are.

Show me who I am? I know who I am you upstart! How
Dare you intrude.

You lied and schemed and took over a simple village and
Turned it into a vulgar playground for your own money-
Making ends. Before you came people lived simple lives.
This was a happy place. Then you ploughed up the fields,
Sold off the land and lined your own pockets with the profits.

Lies! Lies! I did it to help the nation

You did it for your own preservation!

No! No!

Prepare yourself Flash, there are many who suffered at your
Hands. They are craving for vengeance. Time is running out.

Can this be the end? Can this be the swan song? The final
Elbow? I will not go. The people need me.

Men like you will always come and go, but the people will go
On forever. Take one final look at the past Flash. Enjoy it,
Because you have no future.

No! No! No! I can’t stand this.

Trumpets herald the final confrontation between Flash and himself.

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About Lyrics and Flash’S Dream (The Final Elbow) by The Kinks

The lyrics for Flash’S Dream (The Final Elbow) are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1974 song by The Kinks. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Flash’S Dream (The Final Elbow) have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Flash’S Dream (The Final Elbow) - The Kinks and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Flash’S Dream (The Final Elbow) by The Kinks in multiple ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Flash’S Dream (The Final Elbow)" means the words set to the music of Flash’S Dream (The Final Elbow), or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Kinks. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Flash’S Dream (The Final Elbow) and the lyrics to Flash’S Dream (The Final Elbow) are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Kinks who came here looking just for the lyrics to Flash’S Dream (The Final Elbow), but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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