brain. unhampered by the complex systems which make up man
they made and used
different bodies according to their needs. they never tired
never slept and never
suffered
having long since eliminated from their planet the bacteria which cause all
fevers and other morbidities. halt! who goes there?
er - friend. be on your way. this is my territory. your territory? what do you mean?
wait a minute - it's you! the man from maybury hill!
good heavens! the artilleryman! i thought you surely burned. artillery man: i thought you surely drowned. have you seen any martians?
everywhere. we're done for all right. we can't just give up. course we can't. it's now we've got to start fighting - but not
against them 'cos we can't win. now we've got to fight for survival
and i reckon we can
make it. i've got a plan. we're gonna build a whole new world for ourselves. look
they
clap eyes on us and we're dead
right?
so we gotta make a new life where they'll never find us. you know where?
underground. you should see it down there - hundreds of miles of drains - sweet and clean now after
the rain
dark
quiet
safe. we can build houses and everything
start again from scratch. and what's so bad about living underground eh? it's not been so great living up here
if
you want my opinion. take a look around you at the world we've come to know
does it seem to be much more than a crazy circus show
but maybe from the madness something beautiful will grow
in a brave new world
with just a handful of men
we'll start - we'll start all over again - all over again - all over again - all over again
we'll build shops and hospitals and barracks right under their noses - right under their
feet! everything we need - banks
prisons and schools. we'll send scouting parties to
collect books and stuff
and men like you'll teach the kids. not poems and rubbish -
science
so we can get everything working. we'll build villages and towns and. and. we'll play each other at cricket! listen
maybe one day we'll capture a fighting machine
eh? learn how to make 'em ourselves and then wallop! our turn to do some wiping out!
whoosh with our heat ray - whoosh! and them running and dying
beaten at their own game. man on top again!
now our domination of the earth is fading fast
and out of the confusion the chance has come at last
to build a better future from the ashes of the past
in a brave new world
with just a handful of men
we'll start all over again
look - man is born in freedom but he soon becomes a slave
in cages of convention from the cradle to the grave
the weak fall by the wayside but the strong will be saved
in a brave new world
with just a handful of men
we'll start all over again
i'm not trying to tell you what to be
oh no
oh no
not me
but if mankind is to survive
the people left alive
they're gonna have to build this world anew
and it's going to have to start with me and you
yes!
i'm not trying to tell you what to be
oh no
oh no
not me
but if mankind is to survive
the people left alive
they're gonna have to build this world anew
yes and we will have to be the chosen few
just think of all the poverty
the hatred and the lies
and imagine the destruction of all that you despise
slowly from the ashes the phoenix will arise
in a brave new world
with just a handful of men
we'll start all over again
take a look around you at the world you've loved so well
and bid the ageing empire of man a last farewell
it may not sound like heaven but at least it isn't hell
it's a brave new world
with just a handful of men
we'll start - we'll start all over again - all over again - all over again - all over again. i've got a plan!
can't you just see it? civilization starting all over again - a second chance. we'll even build a railway and tunnel to the coast
go there for our holidays. nothing can stop men like us. i've made a start already. come on down here and have a look. in the cellar was a tunnel scarcely ten yards long
that had taken him a week to dig. i could have dug that much in a day
and i suddenly had my first inkling of the gulf between his dreams and his powers. it's doing the workin' and the thinkin' that wears a feller out. i'm ready for a bit of a rest. how about a drink eh? nothing but champagne
now i'm the boss. we drank and then he insisted upon playing cards. with our species on the edge of extermination
with no prospect but a horrible death
we actually played games. later
he talked more of his plan
but i saw flames flashing in the deep blue night. red weed glowing
tripod figures moving distantly - and i put down my champagne glass. i felt a traitor to my kind and i knew i must leave this strange dreamer. take a look around you at the world we've come to know
does it seem to be much more than a crazy circus show
maybe from the madness something beautiful will grow.