The Greatest Shoal On Earth
2003
Eclectically off quay as ever, COD’s 2003 peculiarity “The Greatest Shoal On Earth” takes a post 9/11 pop- elliptical look at the state of the onion. Millennial paranoia meets power- prog, with heat-seeking guitars and a sardonic side snipe at 90’s lads culture, before finally (COD knows why) dissolving into a stream of wah wah fuelled “trad- jazz?
The Velvet Curtain
January 2026
F1-11 (I Like To Fly In)
We'd like to teach the world to sing In perfect harmony, resolve the chaos that we bring unilaterally
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Stands the village clock at three.
But fings ain’t what they used to be.
A new American century
But will there still be honey for tea?
Breaking news here at CNN
Al-Qaeda bearded in his den
All the King’s oil all the President’s men
Putting the world together again
I like to fly in my F1-11
Flying for freedom now, flying to heaven
I hear my country call
Democracy for all
I like to fly in my F1-11, F1-11
We'd like to teach the world to sing
In perfect harmony
Resolve the chaos that we bring
Unilaterally
I like to fly in my F1-11
Flying for freedom now, flying to heaven
Flying for the just cause
Clear skies for Santa Claus
I like to fly in my F1-11, F1-11
Everybody else has got it wrong
Including readers of the Guardian
Bring on Kennedy and Mao Zedong
You’re all targets and we’re locking on
I like to fly in my F1-11
Flying for freedom now, flying to heaven
I hear my country call, democracy for all
I like to fly in my F1-11
It’s an emergency call 9-11
We’ll seize the century an end to history
I like to fly in my F1-11 (repeat till fade)
Words by Brine E.C
Music by Brine E.C./COD
© Brine E.C. 2002
℗ COD 2002
All Rights Reserved
Fortress
PUSH YOU OUT, PUSH YOU TO THE LIMIT, GOT TO BREAK DOWN YOUR FORTRESS
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I'M GONNA FLASH THAT CRAZY SMILE
I'M GONNA DREAM THE DREAM INSTILLED
YOUR HANDS ARE TIED TO TIME
GONNA FEEL THE RUSH COMING ON STRONG
GONNA FEEL THE CHANGES WITHIN MY BONES
ARE BREAKING UP
IN YOU
PUSH YOU OUT, PUSH YOU TO THE LIMIT
GOT TO BREAK DOWN YOUR FORTRESS
GONNA BREAK IT DOWN IN A STONECOLD MINUTE
GOT TO BREAK DOWN YOUR FORTRESS
AND I WANTED TO KNOW
WHAT MAKES YOU GROW
WHAT GIVES YOU PAIN
IS IT SOMETHING INSIDE THAT MAKES ME WANT TO
PUSH YOU OUT, PUSH YOU TO THE LIMIT
GOT TO BREAK DOWN YOUR FORTRESS
GONNA BREAK IT DOWN IN A STONECOLD MINUTE
GOT TO BREAK DOWN YOUR FORTRESS
AND IN THE HOUR OF MERCY
YOUR DREAM HAS COME ALIVE
YOUR HANDS HAVE BEEN UNTIED
IS IT SOMETHING INSIDE THAT MAKES ME WANT TO
PUSH YOU OUT, PUSH YOU TO THE LIMIT
GOT TO BREAK DOWN YOUR FORTRESS
GONNA BREAK IT DOWN IN A STONECOLD MINUTE
GOT TO BREAK DOWN YOUR FORTRESS
I WAS ONLY JOKING
YOU WERE ONLY DREAMING
THE THEATRE IS EMPTYING
THE NIGHTMARE VOICES HAVE STOPPED SCREAMING
SPREAD YOUR WINGS, SPREAD YOUR WINGS
SPREAD YOUR WINGS FOR AWHILE
YOU CAN BE FREE
FINALLY FREE
OF ME
Word by Roshti Von Swordfischer
Music Roshti Von Swordfischer/COD
© Roshti Von Swordfischer 2008
℗ COD 2008
All Rights Reserved
Reality Television
And its love that we need Even more than before
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Reality TV
Reality came to me on my television
Reality came to be on my television
I just wanted to see on my television
I've never seen this film before
The story line was clichéd and over simplistic
The special effects were unrealistic
Do the bad guys get what's coming?
Or will it have a realistic Hollywood ending?
Will the adverts come up soon?
Will we all be here to play this tune?
Blood running down your face was not real
It's so nice to know how I'm supposed to feel
Don't want to be caught in your friendly fire
Don't want to get burnt in your desire for revenge
Don't want to be caught in your friendly fire
Don't want to get burnt in your desire for revenge
Reality came to me on my television
Reality came to be on my television
Not what I expected to see on my television
Don't want to be caught in your friendly fire
Don't want to get burnt in your desire for revenge
Don't want to be caught in your friendly fire
Don't want to get burnt in your desire for revenge
The world is burning while you play your guitar
The world is tuning as you sit at the bar
The world is hurting as you play your guitar
Oh, how we're learning as you pursue your fatwah
And its love that we need
Even more than before
Can you feel the disease?
And we know that there's more
Words by Brine E.C.
Music by Roshti Von Swordfischer/ COD
© Roshti Von Swordfischer 2002
℗ COD 2002
All Rights Reserved
The Godless Louts Of London And Kent Association
Alright geezer, how’s the trouble? Tell you what mate, mines a double
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The Godless Louts of London and Kent Association
Are convening here today
A lunchtime packed with wit and well considered observation
Is the order of the day
So, if you’re feeling slightly queer
Or you don’t come from around here
The Godless Louts can smell your fear
Best be drinking up your beer (the Godless Louts are here today)
Got big screen television, swearing at the refs decision
He’s a dago anyway
Make my way through sticky tables
Monkey suits, designer labels as Oasis start to play.
The lads let out a mighty roar
More lager on the sticky floor
The English Army nearly scored
God Save the Queen and Bobby Moore
The Godless Louts are here today, and they’re here to stay
Its Sunday lunchtime feeling mellow, Friday Punchtime
Seems like only yesterday
Alright geezer, how’s the trouble?
Tell you what mate mines a double
How I love to be this way.
The lads let out a mighty roar
More lager on the sticky floor
The English Army nearly scored
God Save the Queen and Bobby Moore
The Godless Louts of London and Kent Association
Are convening here today
Words and Music by Brine E.C.
Additional Musical Arrangements by COD
© Brine E.C. 2002
℗ COD 2002
All Rights Reserved
Wiser
Temptation took me by the throat my dear
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It was the darkest time I felt the void
Had to think about getting some protection
Finally you showed yourself
Showed me some validation
Turned me into someone I didn’t know
Temptation took me by the throat my dear
Threw me into your sensual fire
But then you made me crawl through global expectations
I found myself stranded and burning in your debris
Sometimes a man will do the wrong thing
Just to find his way
To see if there’s really any truth in this world
I took my chances but got burned on your pedestal
Skating on thin ice with an illusion
So I’m going back now to the world I know
Got to get my feet on the ground if it kills me
Try to find some sanity out of the chaos that’s surrounding me
I’m coming down I’m coming down
I’m coming down I’m coming down
I ’m coming down I’m coming down
I’m coming down I’m coming down
I’m coming down I’m coming down
Words and Music by Roshti Von Swordfischer.
Additional Musical Arrangements by COD
© Roshti Von Swordfischer 2000
℗ COD 2000
All Rights Reserved
Nothing Like The Truth
Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they’re not out to get you
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t may be real in your imagination
It may be real inside your head
Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean
They’re not out to get you
You haven’t heard a single word I said
You may think this is something
You can get away with
But your excuses only fool yourself
Just because you love yourself doesn’t mean
We will accept it
You still haven’t heard a word I said
So many questions what I really need is answers
Don’t tell me I have to find them for myself
Just because you’re confused don’t give me
That blanked out stare
Find a way to speak to someone else
And if this all means nothing to you
Your selfishness it wears me out
All the crazy things you believe in
Are really nothing like the truth
And if this all means nothing to you
Your selfishness it wears me out
All the crazy things you believe in
Are really nothing like the truth
Words by Bob Marlin.
Music by Bob Marlin/COD
© Bob Marlin 2002
℗ COD 2002
All Rights Reserved
