Forward into the Past - Skyclad

In with the old and out with the new

The people you know should be people you knew

The old stuff’s made to last don’t you know

So forward into the past we’ll go

Out with the new and in with the old

The next big thing’s left in the cold

Boldly going where we’ve been before

Taking the well-worn path for sure

The memory of a golden age

Trying to relive halcyon days

The future is a parlous state

So we’re for turning back

What’s imminent is in our hands

We know what’s real — we understand

For years we played the underdog

But the world sounds better in analogue

With royalties at an all-time low

Looking back is the way to go

Keep it real and underground

You know what-s coming round

It’s community, it’s stronger bonds

Swimming in ever smaller ponds

They’ve heard it all before anyway

So please believe the hype

So it’s in with the old and out with the new

The people you know should be people you knew

The old stuff’s made to last don’t you know

So forward into the past we’ll go

Out with the new and in with the old

The next big thing’s left in the cold

Boldly going where we’ve been before

Taking the well-worn path for sure

They said that «Pop would eat itself»

Are we all cannibals now?

Those that declare, declared it dead

While gnawing on the bones

The people who win well they know the game

Milking the system for all that it’s worth

It’s so much more than life and death

It’s re-birth

So it’s in with the old and out with the new

The people you know should be people you knew

The old stuff’s made to last don’t you know

So forward into the past we’ll go

Out with the new and in with the old

The next big thing’s left in the cold

Boldly going where we’ve been before

Taking the well-worn path for sure