The opening track of the From The Promised Land album, also released as a 7″ and 12″ single in July 1984 and is another song that has been re-issued numerous times since. Firstly on the Clay Records Singles 1982-85 cash in, then on the 1992 Resurrection collection and the 2007 From The Promised Land re-issue. Also appears on the 2023 official compilation The Collection as well as the Complete Works box set.
Nothing ever seems the same
In the cloak of night
Watch the people play their games
They’re smiling with delight
They’re smiling with delight
Compelled to make a movement
Time was running short
Isabel is dancing with my idle thoughts
With my idle thoughts
Isabel is dancing
lsabel
Nothing goes unnoticed
In the sad charades
Truth is painted over
The ritual waits to start
The ritual waits to start
My thoughts are clouded over
Nothing seems the same
The sacrificial offering
To the creature that remains
To the creature that remains
Isabel is dancing
Isabel is dancing
Isabel
Isabel
Ridiculously obvious
Was the social code
The winners were the heartless
The morally so cold
The morally so cold
Please don’t take me serious
This isn’t really me
Isabel is in control
She’s trying to break free
She’s trying to break free
Isabel
Isabel is dancing
Isabel is dancing
Isabel
Isabel