I. prelude When our weary world was young The struggle of the ancients first began The gods of love and reason Sought alone to rule the fate of man
They battled through the ages But still neither force would yield The people were divided Every soul a battlefield ...
Ii. apollo: bringer of wisdom 'i bring truth and understanding I bring wit, and wisdom fair Precious gifts beyond compare We can build a world of wonder I can make you all aware'
'i will find you food and shelter Show you fire to keep you warm Through the endless winter storm You can live in grace and comfort In the world that you transform'
The people were delighted Coming forth to claim their prize They ran to build their cities And converse among the wise
But one day the streets fell silent Yet they knew not what was wrong The urge to build these fine things Seemed not to be so strong
The wise men were consulted And the bridge of death was crossed In quest of dionysus To find out what they had lost ...
Iii. dionysus: bringer of love 'i bring love to give you solace In the darkness of the night In the heart's eternal light You need only trust your feelings Only love can steer you right'
'i bring laughter, I bring music I bring joy and I bring tears I will soothe your primal fears Throw off those chains of reason And your prison disappears'
The cities were abandoned And the forests echoed song They danced and lived as brothers They knew love could not be wrong
Food and wine they had aplenty And they slept beneath the stars The people were contented And the gods watched from afar
But the winter fell upon them And it caught them unprepared Bringing wolves and cold starvation And the hearts of men despaired ...
Iv. armageddon: the battle of heart and mind The universe divided As the heart and mind collided With the people left unguided For so many troubled years In a cloud of doubts and fears Their world was torn asunder Into hollow hemispheres
Some fought themselves, some fought each other Most just followed one another Lost and aimless like their brothers For their hearts were so unclear And the truth could not appear Their spirits were divided Into blinded hemispheres
Some who did not figh Brought tales of old to light My 'rocinante' sailed by night On her final flight
To the heart of cygnus' fearsome force We set our course Spiralled through that timeless space To this immortal place
V. cygnus: bringer of balance I have memory and awareness But I have no shape or form As a disembodied spirit I am dead and yet unborn I have passed into olympus As was told in tales of old To the city of immortals Marble white and purest gold
I see the gods in battle rage on high Thunderbolts across the sky I cannot move, I cannot hide I feel a silent scream begin inside
Then all at once the chaos ceased A stillness fell, a sudden peace The warriors felt my silent cry And stayed their struggle, mystified
Apollo was atonished Dionysus thought me mad But they heard my story further And they wondered, and were sad
Looking down from olympus On a world of doubt and fear Its surface splintered Into sorry hemispheres
They sat a while in silence Then they turned at last to me 'we will call you cygnus, The God of balance you shall be'
The sphere: a kind of dream We can walk our road together If our goals are all the same We can run alone and free If we pursue a different aim
Let the truth of love be lighted Let the love of truth shine clear Sensibility Armed with sense and liberty With the heart and mind united In a single perfect sphere
I turn my back to the wind To catch my breath before I start off again Driven on without a moment to spend To pass an evening with a drink and a friend
I let my skin get too thin, I'd like to pause No matter what I pretend Like some pilgrim who learns to transcend Learns to live as if each step was the end
(Time stand still) I'm not looking back But I want to look around me now (Time stand still) See more of the people and the places that surround me now Time stand still
Freeze this moment a little bit longer Make each sensation a little bit stronger Experience slips away Experience slips away Time stand still
I turn my face to the sun Close my eyes Let my defenses down All those wounds that I can't get unwound
I let my past go too fast, no time to pause If I could slow it all down Like some captain, whose ship runs aground
I can wait until the tide comes around
(Time stand still) I'm not looking back But I want to look around me now (Time stand still) See more of the people and the places that surround me now
Freeze this moment a little bit longer Make each sensation a little bit stronger Make each impression a little bit stronger Freeze this motion a little bit longer
(The innocence slips away) (The innocence slips away) Time stand still Time stand still
I'm not looking back But I want to look around me now See more of the people and the places that surround me now Time stand still
Summer's going fast, nights growing colder Children growing up, old friends growing older Freeze this moment a little bit longer Make each sensation a little bit stronger
Experience slips away Experience slips away The innocence slips away
Like a million little doorways All the choices we made All the stages we passed through All the roles we played
For so many different directions Our separate paths might have turned With every door that we opened Every bridge that we burned
Somehow we find each other Through all that masquerade Somehow we found each other Somehow we have stayed In a state of grace
I don't believe in destiny Or the guiding hand of fate I don't believe in forever Or love as a mystical state I don't believe in the stars or the planets Or angels watching from above But I believe there's a ghost of a chance we can find someone to love And make it last...
Like a million little crossroads Through the back streets of youth Each time we turn a new corner A tiny moment of truth
For so many different connections Our separate paths might have made With every door that we opened Every game we played
Somehow we find each other Through all that masquerade Somehow we found each other Somehow we have stayed In a state of grace
I don't believe in destiny Or the guiding hand of fate I don't believe in forever Or love as a mystical state I don't believe in the stars or the planets Or angels watching from above But I believe there's a ghost of a chance we can find someone to love And make it last...
To seek the sacred river Alph To walk the caves of ice To break my fast on honey dew And drink the milk of paradise
I have heard the whispered tales of immortality The deepest mystery From an ancient book, I took a clue I scaled the frozen mountain tops of eastern lands unknown Time and man alone Searching for the lost Xanadu, Xanadu
To stand within the pleasure dome Decreed by Kubla Khan To taste anew the fruits of life The last immortal man
To find the sacred river Alph To walk the caves of ice Oh, I will dine on honey dew And drink the milk of paradise
A thousand years have come and gone but time has passed me by Stars stopped in the sky Frozen in an ever lasting view Waiting for the world to end, weary of the night Praying for the light Prison of the lost Xanadu, Xanadu
Held within the pleasure dome Decreed by Kubla Khan To taste my bitter triumph As a mad immortal man
Never more shall I return Escape these caves of ice For I have dined on honey dew And drunk the milk of paradise Oh, paradise
Somehow we find each other Through all that masquerade Somehow we found each other Somehow we have stayed In a state of grace
I don't believe in destiny Or the guiding hand of fate I don't believe in forever Or love as a mystical state I don't believe in the stars or the planets Or angels watching from above But I believe there's a ghost of a chance we can find someone to love And make it last... ;-}
There's a bar right across the street He's got a need he just can't beat Out on the floor, he shuffles his feet away He'll get the girl 'cause he looks so fine He's gonna win her every time He knows he will, he's dressed to kill He's a night owl
Move on there's a heart of a night owl callin' To belong she's cryin' in the night Be strong and find the heart of the night owl fallin' Stay up till dawn until the night is gone
What will become of the restless kind Where do they go when they've done their time Wearin' their hearts out on the line for all to see Must be the gypsy in their soul They have a need to rock and roll They know they will they're out there still They're the night owls
Move on there's a heart of a night owl callin' To belong she's cryin in the night Be strong and find the heart of the night owl fallin' Stay up till dawn until the night is gone
There's a bar right across the street He's got a need he just can't beat Out on the floor he shuffles his feet away He'll get the girl 'cause he looks so fine He's gonna win her every time He knows he will, he's out there still He's a night owl
So move on there's a heart of a night owl callin' To belong he's cryin' in the night Be strong and find the heart of the night owl fallin' Stay up till dawn until the night is gone The night goes on and on Until the night is gone.
There are those who think That life has nothing left to chance A host of holy horrors To direct our aimless dance
A planet of playthings We dance on the strings of powers we cannot perceive The stars aren't aligned or the gods are malign Blame is better to give than receive
You can choose a ready guide in some celestial voice If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice You can choose from phantom fears and kindness that can kill I will choose a path that's clear, I will choose freewill
There are those who think That they were dealt a losing hand The cards were stacked against them They weren't born in Lotus Land
All preordained, a prisoner in chains A victim of venomous fate Kicked in the face, you can pray for a place In heaven's unearthly estate
You can choose a ready guide in some celestial voice If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice You can choose from phantom fears and kindness that can kill I will choose a path that's clear, I will choose freewill
Each of us, a cell of awareness Imperfect and incomplete Genetic blends with uncertain ends On a fortune hunt that's far too fleet
You can choose a ready guide in some celestial voice If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice You can choose from phantom fears and kindness that can kill I will choose a path that's clear, I will choose freewill
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TY Mysticalli!!!!!!!!
Sweet Dreams to you too.
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