2010
THE-O Lyrics

I cross the Green Mountain
I am journeying through a mountainous landscape

I sit by the stream
I take a break to rest beside a flowing water body

Heaven blazing in my head I
I see a vision of the divine in my mind

I dreamt a monstrous dream
I had a terrible nightmare

Something came up
An unforeseen event occurred

Out of the sea
The event emerged from the ocean

Swept through the land of
It affected a whole region inhabited by people

The rich and the free
Regardless of social status or freedom, everyone was impacted

I look into the eyes
I gaze at the face of

of my merciful friend
my compassionate companion

And then I ask myself
I ponder

Is this the end?
Is it the conclusion of everything?

Memories linger
Recollections remain with me

Sad yet sweet
Emotionally poignant and bittersweet

And I think of the souls in heaven who will meet
I am reminded of the afterlife where people reunite

Altars are burning
Religious altars are ablaze

With flames far and wide
The fire covers a vast area

the foe has crossed over
The enemy has entered the battlefield

from the other side
from the opposing camp

They tip their caps
They salute with a hat tip

from the top of the hill
from an elevated position

You can feel them come
Their presence is palpable

More brave blood to spill
More people will die bravely

Along the dim
Under the faint

Atlantic line
Light cast by the Atlantic Ocean

The ravaged land
The damaged territory

lies for miles behind
Extends several miles backwards

the light's coming forward
Brightness is moving towards us

and the streets are broad
The roads are wide

all must yield
Everyone must give in

To the avenging God
To the wrathful divine being

The world is old
The planet is ancient

The world is grey
The earth has a bleak appearance

Lessons of life
Insight into existence

Can't be learned in a day
Take time to absorb

I watch and I wait
I observe and anticipate

And I listen while I stand
I pay attention while being still

To the music that comes
To the sounds that emerge

from a far better land
from an inferior place

Close the eyes
Shut your eyes

of our Captain
Our leader’s eyelids

Peace may he know
Hope he finds serenity

His long night is done
His enduring turmoil has ended

The great leader is laid low
The influential figure has passed away

He was ready to fall
He was prepared to die

He was quick to defend
He was prompt to protect

Killed outright he was
He was murdered immediately

by his own men
Betrayed by those he trusted

It's the last day's last hour
We are approaching the end of time

of the last happy year
Of the most recent joyful era

I feel that the unknown
I sense a strange, unprecedented force

The world is so near
The planet is easily accessible

Pride will vanish
Arrogant sentiment will disappear

And glory will rot
Celebrated achievements will decompose

But virtue lives
Morally respectable traits endure

and cannot be forgot
and remain unforgettable

The bells
The sound of church bells

of evening have rung
Have just finished chiming

there's blasphemy
People are cursing against God

on the end of the tongue
On the tips of their tongues

Let them say that I walked
Let people claim that I traversed

in fair nature's light
In the beauty of the environment's illumination

And that I was loyal
And that I remained faithful

to truth and to right
To veracity and morality

Serve God and be truthful
Worship God and speak openly and honestly

Look upward beyond
Look high above

Beyond the darkness that masks
Beyond the haze that conceals

the surprises of dawn
the unforeseen events of a new day

In the deep green grasses
In the dense foliage

of the blood stained woods
of the woods splattered with blood

They never dreamed of surrendering
They refused to contemplate giving up

They fell where they stood
They died in the same spot they were fighting

Stars fell over Alabama
Meteors rained down in Alabama

And I saw each star
The sight of them was visible to me

You're walking in dreams
You are walking through a trance

Whoever you are
Whomever you may be

Chilled as the skies
As cold as the air

Keen as the frost
Sharply biting like ice crystals

The ground's froze hard
The earth has frozen solid

And the morning is lost
And the new day is ruined

A letter to mother
A correspondence addressed to my mom

came today
arrived at my doorstep recently

Gunshot wound to the breast
Deathly wound by a bullet

is what it did say
This was its essential message

But he'll be better soon
He will recover quickly

He's in a hospital bed
He's being treated in a medical facility

But he'll never be better
Notwithstanding medical care, he won't regain normal health

He's already dead
He has already expired

I'm ten miles outside the city
I'm several miles away from the town

And I'm lifted away
I experience liberation

In an ancient light
In a time-honored radiance

That is not of day
That does not belong to daylight hours

They were calm they were blunt
They were composed, they were plain-spoken

We knew them all too well
We were only too familiar with them

We loved each other more than
We harbored feelings for each other stronger than

we ever dared to tell
we ever had the courage to confess