My Witness Is The Empty Sky

by Syd R Duke

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1.	Hymn 84 (Los Hijos Del Sol) 04:16	lyrics	buy track
golden sacred city of the sun we have created saviours from the heavens, son and daughter long awaited swords of fire, shields of wisdom sent on peals of lightning from our one all-seeing father sent on wings of angels from our one all-seeing father rulers of the city of the sun were sent by thunder leading with great glory, calling solomon to order robed in mischief, hidden in death formed the new world order to enslave our loving father masters of the order that enslaves our loving father
2.	Apollo 04:20	lyrics	buy track
one thing i’ve learnt that i will never forget is that one person’s joy is another’s regret you fight with your ghosts, with your demons and your gods but when you label your deity you’ve already lost and you who seem just, who seem righteous and true you buy and sell crime so i’m talking to you there’s no sense debating, we all must be wrong that thinly veiled lie has gone on for too long the point that i’m making, though it may not seem true is that nothing is right no matter what you might do although you were wasting your time being vain the practice that you had may well help us today
3.	Welcome To Society 03:27	lyrics	buy track
welcome to society you’ve sold your soul, you can’t be free unless you live in harmony with truth and love and honesty born into captivity where capital will set you free if by chance prosperity does fall upon you naturally you kill and die with great pride and none of you can answer why your life’s on hold, you’ll waste it all your mind is big, your thoughts are small the prison’s in your docile mind conformity has made you blind but if you looked you soon would find society’s enslaved mankind freedom, that exploited term, is worth far more than what you yearn for money - in your mind it burns that doomed fake joy, that prime concern you kill and die with great pride and none of you can answer why your life’s on hold, you’ll waste it all your mind is big, your thoughts are small
4.	Watch The Thunder Melting 03:50	lyrics	buy track
walk right out of your head and you're trying so hard just to stare out the mirror and crumble down to a thread but you watch the thunder melting candles often misled what you took for a brave attempt, ink lines are daggers and soon your page will be dead but you watch the thunder melting on the horizon, on the horizon feel the smoke in the leaves it wanders right by you, it summons up courage and flies you up to the trees but you watch the thunder melting feel the curve of the breeze and you feel yourself laughing as no-one can hear you now still they beg with you please but you watch the thunder melting on the horizon, on the horizon there is no-one to blame if you lost the spark in your eyes tumbleweed on the plain and we miss you, and we miss you see the moon on the rise feel it lighting the world, see the gleam in its eye as it wanders up in the sky but you watch the thunder melting feel the colours fly feel the beauty, the melody, feel the prosperity soon they say we will die but you watch the thunder melting on the horizon, on the horizon there is no-one to blame if you lost the spark in your eyes tumbleweed on the plain and we miss you, and we miss you
5.	Truth 03:18	lyrics	buy track
two wise man sat down to talk, to learn from sane debate one found some contradiction in a point the other made this petty disagreement led the wise men to a duel and, watching from a distance, a fool laughed at these fools for beneath the starry ceiling, where love and law are tied their own opinions mock them as truth is what they tried to describe a pop singer and a poet both think they have it right while one’s off sketching outlines, the other shines a light the audience watch far too close, see truth in the mundane mistake one for the other and believe they are the same beneath the starry ceiling, where love and law are tied their own opinions mock them as truth is what they tried to describe you may need an army to celebrate your day or you may need a book of quotes to say what you would say you may not find your peace and quiet while searching out a light you may not reach your lonely goals when victory is in sight but beneath the starry ceiling, where love and law are tied your own opinions mock you as truth is what you tried to describe yes beneath the starry ceiling, where love and law are tied our own opinions mock us as truth is what we’ve tried to describe
6.	World Gone Wrong 04:45	lyrics	buy track
we’ve got lives to live and souls to find paths to choose through broken minds skills to learn and serious debts to pay a lost cause stuck wasting time with too many years of these modern crimes it’s a twisted brain that thinks it has anything to say we’ve gone over the rules one too many times we’ll be set free just as soon as the great bell chimes knowledge seems vain, yeah the world’s gone wrong we see your game, we play along shenanigans but not for long a battle here and a victory there a hidden hour spent without a care a time that’s blocked by your cynical expertise get out of our minds and leave us alone i’m off to find a less shallow home begone from here you fiend, you deadly tease fighting off the rebels with a steady, fierce approach you could seem to be some sort of divine reproach knowledge seems vain, yeah the world’s gone wrong we see your game, we play along shenanigans but not for long you’ve had me at your beck and call i sympathised but i’ve been your fool i’ve tried so hard to make my dreams come true i’ve seen through your mask and i’ve watched your show there’s nothing about you that i couldn’t know you man the door to ensure that i can’t pass through watching all the people with a wicked glint in your eye i know that look, it’s the last thing i saw before i died knowledge seems vain, yeah the world’s gone wrong we see your game, we play along shenanigans but not for long knowledge seems vain, yeah the world’s gone wrong i see your game, i play along shenanigans but not for long
7.	Hymn 19 (Hallelujah!) 04:52	lyrics	buy track
fallen from the heavens to our planet come to save the world from darkness and from danger to protect us and to teach us of the beauty of creation peaceful and enlightened singing hallelujah! congregations raise their voices from the depths of sin congregations raise their spirits to the god within wisdom (and great teaching) is a treasure that we value greatly knowledge everlasting to us given that we may receive it gladly, with rejoicing peaceful and enlightened singing hallelujah! congregations raise their voices from the depths of sin congregations raise their spirits to the god within
8.	Awake With The Moon 04:04	lyrics	buy track
give me just one more day that i might waste it watching this vicious game that you created set on the road that leads you to the end you let life fly by, you don't comprehend or even try sit down and watch with me you'll see the glory of this infinity this worldly story play your part well and play it with pride if you visit hell we'll be by your side to the end think for yourself today and test your reason step back and watch the game of these changing seasons awake with the moon and live with the night sing your own tune and fight your own fight yes awake with the moon and live with the night sing your own tune; you still have the right to be free