Cygnus X-1 Book II Hemispheres

Cygnus X-1 Book II Hemispheres Lyrics

Song Cygnus X-1 Book II Hemispheres
Artist Rush
Album Hemispheres
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[00:00.00][I. Prelude]
[02:59.17] When our weary world was young
[03:02.21] The struggle of the ancients first began
[03:06.48] The gods of love and reason
[03:09.26] Sought alone to rule the fate of man
[03:20.23] They battled through the ages
[03:23.63] But still neither force would yield
[03:27.07] The people were divided
[03:29.86] Every soul a battlefield
[03:33.29] Every soul a battlefield
[04:24.85][II. Apollo / Dionysus]
[04:27.85][Apollo: Bringer Of Wisdom]
[04:36.36] 'I bring truth and understanding
[04:39.25] I bring wit and wisdom fair
[04:42.05] Precious gifts beyond compare
[04:52.43] We can build a world of wonder
[04:55.47] I can make you all aware
[04:58.99] I will find you food and shelter
[05:02.18] Show you fire to keep you warm
[05:05.23] Through the endless winter storm
[05:16.09] You can live in grace and comfort
[05:18.78] In the world that you transform'
[05:38.56] The people were delighted
[05:41.19] Coming forth to claim their prize
[05:45.81] They ran to build their cities
[05:48.76] And converse among the wise
[05:52.55] But one day the streets fell silent
[05:55.48] Yet they knew not what was wrong
[05:59.33] The urge to build these fine things
[06:03.24] Seemed not to be so strong
[06:06.84] The wise men were consulted
[06:09.92] And the Bridge of Death was crossed
[06:13.45] In quest of Dionysus
[06:16.66] To find out what they had lost
[06:58.01][Dionysus: Bringer Of Love]
[07:05.96] 'I bring love to give you solace
[07:08.54] In the darkness of the night
[07:11.58] In the Heart's eternal light
[07:21.54] You need only trust your feelings
[07:25.19] Only love can steer you right
[07:28.68] I bring laughter, I bring music
[07:31.87] I bring joy and I bring tears
[07:34.90] I will soothe your primal fears
[07:45.69] Throw off those chains of reason
[07:48.62] And your prison disappears'
[08:08.28] The cities were abandoned
[08:10.96] And the forests echoed song
[08:14.93] They danced and lived as brothers
[08:18.51] They knew love could not be wrong
[08:22.66] Food and wine they had aplenty
[08:25.44] And they slept beneath the stars
[08:29.13] The people were contented
[08:33.09] And the gods watched from afar
[08:36.83] But the winter fell upon them
[08:39.82] And it caught them unprepared
[08:43.52] Bringing wolves and cold starvation
[08:46.96] And the hearts of men despaired
[09:46.25][III. Armageddon: The Battle Of Heart and Mind]
[09:53.80] The universe divided
[09:55.67] As the heart and mind collided
[09:57.74] With the people left unguided
[09:59.82] For so many troubled years
[10:02.00] In a cloud of doubts and fears
[10:04.13] Their world was torn asunder into hollow
[10:08.07] Hemispheres
[10:20.56] Some fought themselves, some fought each other
[10:23.04] Most just followed one another
[10:25.06] Lost and aimless like their brothers
[10:27.20] For their hearts were so unclear
[10:29.52] And the truth could not appear
[10:31.36] Their spirits were divided into blinded
[10:35.07] Hemispheres
[10:56.25] Some who did not fight
[10:58.90] Brought tales of old to light
[11:04.59] 'My Rocinante sailed by night
[11:08.17] On her final flight'
[11:12.52] To the heart of Cygnus' fearsome force
[11:16.52] We set our course
[11:20.79] Spiralled through that timeless space
[11:24.59] To this immortal place
[11:59.73][IV. Cygnus: Bringer Of Balance]
[12:44.59] I have memory and awareness
[12:48.73] But I have no shape or form
[12:53.84] As a disembodied spirit
[12:58.00] I am dead and yet unborn
[13:03.86] I have passed into Olympus
[13:07.40] As was told in tales of old
[13:11.95] To the city of Immortals
[13:15.90] Marble white and purest gold...
[14:05.90] I see the gods in battle rage on high...
[14:12.97] Thunderbolts across the sky...
[14:18.59] I cannot move, I cannot hide...
[14:24.87] I feel a silent scream begin inside...
[14:34.83] Then all at once the chaos ceased
[14:38.13] A stillness fell, a sudden peace
[14:41.52] The warriors felt my silent cry
[14:44.85] And stayed their struggle, mystified
[14:51.72] Apollo was atonished
[14:54.66] Dionysus thought me mad
[14:58.50] But they heard my story further
[15:02.28] And they wondered, and were sad
[15:06.94] Looking down from Olympus
[15:10.09] On a world of doubt and fear
[15:15.91] Its surface splintered
[15:17.86] Into sorry Hemispheres
[15:37.96] They sat a while in silence
[15:41.40] Then they turned at last to me
[15:44.74] 'We will call you Cygnus
[15:47.73] The god of Balance you shall be'
[16:53.28][V. The Sphere: A Kind Of Dream]
[17:02.64] We can walk our road together
[17:07.87] If our goals are all the same
[17:13.68] We can run alone and free
[17:19.01] If we pursue a different aim
[17:24.73] Let the truth of love be lighted
[17:30.25] Let the love of truth shine clear
[17:35.12] Sensibility
[17:38.01] Armed with sense and liberty
[17:41.34] With the heart and mind united in a single
[17:47.59] Perfect
[17:50.24] Sphere
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