[00:11.800]The door it opened slowly,
[00:15.500]My father he came in, was nine years old.
[00:23.500]And he stood so tall above me,
[00:27.100]His blue eyes they were shining
[00:30.700]And his voice was very cold.
[00:34.700]He said, I've had a vision
[00:40.100]And you know I'm strong and holy,
[00:42.700]I must do what Ive been told.
[00:47.700]So he started up the mountain,
[00:52.700]I was running, he was walking,
[00:56.000]And his axe was made of gold.
[01:02.400]Well, the trees they got much smaller,
[01:06.400]The lake a ladys mirror,
[01:09.400]We stopped to drink some wine.
[01:13.400]Then he threw the bottle over.
[01:18.400]Broke a minute later
[01:21.800]And he put his hand on mine.
[01:26.600]I thought I saw an eagle
[01:32.000]But it might have been a vulture,
[01:34.400]I never could decide.
[01:38.400]Then my father built an altar,
[01:43.400]He looked once behind his shoulder,
[01:47.400]He knew I would not hide.
[01:54.400]You who build these altars now
[01:58.400]To sacrifice these children,
[02:00.500]You must not do it anymore.
[02:04.700]For a scheme is not a vision
[02:10.700]And you never have been tempted
[02:13.100]By a demon or a god.
[02:17.100]You who stand above them now,
[02:23.100]Your hatchets blunt and bloody,
[02:25.200]You were not there before,
[02:30.100]When I lay upon a mountain
[02:34.100]And my fathers hand was trembling
[02:38.100]With the beauty of the word.
[02:44.100]
[02:51.100]And if you call me brother now,
[02:56.100]Forgive me if I inquire,
[02:58.500]Just according to whose plan?
[03:02.500]When it all comes down to dust
[03:07.500]I will kill you if I must,
[03:11.100]I will help you if I can.
[03:16.600]When it all comes down to dust
[03:21.100]I will help you if I must,
[03:23.100]I will kill you if I can.
[03:28.100]And mercy on our uniform,
[03:33.100]Man of peace or man of war,
[03:37.100]The peacock spreads his fan.