Gates of Dawn - The Static Shift

On either side of them As they glided onwards The rich meadow-grass Seemed that morning Of a freshness and a greenness Unsurpassable Never had they noticed The roses so vivid The willow-herb so riotous The meadow-sweet So odorous and pervading In midmost of the stream A small island lay Fringed close with willow And silver birch Reserved, shy, yet full of significance It hid whatever it might hold Behind a veil Keeping it till the hour should come And with the hour Those who were called and chosen Slowly but with no doubt or hesitation And in solemn expectancy The two animals passed Through the broken water And moored their boat At the margin of the island In silence they landed and pushed Through the blossom and undergrowth Till they stood on a little lawn of Marvelous green This is the place of my song-dream The place the music played to me Whispered the Rat Here in this holy place Here if anywhere Surely we shall find him Then suddenly the Mole felt A great awe fall upon him An awe that turned his muscles to water An awe that bowed his head And rooted his feet to the ground An awe that smote and held him And, without seeing He knew that some august Presence Was very, very near He turned to his friend And saw the Rat at his side Cowed, stricken and trembling Perhaps he would never have Dared to raise his eyes But the call and the summons Seemed dominant and imperious He could not refuse Trembling he obeyed And raised his humble head And then In that utter clearness of imminent dawn He looked in the very eyes Of the Friend and Helper Saw the backward sweep Of the curved horns Gleaming in the growing daylight Saw the stern, hooked nose Between kindly eyes Saw the bearded mouth Broken into a half-smile at the corners Saw the rippling muscles on the arm That lay across the broad chest The long supple hand Still holding the pipes Just fallen from the parted lips Saw the splendid curves Of the shaggy limbs Disposed in majestic ease on the sward Saw, last of all The magnificent hooves All this he saw For one moment breathless and intense Vivid on the morning sky And still, as he looked, he lived And still, as he lived, he wondered Rat! He found breath to whisper Are you afraid? Afraid? Murmured the Rat His eyes shining with unutterable love Afraid! Of Him o, never And yet, Mole, I am afraid Then the two animals Crouching to the earth Bowed their heads and did worship Sudden and magnificent The sun's broad golden disc Showed itself over the horizon And the first rays Took the animals full in the eyes And dazzled them When they were able to look once more The Vision had vanished And the air was full of the song of birds That hailed the dawn

The coolness of the riverbank And the whispering of the reeds Daybreak is not Si very far away Enchanted and spellbound In the silence they lingered And rowed the boat As the light grew steadily strong And the birds were silent As they listened for the heavenly music And the river played the song The wind in the willows And the piper at the gates of dawn The wind in the willows And the piper at the gates of dawn The song dream happened and the cloven hoofed piper Played in that holy ground Where they felt the awe and wonder And they all were unafraid of the great God pan And the wind in the willows And the piper at the gates of dawn The wind in the willows And the piper at the gates of dawn When the vision vanished They heard a choir of birds singing In the heavenly silence, between the trance and the reeds And they stood upon the lawn and listened to the silence Of the wind in the willows And the piper at the gates of dawn The wind in the willows And the piper at the gates of dawn The wind in the willows And the piper at the gates of dawn It's the wind in the willows And the piper at the gates of dawn The wind in the willows And the piper at the gates of dawn The wind in the willows And the piper at the gates of dawn

Left alone to tragedies Staining the soul, undivine Things once dead came back alive Nothing ahead and ghosts behind I realize that I can't escape There's no turning back My past will haunt me To the end of my life I saw myself before the closed gates of hope We didn't loose the faith, it lost us All streams of life have turned into dust We are left without any hope And we are standing without fear Erase this scenery That I tremble before Everything left empty Dead skin holds the pieces inside I saw myself behind the closed gates of hope We didn't loose the faith, it lost us All streams of life have turned into dust We are left without any hope And we are standing without fear Left alone to tragedies Staining the soul, undivine Things once dead came back alive Nothing ahead and ghosts behind I saw myself before the closed gates of hope We didn't loose the faith, it lost us All streams of life have turned into dust We are left without any hope And we are standing without fear

Part 1 - The Grand Deception Look on high son of man i stand before you Cesestial traveller of time and space Take my hand discover realms beyond the living Cast aside the mortal fears that ever plague your race Leave your world behind seek and you will find the Gates of Gehenna Part 2 - Beyond The Veil Sinners scream from tormented fate redemption but a dream too late Damnated souls in the aftermath of Gods own Wrath, with paradise lost forever, and ever Part 3 - Truth Unmasked Now you will know your reason here Mine is Lucifer, destructor, abductor of your soul Seek not escape once lured to Hell's own kingdom None may elude my presence nor relinquish my dread control You are sold to brutality never to break free the Gates of Gehenna Part 4 - Requiem My fate is sealed in shadow denied the gift of light Cast down damnated banished from salvations sight The prey of the betrayer, spirits never finding peace An eternity of suffering possessed without release You'll never get away, no . . .

She ran away in the middle of the night With a dream glowing in her eyes Free at last she can feel it in her heart now Melodies like rain falling into her soul Now face the sea, so wild so free So bright a journey, your destiny It's time to wake Or life you'll waste Standing in line Only you can fly your skies From the past, all demons come alive now Her greatest fear stands humbled by her greatest hopes And now she feels so strong and free Old chains are broken, no time for tears It's time to wake Or life you'll waste Standing in line Only you can fly your skies Now go get lost Sail the world See the dreams and the dreamers die Go survive It's time to wake Or life you'll waste Standing in line Only you can fly your skies Now go get lost Sail the world See the dreams and the dreamers die Go survive It's time to wake Or life you'll waste Standing in line Only you can fly your skies Now go get lost Sail the world See the dreams and the dreamers die Go survive

Don't be a broken voice in my brain All scratched up, going insane I'm sick of it Door slammed shut again, Outside lookin' in, lookin' in Slow Is it easier to let it all go? Light it up and lose control All night and day Paint it all, kinda fake Sleep my life away, life away Out to the midnight bones Rise up a thousand souls I get a glimpse of all those things to come Hey, hey I'm wide awake Right in the middle of the golden age I may not ever get another chance I'm rising up out of the avalanche Don't tell me I'm a throwaway I feel it comin' like a tidal wave My feet are ready for the big affair Truth or Dare? Heart's not scared Hey, hey I'm wide awake I'm wide awake I'm through Creepin' 'round these dark rooms Finding glory in this doom No apologies See another side of me The light is finally findin' me Out to the midnight bones Rise up a thousand souls I get a glimpse of all those things to come Hey, hey I'm wide awake Right in the middle of the golden age I may not ever get another chance I'm rising up out of the avalanche Don't tell me I'm a throwaway I feel it comin' like a tidal wave My feet are ready for the big affair Truth or Dare? Heart's not scared Hey, hey I'm wide awake Hey, I'm wide awake Oh yeah Out to the midnight bones Rise up a thousand souls I get a glimpse of all those things to come Hey, hey I'm wide awake Right in the middle of the golden age I may not ever get another chance I'm rising up out of the avalanche Don't tell me I'm a throwaway I feel it comin' like a tidal wave My feet are ready for the big affair Truth or Dare? Heart's not scared Hey, hey I'm wide awake Wide I'm wide I'm wide awake, babe, yeah Oh, baby I'm wide awake Oh please, shh