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The sound file available by clicking to the right is in mp3 format. It is from the premier performance at The Church of the Epiphany in
New York City, June 4, 2002. This sound file has been
provided for demonstration purposes only and may not be copied or used
for any other reason. |
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were gone. In but a moment they were gone, Great shafts, towering toward heaven. They shook the ground. They shook the earth Down to its fiery heart And left it weeping. The smoke from Hell Sears open sky. Then silence Leaves earth to cry. A raven flies, an eagle soars The raven cries, “They are no more. Nothing is forever here. Eternity shall be their bier.” “I will be swift, I strike with ease. My talons cut mine enemies. I’ll slice the world And when appeased I will make peace And weep for these.” A Phoenix sleeps at zero’s-ground. The dead rise up to heavenly sound. The dead will wake, the dead will rise. Awake! Arise, and seek the sky! “We shall not grieve our Babel towers. New shafts of light will be our bowers. And light, and light, Light perpetual shine upon them. And a dove will fly Where the eagle roared. Where the phoenix cried There will be no war. And the dove will fly Where the eagle roared. As the phoenix cries If We war no more! |
Requiem,
We
make new light from darkness deep. |
