Choices and Consequences [Northern Soul Version]
[Verse]
I watched as men gathered followers
Teaching others the art of fear
Building towers from division
Following the footsteps of King Lear
Every throne demanded sacrifice
Every battle a scar that never healed
Vanity thought the source of power
Was something it could steal
[Pre-Chorus]
For a while it looked substantial
For a while it seemed like choice
Till peace walked in
and closed the door
And echoes lost their voice
[Chorus]
Coldness cannot touch the fire
Not the fire that gives birth to life
The Holy union cuts through steel
Like flesh parting under a knife
The separating of wheat and tares
Gives rise to a true world order
One based on supreme authority
Not kingdoms built on borders
[Interlude]
[Verse]
The strongest souls I ever met
Never needed to control
They carried something brighter
Than the appearance of a role
The fire was not destructive
The song, a living thread
Connecting what had been divided
Awakening the living dead
[Pre-Chorus]
For a while it looked substantial
For a while it seemed like choice
Till peace walked in
and closed the door
And echoes lost their voice
[Chorus]
Coldness cannot touch the fire
Not the fire that gives birth to life
The Holy union cuts through steel
Like flesh parting under a knife
The separating of wheat and tares
Gives rise to a true world order
One based on supreme authority
Not kingdoms built on borders
[Outro]
For a while it looked substantial
For a while it seemed like choice
Till peace walked in
and closed the door
And echoes lost their voice.
Copyright Taun A. Richards 2019