Behind the Cliffside Inn,
I heard a fiddle and a mandolin,
Keeping rhythm on an old washboard
And stomping on the floor.
Saw people of all sorts
Dancing 'round in twos and fours,
Caroling about days of old,
And what the future holds.
In the middle was a big cauldron
That they were stirring, stirring,
And there were trees around
That they kept burning, burning.
I asked a toothless man
Who all these people were,
And he said, "The soapmakers,
And we are working, working."

As they stirred Heaven and Earth, they combined to one,
And everything was everyone and each one was all.
As they stirred I heard a trumpet call,
And everything was everyone and each one was all.
As they stirred Heaven and Earth, they combined to one,
And everything was everyone and each one was all.
As they stirred I heard a trumpet call,
And everything was everyone and each one was all.


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    I looked up cliffside inn hotel, in harpers ferry, west virginia. there is the harpers ferry national park behind the hotel. there is also a church of latter day saints nearby and that is right next to the US Customs and Border Protection Advanced Training Facility. I wonder how many people are training there, staying at the hotel and going to that church? doesn't seem to be many stores around so camping lifestyle may be common for visitors. they may be washing clothes outside near, definitely burning wood from the park or they may be cooking and stirring up ideas on how to clean the country and the world of all the "bad things." This does seem like a realistic event but I'm sure it is not completely accurate. How advanced is a training facility when a majority of the people hold radical beliefs>? Maybe a majority of them don't but the visitors talk about some of the things they've learned at the facility and church.

    brianh2413on December 19, 2013   Link

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