This song seemingly tackles the methods of deception those who manipulate others use to get victims to follow their demands, as well as diverting attention away from important issues. They'll also use it as a means to convince people to hate or kill others by pretending acts of terrorism were committed by the enemy when the acts themselves were done by the masters of control to promote discrimination and hate. It also reinforces the idea that these manipulative forces operate in various locations, infiltrating everyday life without detection, and propagate any and everywhere.
In general, it highlights the danger of hidden agendas, manipulation, and distraction, serving as a critique of those who exploit chaos and confusion to control and gain power, depicting a cautionary tale against falling into their traps. It encourages us to question the narratives presented to us and remain vigilant against manipulation in various parts of society.
And the angel of the Lord led me into the belly of the holy mother
A chamber black as pitch.
But I felt no fear, only comfort, for I was as a child in the womb
And she bade me peer through yonder portal, which looked upon the heavens, and behold! a morning angel!
(Hallelujah backing vocals begin after the word "slowly")
^
She ascended slowly from far beyond the horizon, her light like a heavenly finger pointing the way
And on yonder wall she traced for me a path which led me five directions, eight winters to east and behold! As my feet landed firmly upon the final winter of the second score.
There appeared before me a heavenly star, a holy virgin, the bringer of life and breath, and she spoke unto me, saying: "Fear not the movement of the heavens above or the earth below, for change is what we are, my child. Righteous are those who look up and sway with the wind, who look down and dance with the shifting of the soil, who swim with the movement of the tides, who seek the truth around them and discover we are and have always been in paradise.
The reflections of heaven on earth."
Amen!
And she spoke again, saying: "Know, my child, that there is no devil seeking to corrupt the hearts of men.
No evil, save blind faith, ignorance, and the desire for the unprepared to blame others for the devastation left in the wake of change.
Change, my child. Change is in the heavens. Change is on this earth.
Change is all around us, and we are reflections of the divine, we must roll with these changes, for we are these changes.
Eyes wide open, we must look upon the heavens as a mirror.
Wide awake, aware, deeply breathing. ("Hallelujah" backing vocals pause)
And when the shit comes down, my child, you will be there, a true and holy survivor to inherit the kingdom of God.
^
("Hallelujah" backing vocals resume after the word "survivor")
You will rise above the grumbles of the unprepared to greet the new day, to drink from the sweet fruit of the vine, the water of life, the blood of the risen Christ, my child."
(Backing vocals change from "Hallelujah" to "Yahweh, Yahovah")
"Go now, child, tell them all! The ignorant, the blinded by dogma, blinded by faith, the doubters, the nay sayers.
Tell them all, child, they can not see the kingdom of God, they can not see
(Begin "It's always gonna be sour grapes with you boy, until you get right with Jesus" backing vocals after the word "paradise")
^
paradise unfold before them, they can not drink from the chalice which holds the blood of Christ, the water of life, until they get right with Jesus.
Until they get right with Jesus.
It's always gonna be sour grapes with you boy, until you get ripe with Jesus.
A chamber black as pitch.
But I felt no fear, only comfort, for I was as a child in the womb
And she bade me peer through yonder portal, which looked upon the heavens, and behold! a morning angel!
(Hallelujah backing vocals begin after the word "slowly")
^
She ascended slowly from far beyond the horizon, her light like a heavenly finger pointing the way
And on yonder wall she traced for me a path which led me five directions, eight winters to east and behold! As my feet landed firmly upon the final winter of the second score.
There appeared before me a heavenly star, a holy virgin, the bringer of life and breath, and she spoke unto me, saying: "Fear not the movement of the heavens above or the earth below, for change is what we are, my child. Righteous are those who look up and sway with the wind, who look down and dance with the shifting of the soil, who swim with the movement of the tides, who seek the truth around them and discover we are and have always been in paradise.
The reflections of heaven on earth."
Amen!
And she spoke again, saying: "Know, my child, that there is no devil seeking to corrupt the hearts of men.
No evil, save blind faith, ignorance, and the desire for the unprepared to blame others for the devastation left in the wake of change.
Change, my child. Change is in the heavens. Change is on this earth.
Change is all around us, and we are reflections of the divine, we must roll with these changes, for we are these changes.
Eyes wide open, we must look upon the heavens as a mirror.
Wide awake, aware, deeply breathing. ("Hallelujah" backing vocals pause)
And when the shit comes down, my child, you will be there, a true and holy survivor to inherit the kingdom of God.
^
("Hallelujah" backing vocals resume after the word "survivor")
You will rise above the grumbles of the unprepared to greet the new day, to drink from the sweet fruit of the vine, the water of life, the blood of the risen Christ, my child."
(Backing vocals change from "Hallelujah" to "Yahweh, Yahovah")
"Go now, child, tell them all! The ignorant, the blinded by dogma, blinded by faith, the doubters, the nay sayers.
Tell them all, child, they can not see the kingdom of God, they can not see
(Begin "It's always gonna be sour grapes with you boy, until you get right with Jesus" backing vocals after the word "paradise")
^
paradise unfold before them, they can not drink from the chalice which holds the blood of Christ, the water of life, until they get right with Jesus.
Until they get right with Jesus.
It's always gonna be sour grapes with you boy, until you get ripe with Jesus.
Lyrics submitted by stu19224, edited by theenforcement, Counterclockwerk
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Oi, it's "it's gonna be sour grapes with you boy, until you get RIPE with jesus" and has anybody heard the whispering in the background? And you haven't written the Hallelujah bit and the jehova bit.
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