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Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Karn Evil 9: Third Impression Lyrics 6 years ago
@[jason11053:30019] Wish I could Delete this which I posted. Many of the comments I added to the lyrics didn't show up...I should not have used those brackets to set them off. Whoops!

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Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Karn Evil 9: Third Impression Lyrics 6 years ago
Karn Evil 9: Third Impression



Man alone; born of stone;
Will stamp the dust of time
His hands strike the flame of his soul;



Ties a rope to a tree and hangs the Universe
Until the winds of laughter blows cold.

Fear that rattles in men's ears
And rears it's hideous head
Dread .... Death .... in the wind ....

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Man of steel pray and kneel
With fever's blazing torch
Thrust in the face of the night;
Draws a blade of compassion
Kissed by countless Kings
Whose jewelled trumpet words blind his sight.



Walls that no man thought would fall
The altars of the just
Crushed .... Dust .... in the wind ....

"Altars of the just" should be viewed here with skepticism at the speaker who calls them "Just", but those "altars" of believers built by the hands of mankind have been returned to the dust they started out as, destroyed by the blindness of the person holding the sword, misdirected by leaders for their own ends.>

No man yields who flies in my ship
DANGER!
Let the bridge computer speak
STRANGER!
LOAD YOUR PROGRAM. I AM YOURSELF.

At first, the warrior in the driver's seat allows the Bridge Computer speak."

No computer stands in my way
Only blood can cancel my pain
Guardians of a new clear dawn
Let the maps of war be drawn.



Rejoice! Glory is ours!
Our young men have not died in vain,
Their graves need no flowers
The tapes have recorded their names.



I am all there is
NEGATIVE! PRIMITIVE! LIMITED! I LET YOU LIVE!
But I gave you life
WHAT ELSE COULD YOU DO?
To do what was right
I'M PERFECT! ARE YOU?


In that "Perfection", however, one is left to wonder, what will the AI choose to do next with their savage creators, whose Nature is to dominate everything, and Hung their own Universe in the process. Reminds me of the saying, "Hoist by your own Petard." Blown up by your own bomb, while intending to kill others."

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