| Rainbow – The Temple Of The King Lyrics | 5 years ago |
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It's not flawless but I did some research and this is what I have: Temple of the king – The Temple of God. Accesible (in this case) from the pattern held on the top of Croagh Patrick (St. Patrick). It ultimately means redemption/penitence/forgiveness or something of the sort. The rising sun – See Garland Sunday Great black bell - Great black bell from St. Patrick (Ireland) The Circle – Ritual for penance (also rheumatism pain) People - Pilgrims The Year of the Fox - is the fifteenth in the twenty-year cycle of Titan, shared across all civilized cultures and many semi-civilized ones. It is said that a person born during the Year of the Fox delights in finding things out and telling others about them, regardless of whether or not those people are even interested, making them prime candidates for tutors. [As has been stated in other comments] The black bell was used for various purposes: [See http://www.croagh-patrick.com/visitorcentre/black-bell] -Legal issues -Penance (kiss it for a penny) -Superstitions as in healing Rheumatism pains (for 2 pence) by putting it 3 times around the body’s right hand towards the right, in the direction of the hands of a clock or of the apparent motion of the sun (Hence “The Circle”) Garland Sunday Garland Sunday is also sometimes referred to as "Domhnach Chrom Dubh" (Black Crom Sunday). Crom Dubh is often translated as the Dark Stooped One. In pre-Roman times, Crom Dubh seems to have been considered a despotic deity with evil powers. On the other hand, Lugh was personified as both young and strong. It is believed that he grasped harvest riches from the hands of fate each year by defeating the older god Crom Dubh. Each year the ritual involved cutting the first of the harvest and taking the head of Crom Dubh from its sanctuary and temporarily burying it in a high place. Locally in County Mayo the celebration is known as Domhnach Crom Dubh, but it is also known as Garland Sunday, Garlic Sunday, the last Sunday of Summer, and Domhnach na Cruaiche -- Reek Sunday. This is the Sunday on which traditionally many pilgrims climb Croagh Patrick in Murrisk near Westport, Co. Mayo. So: One day in the year of the fox (year where newborns receive the gift of seeking) Came a time remembered well (by the pious pilgrims) When the strong young man of the rising sun (One of the Geragthy family members who were in possession of the bell, for Rising Sun see Garland Sunday) Heard the tolling of the great black bell (literal) One day in the year of the fox When the bell began to ring Meant the time had cometh for one to go (one of the pious pilgrims in penitence) To the temple of the king (redemption/penitence/forgiveness or something of the sort) There in the middle of the circle he stands (ritual) Searching, seeking (for forgiveness) With just one touch of his trembling hand (it is said the bell could cure Rheumatism pain) The answer will be found (Success) Daylight waits while the old man sings Heaven help me And then like the rush of a thousand wings (in various religions, winged deities where believed to protect besides other things) It shines upon the one (realization) And the day had just begun One day in the year of the fox came a time remembered well When the strong young man of the rising sun Heard the tolling of the great black bell One day in the year of the fox When the bell began to sing It meant the time had cometh for one to go To the temple of the king There in the middle of the people he stands Seeing, feeling With just a wave of a strong right hand (Cured Rheumatism Pain) He's gone To the temple of the king (achieved penitence or forgiveness) Far from the circle at the edge of the world (Home maybe somewhere in the border of the world map, some pilgrim who hasn’t started the journey yet) He's hoping, wondering (For the truth about the story) Thinking back from the stories he's heard Of what he's going to see (in St Patrick) There in middle of the circle it lies Heaven help me Then all could see by the shine in his eyes (Cured pain or shrived sins) The answer had been found Back with the people in the circle he stands (yet again) Giving, feeling With just one touch of a strong right hand They know Of the temple and the king |
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