This is about bronies. They communicate by stomping.
Oh-oh, people of the earth
"Listen to the warning"
The Seer, he said
Beware the storm that gathers here
Listen to the wise man
I dreamed I saw on a moonlit stair
Spreading his hands on the multitude there
A man who cried for a love gone stale
And ice cold hearts of charity bare
I watched as fear took the old man's gaze
Hopes of the young in troubled graves
I see no day, I heard him say
So grey is the face of every mortal
Oh-oh, people of the earth
"Listen to the warning"
The prophet, he said
For soon, the cold of night will fall
Summoned by your own hand
Oh-oh, children of the land
Quicken to the new life
Take my hand
Ooh, fly and find the new green bough
Return like the white dove
He told of death as a bone white haze
Taking the lost and the unloved babe
Late, too late, all the wretches run
These kings of beasts now counting their days
From mother's love is the son estranged
Married his own, his precious gain
The earth will shake, in two, will break
And death all around will be your dowry
Oh-oh, people of the earth
"Listen to the warning," the seer, he said
For those who hear and mark my words
Listen to the good plan
Ah-ah-ah-ah
And two by two, my human zoo
They'll be
Running for to come
Running for to come
Out of the rain
Oh, flee for your life
Who heed me not, let all your treasure make you
Oh, fear for your life
Deceive you not, the fires of hell will take you
Should death await you
Oh-oh, people can you hear me (Oh-oh, people can you hear me)
(Oh-oh, people can you hear me)
And now I know (and now I know, and now I know)
I know, I know that you can hear me (and now I know that you can hear me)
And now I know, now I know, now I know, now I know
Now I know, now I know, now I know, now I know
Now I know (now I know, now I know)
The Earth will shake, in two will break (the Earth will shake, in two will break)
The Earth will shake, in two will break (the Earth will shake, in two will break)
Doubts all around, around, around, around, around, around, around, around
(Doubts all around, around, around, around, around, around, around, around)
(Doubts all around, around, around, around, around, around, around, around)
Now I know (now I know, now I know)
Now I know, now I know, now I know, now I know
Now I know, now I know, now I know, now I know
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa (whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa)
Listen to the wise, listen to the wise, listen to the wise
Listen to the wise, listen to the wise man
(Listen to the wise man, listen to the wise man)
La-la, la-la-la-la, la-la (la-la, la-la-la-la, la-la)
La-la, la-la-la-la, la-la (la-la, la-la-la-la, la-la)
La-la, la-la-la-la, la-la (la-la, la-la-la-la, la-la)
La-la, la-la-la-la, la-la (la-la, la-la-la-la, la-la)
La-la, la-la
Come here (la-la, come here)
I, you come here (I, you come here)
I, you come here (I, you come here)
I, you (ah)
Ah, ah, ah, ah
Listen to the mad (listen to the mad)
Listen to the man (listen to the man)
Listen to the mad man (listen to the mad man)
God give you the grace to purge this place
And peace all around may be your fortune
Oh-oh, children of the land
Love is still the answer, take my hand
The vision fades, a voice I hear
Listen to the madman
Ooh, but still I fear and still I dare not
Laugh at the madman
"Listen to the warning"
The Seer, he said
Beware the storm that gathers here
Listen to the wise man
I dreamed I saw on a moonlit stair
Spreading his hands on the multitude there
A man who cried for a love gone stale
And ice cold hearts of charity bare
I watched as fear took the old man's gaze
Hopes of the young in troubled graves
I see no day, I heard him say
So grey is the face of every mortal
Oh-oh, people of the earth
"Listen to the warning"
The prophet, he said
For soon, the cold of night will fall
Summoned by your own hand
Oh-oh, children of the land
Quicken to the new life
Take my hand
Ooh, fly and find the new green bough
Return like the white dove
He told of death as a bone white haze
Taking the lost and the unloved babe
Late, too late, all the wretches run
These kings of beasts now counting their days
From mother's love is the son estranged
Married his own, his precious gain
The earth will shake, in two, will break
And death all around will be your dowry
Oh-oh, people of the earth
"Listen to the warning," the seer, he said
For those who hear and mark my words
Listen to the good plan
Ah-ah-ah-ah
And two by two, my human zoo
They'll be
Running for to come
Running for to come
Out of the rain
Oh, flee for your life
Who heed me not, let all your treasure make you
Oh, fear for your life
Deceive you not, the fires of hell will take you
Should death await you
Oh-oh, people can you hear me (Oh-oh, people can you hear me)
(Oh-oh, people can you hear me)
And now I know (and now I know, and now I know)
I know, I know that you can hear me (and now I know that you can hear me)
And now I know, now I know, now I know, now I know
Now I know, now I know, now I know, now I know
Now I know (now I know, now I know)
The Earth will shake, in two will break (the Earth will shake, in two will break)
The Earth will shake, in two will break (the Earth will shake, in two will break)
Doubts all around, around, around, around, around, around, around, around
(Doubts all around, around, around, around, around, around, around, around)
(Doubts all around, around, around, around, around, around, around, around)
Now I know (now I know, now I know)
Now I know, now I know, now I know, now I know
Now I know, now I know, now I know, now I know
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa (whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa)
Listen to the wise, listen to the wise, listen to the wise
Listen to the wise, listen to the wise man
(Listen to the wise man, listen to the wise man)
La-la, la-la-la-la, la-la (la-la, la-la-la-la, la-la)
La-la, la-la-la-la, la-la (la-la, la-la-la-la, la-la)
La-la, la-la-la-la, la-la (la-la, la-la-la-la, la-la)
La-la, la-la-la-la, la-la (la-la, la-la-la-la, la-la)
La-la, la-la
Come here (la-la, come here)
I, you come here (I, you come here)
I, you come here (I, you come here)
I, you (ah)
Ah, ah, ah, ah
Listen to the mad (listen to the mad)
Listen to the man (listen to the man)
Listen to the mad man (listen to the mad man)
God give you the grace to purge this place
And peace all around may be your fortune
Oh-oh, children of the land
Love is still the answer, take my hand
The vision fades, a voice I hear
Listen to the madman
Ooh, but still I fear and still I dare not
Laugh at the madman
Lyrics submitted by bluebewilderment
The Prophet's Song Lyrics as written by Brian Harold May
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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If I'm not mistaken (or if I remember well), Brian May said he dreamed of the Great Flood (Bible episode) and decided to write a song about it. There's some parts that seem very obvious to me, linked to the Great Flood.
[Oh Oh people of the earth Listen to the warning The seer he said Beware the storm that gathers here Listen to the wise man.]
The seer/prophet is Noah. He is also the wise man seeing as he knows that a "storm [will] gathers here" because God told him so.
[Oh Oh children of the land Quicken to the new life Take my hand Fly and find the new green bough Return like a white dove]
The "new life" is probably the after-flood and there's the green bough and the white dove, which are well known symbols/elements of the Great Flood.
[Oh Oh - and two by two my human zoo They'll be runnung for to come running for to come out of the rain]
"two by two" is an obvious referrence to the saving of a male and female of every species, althought I'm not quite sure why it's a "human zoo", I'm not a Bible expert, but I think Noah and his family were the only humans that were saved from the flood. Maybe Noah and his family are God's "human zoo"?
[Oh Oh children of the land Love is still the answer, take my hand The vision fades, a voice I hear Listen to the Madman!
But still I fear and still I dare not Laugh at the Madman.]
The madman, who is it? I believe it's still Noah. But it said he was the "wise man", the "prophet"... but prophets are often believed madmen or fools. Noah is a wise man because he knows what is about to happen, but he's also a madman from the other human's perspective as they may not believe his warning ("Listen to the warning the prophet he said").
But still, they dare not laugh at the madman... maybe they believe he could not be wrong, they are struggling between believing him or not.
As for the echo/opera chants, they sound almost like religious chants (at least, that's how I perceive them).
The other parts of the song I didn't mentioned, I'm not quite sure how they could be linked with the Great Flood, so I prefer to step back for those.
But anyway, wether I'm right, partially right/wrong or completely in the wrong, it doesn't matter. This song is a true musical masterpiece, this is Brian May's "Bohemian Rhapsody".
@TBrocks13 - i think that is a very accurate interpretation