call everyone to arms
we'll fill the heavens
with the poisoned dreams of man
call everyone to arms
we forged these weapons
with the strength of our own hands

we shot the sun from the sky
apollo dead at our feet
we wander lost in the rye
we gather round in the street

for centuries we watched the sky
and burned to bridge the great divide

call everyone to arms
we'll fill the heavens
with the poisoned dreams of man
call everyone to arms
we forged these weapons
with the strength of our own hands

eclipse the body with stones
and lay him down with the rest
i smile when i am alone
and shed a tear for the press

for centuries we watched the sky
but now we burn with power and pride
cause we dug the body up
we drank his golden blood
and light shone from our eyes
but it was not enough
and we still dream of deicide

for centuries we watched the sky
we burned to bridge the great divide
but now we burn with power and pride


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Eclipse Lyrics as written by James Riley Breckenridge Edward Carrington Breckenridge

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    Ok, to me this song really ties in with things that are occuring here recently. Something very strange ties in with this song. I have some evidence of eclipses and things to come. I found this on a website: This letter was written eight weeks ago, and therefore some time before Pope John Paul 11's health deteriorated significantly. It is both sad but synchronistic that he should die, as he was born, on a solar eclipse. And, of course, his funeral will be held on the day of the solar eclipse itself, April 8th, 2005. Prince Charles and his bride to be will now be married on the 9th. We may not be able to see Friday's solar eclipse but it is nonetheless a portent of great things to come, first and foremost on the world's stage, and second, in our own lives should we have anything in our own birth horoscope that is touched by it. Back in the time of ancient Sumeria (today's Iraq) eclipses were considered omens of doom and disaster but modern astrologers tend to view them as signals of key world events and major global change, sometimes very good change - the tearing down of the Berlin Wall was presaged by the total lunar eclipse of 17 August 1989, and Pope John Paul 11 was born on the solar eclipse of May 18th 1920. And of course on this eclipse Prince Charles will marry his long-time love, Camilla Parker Bowles. Whatever else makes our news headlines during the next couple of weeks, babies born at this time will surely have a powerful destiny to fulfil. They will be our future movers and shakers. This is a really powerful song. They talk about the great divide, to me that sounds like the Berlin Wall being torn down on the eclipse. John Pauls birth and death are very coincidental, occuring both on eclipses. How strange is that?

    orcaon April 07, 2005   Link

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