Magnu, horse with golden mane, I want your help yet once
again,
Walk not the earth but fly through space as lightning flash
or thunders race
Swift as the arrow from the bow, come to me so that no one
can know.
Sunbeams are my shafts to kill all men who dare
imagine ill,
Deceit that fears the light of day fly from the glory
of my ray,
Good minds open and take new light until we diminish
by the reign of night
A burning brand was seen to fall, it lit the
darkness of the hall,
The flying hoofbeats circling in, come to me and
let us spin.
again,
Walk not the earth but fly through space as lightning flash
or thunders race
Swift as the arrow from the bow, come to me so that no one
can know.
Sunbeams are my shafts to kill all men who dare
imagine ill,
Deceit that fears the light of day fly from the glory
of my ray,
Good minds open and take new light until we diminish
by the reign of night
A burning brand was seen to fall, it lit the
darkness of the hall,
The flying hoofbeats circling in, come to me and
let us spin.
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After listening to a lot more hawkwind, I prefer them.
Sam bennallick fancy seeing you here remember me? from deviant art this is great good pic btw of 'davy'. Hawkwind smash all other bands
I believe 'Warrior on the Edge of Time' is very influenced by Michael Moorcock's books. He did some of the vocals didn't he?
Sounds like a warrior calling his battle horse. That's what I'll always hear when I listen to it anyway.
Hawkwind = Class
Ultimate cosmic opera. Astral living and warring, across the universe in space and in time. (Also across Hawkwind albums, and Moorcock novels.) Ending of the human race - by humanity's hand - at the end of astral time. Passion, cynicism, compassion, angst, love.
This entire album is a psychadelic experience, overshadowed by the great works of Pink Floyd, but excellence in its own right. However, I cannot for the life of me figure out what the album is about.
fancy seeing you here. wow Hawkwind get next to no comments! they are brilliant! definately in a league of their own, almost as good as pink floyd.
I'd have to disagree, for me Hawkwind at their best are a head above Pink Floyd. The 'Warrior on the Edge of Time' album is one of my all-time favourites.
This actually is referring to the frequency of light from the sun. "Magnu, horse of golden mane," refers to the sun; fast as light the voice beckons the sun to send him it's power that he might smite the men of darkness who fear the power of the light. It talks here about those "dark" beings who usurp the pure light of the sun and polute it with their evil intent of keeping we humans as slaves, far removed from our birthright of glorious lordship over this planet, and third dimensional realm.
Lyrics are drawn from "Hymn of Apollo" (1820) by Percy Bysshe Shelley.
The first six lines are identical (so near as not to quibble) to a magical incantation used to summon a magical horse found in a Slavic folktale published in the 19th century, called "The History Of Prince Slugobyl; Or, The Invisible Knight"
“Magu (sic), Horse with Golden Mane, I want your help yet once again, Walk not the earth but fly through space As lightnings flash or thunders race. Swift as the arrow from the bow, Come quick, yet so that none can know.”
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/25555/25555-h/25555-h.htm#story_12
Just found this reading folktales last night :-D Since Brock wrote this one, I'm guessing Moorcock ain't the only one who riffed off folktales