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The Ballad of Jeremiah Peacekeeper Lyrics
He stares out the window
Blank as a canvas
Made up in the sunlight
And swirling smoke and ash
He waits for a breath now
Takin’ his time
He sees an eternity
In blink of an eye
And for him this life is made of time and choices
An endless blend of vistas
Painted bright with memories
The here and now will bow to him
To only serve one purpose
To keep your peace
He takes on the world all in a stride
And your wounds will be scars
So won’t you remember when the night comes
He will need your open arms
For to be invincible he needs your love
He stands in the doorway
Quiet like yesterday
With forgotten thoughts become a mystery
And nightmares locked away
He looks like a gunman
But his view is much too wide
For such a solution
So he fights
Without a six-gun on his side
And all the while his stars and moon shine brightly
Outside the desert wails a curse of rage and jealousy
And yet tomorrow comes along
And shapes to serve his purpose
To keep your peace
He takes on the world all in a stride
And your wounds will be scars
So won’t you remember when the night comes
He will need your open arms
For to be invincible he needs your love
He takes on the world all in a stride
And your wounds will be scars
So won’t you remember when the night comes
He will need your open arms
For to be invincible he needs your love
He takes on the world all in a stride
And your wounds will be scars
So won’t you remember when the night comes
He will need your open arms
For to be invincible he needs your love
For to be invincible he needs your love
Blank as a canvas
Made up in the sunlight
And swirling smoke and ash
He waits for a breath now
Takin’ his time
He sees an eternity
In blink of an eye
And for him this life is made of time and choices
An endless blend of vistas
Painted bright with memories
The here and now will bow to him
To only serve one purpose
To keep your peace
And your wounds will be scars
So won’t you remember when the night comes
He will need your open arms
For to be invincible he needs your love
Quiet like yesterday
With forgotten thoughts become a mystery
And nightmares locked away
He looks like a gunman
But his view is much too wide
For such a solution
So he fights
Without a six-gun on his side
And all the while his stars and moon shine brightly
Outside the desert wails a curse of rage and jealousy
And yet tomorrow comes along
And shapes to serve his purpose
To keep your peace
And your wounds will be scars
So won’t you remember when the night comes
He will need your open arms
For to be invincible he needs your love
And your wounds will be scars
So won’t you remember when the night comes
He will need your open arms
For to be invincible he needs your love
And your wounds will be scars
So won’t you remember when the night comes
He will need your open arms
For to be invincible he needs your love
For to be invincible he needs your love
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In my Interpretation Jeremiah Peacekeeper is an Avatar of time. Neither the Avatar of the past, nor the Avatar or the future.
He is the Avatar of the Presence!
To understand this, you have to notice, that all of the negative feelings you get in the presence is caused by clinging your thoughts either to the past (negative events,pain) or to the future (worrying, suffering). If you keep you thoughts in the presence, you will neither fear nor suffer.
Jeremiah can only protect you, by using the presence. And he can only use it, if you love him, or in other words spend your time in the presence when, the darkness(negative emotions) come.
Lines supporting my interpretation:
The other lines support that too. The present is the most quiet time. The thoughts always wonder to future or past. As if they were screaming you to think of them. The presence doesn't do this. So he's portrait as quiet guy. Looking out of windows. Standing quiet in doors. Without "gun" to solve your problems.
"Outside the desert wails a curse of rage and jealousy." Outside the desert, where no human being lives, is a lot of anger (based on past) or jealousy(based on future)
I hope this makes sense to you and if you have other interpretations. Tell me!