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The Appeal & the Mindsweep I Lyrics
This is an appeal to the struggling and striving stakeholders of this planet;
This floating rock we call earth...
Alas, that means you
That means:
Every one of your acquaintance
Every figure your eyes skim past in the street
Every charlatan still to defeat
Every tender face you find solace in
Now mimic the mindset William Wallace was in
Dismount - disembark - descend from your existence
Slacken your angst and decant your hate
'Cos in the long run they're about as useful
As pouring acid onto your dinner plate
To muzzled masses that lead lives of deafening desperation
With Excalibur aloft King Arthur earned the throne
But it's our minds we got to wrench out of stone
Don't be fooled by its simplicity
There was never a broadcast made of such urgency
'Cos at no time before us
Did we grasp the scope of this emergency
Ladle out love and logic by the boatload
Equipped with that cargo you can take any road
Now grab life, seize time
This fight is for human kind
I am a mind sweeper - focus on me
I am a mind sweeper - focus on me - I will read your mind
1 dart through rapids, through streams of thought
Then suddenly I started losing my mind
Catapulting through the uncharted
I could no longer tell if these were your thoughts or mine
And it was as if I held a mirror up to my soul
Who was the author?
And who was the observer?
For at the last analysis our thoughts coalesced
You are not alone
You are not alone
You have entered volatile territory
You have started a journey, you're part of this story
And this, this was just a glimpse..just a glimpse.
You've no idea what you've got yourself into…
I am a mind sweeper - focus on me
I am a mind sweeper - focus on me
This floating rock we call earth...
Every one of your acquaintance
Every figure your eyes skim past in the street
Every charlatan still to defeat
Every tender face you find solace in
Now mimic the mindset William Wallace was in
Slacken your angst and decant your hate
'Cos in the long run they're about as useful
As pouring acid onto your dinner plate
With Excalibur aloft King Arthur earned the throne
But it's our minds we got to wrench out of stone
There was never a broadcast made of such urgency
'Cos at no time before us
Did we grasp the scope of this emergency
Equipped with that cargo you can take any road
Now grab life, seize time
This fight is for human kind
I am a mind sweeper - focus on me - I will read your mind
Then suddenly I started losing my mind
Catapulting through the uncharted
I could no longer tell if these were your thoughts or mine
And who was the observer?
For at the last analysis our thoughts coalesced
You are not alone
You have started a journey, you're part of this story
And this, this was just a glimpse..just a glimpse.
I am a mind sweeper - focus on me
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Pretty self-explanatory what this song's about. It's kinda like a wake-up call to humanity that we're not the only ones who are an intelligible species. Think of this song as a prelude or a precursor to the alien concept they used for 'Take to the Skies'. My interpretation could be totally off though. (Psst, Hey! Don't forget to listen to their album "Take to the Skies" also. You won't regret it!)