This is a really beautiful song, probably my favorite on FoaF. Thematically, it reminds me of Sheryl Crow's "Redemption Day".
However, the lyrics are not correct as currently posted. It doesn't look like one can insert proper markup in these comments, so the corrections are in CAPS. Not meant to be shouting or rude, just to highlight the corrections. One's I'm not certain of are marked with (?).
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Hear them crying out for heaven's own BENEVOLENCE upon them
HEAR/OUR(?) destructive POWER PREVAILING, I hear fools falsely hailing
To the crooked wits/WORDS(?) of tyrants when they call
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I hear the sound of TEARING pages and the roar of burning paper
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I hear the tender words from Zion, I hear Noah's waterfall
See the gentle LAMB OF JUDAH[1] SLEEPING at the feet of Buddha
And the prophets from Elijah to the OLD PAIUTE WOVACA[2]
Take their places at the table when THEY'RE CALLED
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This is a really beautiful song, probably my favorite on FoaF. Thematically, it reminds me of Sheryl Crow's "Redemption Day".
However, the lyrics are not correct as currently posted. It doesn't look like one can insert proper markup in these comments, so the corrections are in CAPS. Not meant to be shouting or rude, just to highlight the corrections. One's I'm not certain of are marked with (?).
... Hear them crying out for heaven's own BENEVOLENCE upon them HEAR/OUR(?) destructive POWER PREVAILING, I hear fools falsely hailing To the crooked wits/WORDS(?) of tyrants when they call ... I hear the sound of TEARING pages and the roar of burning paper ... I hear the tender words from Zion, I hear Noah's waterfall See the gentle LAMB OF JUDAH[1] SLEEPING at the feet of Buddha And the prophets from Elijah to the OLD PAIUTE WOVACA[2] Take their places at the table when THEY'RE CALLED ...
[1] http://hubpages.com/hub/judah [2] http://viewzone2.com/wovokax.html