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THE FIFTH SUN LYRICS
"The Moment Of Truth" (2002)
1. Upholding The Sacred Truth
2. Waste Of Skin
3. Burn The Flag
4. The Naturalist
5. Pour Forth The Melody
6. Achieving States Of Spite And Malice
7. Our Heads Collide
8. The Moment Of Truth
9. Mothra (Bonus Track)
1. Upholding The Sacred Truth
Having no beginning, having no end
Birth and death present at every moment
Linked to the heavens, indigenous to earth
Related to all forms of life
Share with me these thoughts and principals
So that I may honor and continue them
Those who preach, close minded in form
I wish to take a look at the multitude of life
Surrounding them
Evolution, of a single cell
Creations purist form
The strongest thing by far
Is the hunger to survive
Have you considered what it means to be alive?
Humanity is a part of nature
A species that evolved among the others
Penetrating the physical being to its very depths
Upholding the sacred truth, despite man’s misinformed opinion
Of his place and purpose on the round face of all the earth
Flowing with the fiery essence
Beauty that runs through the fields
Unquestionable is the force
Intoxicating in its’ strength
Equal and opposite proportions
Balance the living from the dead
We are comprised of the soil
Linked to the heavens and earth
Related to everything, everyone
This then, the secret of life
From where I stand forever more
I will not yield to those who do not cherish life
In front of your eyes, the greatest of truths, ever to be known
If listened for, a man can hear, the heartbeat in almost everything
A pipeline, uniting earth and sky
Many the lessons that it can teach
Upholding the sacred truth, despite man’s misinformed opinion
Of his place and purpose on the round face of all the earth
Upholding the Sacred Truth
2. Waste Of Skin
It can’t be put any other way
Let us cut right to the chase
I’ve got nothing but a fist for you
This power is of flattening truth
No compassion for the kind of horseshit you pantomime
It is your kind, which make me sick
Nothing learned, life unlived
All the minutes burned, the years ran by
Your life’s a complete waste of skin, and time
Devoid of passion, your weakly way is done
Without suspecting when the end would come
Your lack of instinct makes you singled out
Thin the heard, what survival is all about
Surviving enormous odds, the greatest truths shall bleed out
Impossible to suppress, ushering you to your death
Nothing ventured for nothing gained
A dead end road you chose to take
Motivation of a slug, intelligence of a rock
Crumble under the weight of the lies, or dig deep into the mountain of truth
Extract embers of the purest heart
Nothing more devastating to these lies
Nothing ventured for nothing gained
A dead end road you chose to take
Motivation of a slug, intelligence of a rock
Crumble under the weight of the lies, or dig deep into the mountain of truth
Extract embers of the purest heart
Nothing more devastating to these lies
I’ve got nothing but a fist for you
This power is of flattening truth
3. Burn The Flag
What once was, is now a lie
No longer under god
It has become divisible
Liberty and justice for none
I place my right hand firmly between your eyes
Given this verbiage, a new verse to recite
I place my right hand between your eyes
No one can notice the trail of lies?
Blatant acts
Disrespect, for everything, all life
I pledge allegiance only to the creator of life
To the republic for which you stand
I exercise the bill of rights
To the republic for which you stand
Burn the flag
If there is any freedom left
Burn the flag
The true test of freedom is self-expression
The right to protest and speak your mind
In my opinion: they wish to run us off a cliff
Never are we to climb back; never are we to recover
My opinion: they wish to run us off a cliff
We cannot run away
There is no where to hide
Our only hope is each other
If we are to survive
Become as one, despite our ways
Band together as one race
Or die as slaves
Band together as one race
I say, I should, I will
Burn the flag
If there is any freedom left
Burn the flag
Burn the flag
Burn the flag
If there is any freedom left
Burn the flag
4. The Naturalist
Given plants yielding seed, each according to its kind
Abounding on this plain of earth
Shall be thy food
Butcher life cut it up
On the plate a spirit’s gone
Death chemicals you consume
Ignite the aggressive surge
Strip the flesh off of their bones
Losing respect for everything
Tallest of the trees
Scream to the voices in the soil
And the once crystal clear pool does corrode
I feel as though I’d perish
If I breathed through my skin
The canary in the coal mine
We see the tragedy begin
Man belongs to the earth, and the earth not to man,
Connected like the blood that unites us all
Man did not weave the web of life
Merely he is one of its strands
Everything done to the web of life, is done to all of us
One moon in every pool
In every pool one moon
Frog would not drink up the pond
In which he dwells
Despite our diverse beliefs
We are all profoundly bound
Sacred is the vessel between mankind and earth
No reason, no thanks
That lye’s upon your self
A day will come when the seasons blend as one
Rivers change courses
Forest turns to desert
Four times a sign shall appear around the sun
Seeing this know the end is near
Aged seeds of thought may they flower to this day
Expressions of legacy
Fruit to seed passing on
Aged seeds of thought may they flower to this day
Expressions of legacy
Fruit to seed passing on
Man belongs to the earth, and the earth not to man,
Connected like the blood that unites us all
Man did not weave the web of life
Merely he is one of its strands
Everything done to the web of life, is done to all of us
Aged seeds of thought may they flower to this day
Expressions of legacy
Fruit to seed passing on
Aged seeds of thought may they flower to this day
Expressions of legacy
Fruit to seed passing on
A day will come when the seasons blend as one
Rivers change courses
Forest turns to desert
Four times a sign shall appear around the sun
Seeing this know the end is near
5. Pour Forth The Melody
Wells where we once gathered to quell our endless thirst
I’ve searched for a place, a peace I cannot describe
Feeling somber, tranquility
Relaxed, bliss here lies
Ancestral utopia is?
I cannot say for sure
I imagine, I’ve drifted there
From time to time I catch the fleeting things out of the corner of my eye
I know them for certain
Inspiration I’ve never known, but have always felt
The presence enveloping me
Deserted as the forest in the grip
December seems lifeless and bleak
Though she is timeless and radiant
In the inner glow of secular peace I am molting into the natural flow
Finding pieces to the twisted puzzle
The fog is parting in favor; the sun
These elements of nature, water over the rocks
I sense like the composition of the galaxy
Always aloft, yet always underfoot
Inside the sacred elements guarded by hope and trust
Every mistake I’ve learned from I made
No one else can do this for me
Nor could they see their own hand in front of their face
Having become callused to believe
Everything is dismal and done
I find the dew on the morning flowers
More entertaining than yesterdays’ re-run movie
Once taken in and digested
Knowledge is unleashed
To never perish or wither
Until all life ends
Revealing in the broad canopy of heaven
Above me the giant arms of the forests trees
The final abiding place of all things that grew
Not requiring many words to speak the truth
Knowledge is inherent in all living things
My books are writings made of wind, grass, and animals
A mans’ heart way from nature becomes hard
I suckle close to nature’s soft influence
Pour forth the melody from the thick brush around me
Here in the unbroken chain of the forest
Clinging close to these aromatic boughs and branches
Pour forth the melody
“Continue to contaminate your own bed, you will one night suffocate in your own waste”*
High in the mist enshrouded peaks
Glacier water turns into creeks
Life bearing capillaries span across the plain
Delivering life bringing fluids
These arteries are now all polluted
Sad, our profound sweeping melody
Pour forth the end of humanity
*Chief Seattle
6. Achieving States Of Spite And Malice
Infected cries emerge from the mouths of the great liars
Unwholesome feed at blurring speed
The point mute, in denial; yet you try
To cover up, your broken ways, heritage devoid of strength
Fool the people all the time, but everything must die
Achieving states of spite and malice
Frequency of power abused: monstrous
It’s only beginning, knowing no ending
Many layers, dark day of night
Driven by motives lacking intelligence
Ignorance, without heart
All you hide, I see
The filth upon which you feed
Dignity all gone, mediocrity and you are one
Means which satisfy a bitter end
This final chapter will begin
Lay down forever to rest
Deep sleep without breath
Evolution and usefulness has come to its end
To become; as a fossil, to be; engraved in stone
At the moment of truth
A glowing beacon
Shinning through
As clouds block the sun
Aspiring to reach ecstasy.
Carrying on, despite all of your misgivings
Nothing is more devastating, to you and your kind
At the moment of truth
A glowing beacon
Shinning through
As clouds block the sun
Aspiring to reach ecstasy.
Lay down forever to rest
Deep sleep without breath
Evolution and usefulness have come to their end
To become; as a fossil, to be; engraved in stone
At the moment of truth
A glowing beacon
Shinning through
As clouds block the sun
Aspiring to reach ecstasy.
Carrying on, despite all of your misgivings
Nothing is more devastating, to your and your kind
At the moment of truth
A glowing beacon
Shinning through
As clouds block the sun
Aspiring to reach ecstasy.
Achieving states of spite and malice
Frequency of power abused: monstrous
It’s only beginning, knowing no ending
Many layers, dark day of night
Driven by motives lacking intelligence
Ignorance, without heart
Achieving the states of spite and malice
Frequency of power abused: monstrous
Achieving the states of spite and malice
Frequency of power abused: monstrous
Achieving the states of spite and malice
Frequency of power abused: monstrous
Achieving the states of spite and malice
Frequency of power abused: monstrous
7. Our Heads Collide
Whenever you feel on the side of the majority, it is time to reform
A wild animal, in corners forced
I shall attack you without remorse
For all the fiction and vanity
Your lapse of judgement will cost you dear
Raised eyes, attentive gestures,
our heads will collide
Leaving a deep festering scar
Some things cannot be denied
There will always be someone Denying the time has come
Decisiveness, my greatest trait
That which has been lost will be replaced
Raised eyes, attentive gestures,
our heads will collide
Leaving a deep festering scar
Some things cannot be denied
The very meaning of a free government is in considering offices as public trusts. Given for the good of the country and not for the benefit of an individual or party
Those grown comfortable with status quo
There is one thing you will know
We will strike quickly and not hesitate
Attacking in the most vulnerable place
Raised eyes, attentive gestures,
our heads will collide
Leaving a deep festering scar
Some things cannot be denied
8. The Moment Of Truth
Interwoven in myth and fact
Predictions of destiny
Let time take its toll or grasp opportunity
One window, one soul, one chance
How does one know?
When to act
When to observe
This choice is losing its hold
The moment of truth
Just how prepared are you?
The belief that someone else will go
In your place, at the cost of their soul
Stand up and be counted or be walked upon
Blind ignorance and arrogance will bring mankind down
The moment of truth
Exterminates the life in you
Now pray for what is over and done
Losses that cannot be overcome
Stand up and be counted or be walked upon
Blind ignorance and arrogance will bring mankind down
Life the great mystery
Confounding, contorting all you think you believe
In the end there is no more sunshine
I say again, in the end there is no more sunshine
9. Mothra (Bonus Track)
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