Strange News From Another Planet – …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
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[Know Your Honor]
To know your honor and keep to the right Ever unswerving towards infinite To care as a woman and be like a child True and unwavering
To be of the valley stream when calm Become a ruler and sage to the stars Return to the state of the block uncarved Like the great tailor
To yield and overcome, to bend and be straight Empty and be full, and have little and gain They never falter, never put on display Therefore they shine forth, is that empty to say?
[Rule By Being Just]
You rule by being just and wage ware with surprise Master all without strife, and the world will comply Says the sage the more rules that you write The more thieves in the night
And if we take no action, entertain no desire All the people return to a good simple life Give the world what belongs to the world Unto me what is mine
[The Ship Impossible]
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[Strange Epiphany]
I just had my perfect day And watched my past lives melt away I looked at all my suffering And realized it wasn’t me
Sun dissolves the fogs of grey And rises on a perfect day Sun dissolves the fogs of grey And rises on a perfect day
I had a strange epiphany As I awoke out of a dream I saw the storm ahead of me And knew it was our destiny
Sun dissolves the fogs of grey And rises on a perfect day Sun dissolves the fogs of grey And rises on a perfect day
[Racing And Hunting]
Five are the colors that will blind the eye Five are the tastes and the tones that will lie The racing and hunting that madden the mind And lead us all astray
To yield and overcome, to bend and be straight Empty and be full, and have little and gain