[Lyricist’s note: Go easy on me – this was a twenty minute song in a pretentious teenage prog rock band, and I think I’d swallowed a dictionary. By the way, a halcyon is a mythological bird that sailors said brought calm to stormy waters, and is the origin of the phrase “halcyon days”‘]<\/em><\/p>\n All of us identical individuals, Blinding waves of pessimism rise like black mephitic towers, If we sail to the maelstrom of chaos, war and self-destruction, \u00a9 1981 Rob Bates.<\/p>\n
\nCrawl inside our crowded halls, blind but we see all,
\nWe will destroy you with our pessimistic minds,
\nDreams of despair haunt the peace of mankind.<\/p>\n
\nTalons grasp the innocent and violate the sacred hour.
\nThe bloody battle rages on, the chapel’s doors are open wide,
\nThe halcyon must use it’s power for all of those who step inside.<\/p>\n
\nHope will fail and the memory will lie beneath the sea.
\nBut if we trust the halcyon that calms the deep and troubled waters,
\nWe can sail our ships to far off lands where men are free.<\/p>\n