The Prophet’s Song
by Styx
Oh oh people of the earthListen to the warning the seer he saidBeware
the storm that gathers hereListen to the wise manI dreamed I saw on
a moonlit stairSpreading his hand to the multitude thereA man who cried
for a love gone staleAnd ice cold hearts of charity bareI watched as
fear took the old man's gazeHopes of the young in troubled graves'I see
no day' I heard him saySo grey is the face of every mortalOh oh
people of the earth!'Listen to the warning' the prophet he saidFor soon
the cold of night will fallSummoned by your own handAh ah children
of the landQuicken to the new life take my handFly and find the new
green boughReturn like the white doveHe told of death as a bone
white hazeTaking the lost and the unloved babesLate too late all the
wretches runThese kings of beasts now counting their daysFrom mother's
love is the son estrangedMarried his own his precious gainThe earth will
shake in two will breakAnd death all round will be your dowryOh oh
people of the earthListen to the warning the seer he saidFor those who
hear and mark my wordsListen to the good planOh oh oh oh and two by
two my human zooThey'll be running for to comeRunning for to come out of
the rainOh flee for your lives who heed me notLet all your treasures
make you fear for your lifeDeceive you not the fires of hell will take
youShould death await youAh people can you hear me?And now I
know and now I knowAnd now I know and now I knowThat you can hear
meAnd now I know and now I knowAnd now I know now I knowNow I know
now I knowNow I know now I knowNow I knowThe earth will shake in two
will breakDeath all around around around around Around around around
aroundNow I know now I knowNow I know now I knowNow I know now I
knowNow I know now I knowNow I know now I knowNow I knowWo wo wo
wo wo wo wo wo woListen to the wise listen to the wise listen to the
wiseListen to the wise listen to the wise manLa laLa la la la la
laLa la la la la laLa la la la la laLa la la la la laLa la la la
la laLa la la la la laLa laLa laLa laCome here I hear
youCome here I hear youCome here I hear youAh ah ah ah ahListen
to the man listen to the man listen to the man listen to the mad
manGod gave you grace to purge this placeAnd peace all around may be
your fortuneOh oh children of the landLove is still the answer take my
handThe vision fades a voice I hearListen to the madman!But still I
fear and still I dare notLaugh at the madman!
the storm that gathers hereListen to the wise manI dreamed I saw on
a moonlit stairSpreading his hand to the multitude thereA man who cried
for a love gone staleAnd ice cold hearts of charity bareI watched as
fear took the old man's gazeHopes of the young in troubled graves'I see
no day' I heard him saySo grey is the face of every mortalOh oh
people of the earth!'Listen to the warning' the prophet he saidFor soon
the cold of night will fallSummoned by your own handAh ah children
of the landQuicken to the new life take my handFly and find the new
green boughReturn like the white doveHe told of death as a bone
white hazeTaking the lost and the unloved babesLate too late all the
wretches runThese kings of beasts now counting their daysFrom mother's
love is the son estrangedMarried his own his precious gainThe earth will
shake in two will breakAnd death all round will be your dowryOh oh
people of the earthListen to the warning the seer he saidFor those who
hear and mark my wordsListen to the good planOh oh oh oh and two by
two my human zooThey'll be running for to comeRunning for to come out of
the rainOh flee for your lives who heed me notLet all your treasures
make you fear for your lifeDeceive you not the fires of hell will take
youShould death await youAh people can you hear me?And now I
know and now I knowAnd now I know and now I knowThat you can hear
meAnd now I know and now I knowAnd now I know now I knowNow I know
now I knowNow I know now I knowNow I knowThe earth will shake in two
will breakDeath all around around around around Around around around
aroundNow I know now I knowNow I know now I knowNow I know now I
knowNow I know now I knowNow I know now I knowNow I knowWo wo wo
wo wo wo wo wo woListen to the wise listen to the wise listen to the
wiseListen to the wise listen to the wise manLa laLa la la la la
laLa la la la la laLa la la la la laLa la la la la laLa la la la
la laLa la la la la laLa laLa laLa laCome here I hear
youCome here I hear youCome here I hear youAh ah ah ah ahListen
to the man listen to the man listen to the man listen to the mad
manGod gave you grace to purge this placeAnd peace all around may be
your fortuneOh oh children of the landLove is still the answer take my
handThe vision fades a voice I hearListen to the madman!But still I
fear and still I dare notLaugh at the madman!