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Lyrics for Power And Glory by LOU REED:
| | | Artist: | LOU REED |
| | Album: | Unknown | | Track: | Power And Glory | | | | Date Added: | 18/10/2007 | | Views: | 68 | | | | Lyrics: | I was visited by The Power and The Glory
I was visited by a majestic hymn
Great bolts of
lightning
lightning up the sky
Electricity flowing through my veins
I was captured
by a larger moment
I was seized by divinity's hot breath
Gorged like a lion on
experience
Powerful from life
I wanted all of it -
Not some of it
I saw a man
turn into a bird
I saw a bird turn into a tiger
I saw a man hang from a cliff by the tips of
his toes
in the jungles of the Amazon
I saw a man put a red hot needle through his
eye
turn into a crow and fly through the trees
swallows hot coals and breathe out
flames
and I wanted this to happen to me
We saw the moon vanish into his pocket
We
saw the stars disappear from sight
We saw him walk across water into the sun
while bathed in
eternal light
We spewed out questions waiting for answers
creating legends, religions and
myths
Books, stories, movies and plays
all trying to explain this
I saw a great man
turn into a little child
The cancer reduced him to dust
His voice growing weak as he fought
for his life
with a bravery few men know
I saw isotopes introduced into his lungs
trying
to stop the cancerous spread
And it made me think of Leda and The Swan
and gold being made
from lead
The same power that burned Hiroshima
causing three legged babies and
death
Shrunk to the size of a nickel
to help him regain his breath
And I was struck by
The Power and The Glory
I was visited by a majestic Him
Great bolts of lightning lighting up
the sky
as the radiation flowed through him
He wanted all of it
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