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