[The Mirror Of the Soul Part I]
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Brother, there's a man at the gate, he has something in his hand;
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He says it fell down from the sky, should I let him in?
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Maybe it's an omen, maybe it will take away our sin, our sin.....
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'Tis a diamond that he has, the biggest one I've ever seen,
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And when he holds it in his hand, it's shining like the sun,
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He says it's from another world, he calls it the mirror of the soul;
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We must place it on the altar high, send the Devil to the fire,
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Power over men we'll have when they see it shine, when they see it shine;
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Brother, fetch the Abbot now, tell him of this wondrous thing,
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Tell him that we'll have control of all the riches it will bring;
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When people come to see it, for money we will purify their souls, their souls;
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With my knife I'll kill this man, I'll send him to the Promised Land,
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And when we take the diamond, we will have the future in our hands,
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In our hands;
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When we place it on the altar high, send the Devil to the fire,
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Power over men we'll have when they see it shine, when they see it shine!
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[The Mirror Of the Soul Part II]
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That's how it started, that whole new religion, and people everywhere,
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Had to give up all their possessions at the AbbAⓒ St. Pierre,
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But with their gold they could buy a redemption, and the promise of
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Eternal life,
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And the centre of it all was a diamond divine,
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It was up there on the altar high but for the monks it would not shine,
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So with subterfuge they used the light of the sun, fooling everyone;
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It was late at night when a young boy was in there with his friends,
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And they dared him up to the altar, to touch the famous gem,
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And when he did, the whole place exploded with a great and wonderful light,
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And people came from everywhere to see it,
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When he took it from the altar high, everyone could make it shine,
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Except the Abbot and his men, for them, no light,
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They could not make it shine.
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[The Mirror Of The Soul Part III]
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And in the end, many heard the brothers, making confession of the
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Things they had done,
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And the Abbot led that sad procession, as they went through the
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Gate past the place where it had begun;
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And all their dreams of glory, all their schemes and stories,
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Would come to nothing after all,
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Because a power greater from the world's creator
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Gave us love to light the mirror of the soul,
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Only love can light the mirror of the soul;
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All through the world, there are many others, who always follow
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Everything they are told,
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By men with rules and regulations, using old superstitions and
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Tales to assume control;
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But all their dreams of glory, all their schemes and stories,
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Will come to nothing after all,
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Because a power greater from the world's creator
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Gave us love to light the mirror of the soul,
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Only love can light the mirror of the soul;
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They come to nothing after all;
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Because a power greater from the world's creator
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Gave us love to light the mirror of the soul,
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Only love can light the mirror of the soul.
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The Mirror Of The Soul
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| Chris De Burgh |
