Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Cygnus X-1 / The Story So Far, artist - Rush.
Date of issue: 31.12.2014
Song language: English
Cygnus X-1 / The Story So Far |
When our weary world was young |
The struggle of the ancients first began |
The gods of love and reason |
Sought alone to rule the fate of man |
They battled through the ages |
But still neither force would yield |
The people were divided |
Every soul a battlefield |
Every soul a battlefield |
II. |
Apollo |
«I bring truth and understanding |
I bring wit and wisdom fair |
Precious gifts beyond compare |
We can build a world of wonder |
I can make you all aware |
I will find you food and shelter |
Show you fire to keep you warm |
Through the endless winter storm |
You can live in grace and comfort |
In the world that you transform» |
The people were delighted |
Coming forth to claim their prize |
They ran to build their cities |
And converse among the wise |
But one day the streets fell silent |
Yet they knew not what was wrong |
The urge to build these fine things |
Seemed not to be so strong |
The wise men were consulted |
And the Bridge of Death was crossed |
In quest of Dionysus |
To find out what they had lost |
«I bring love to give you solace |
In the darkness of the night |
In the Heart’s eternal light |
You need only trust your feelings |
Only love can steer you right |
I bring laughter, I bring music |
I bring joy and I bring tears |
I will soothe your primal fears |
Throw off those chains of reason |
And your prison disappears» |
The cities were abandoned |
And the forests echoed song |
They danced and lived as brothers |
They knew love could not be wrong |
Food and wine they had aplenty |
And they slept beneath the stars |
The people were contented |
And the gods watched from afar |
But the winter fell upon them |
And it caught them unprepared |
Bringing wolves and cold starvation |
And the hearts of men despaired |
The universe divided |
As the heart and mind collided |
With the people left unguided |
For so many troubled years |
In a cloud of doubts and fears |
Their world was torn asunder into hollow |
Hemispheres |
Some fought themselves, some fought each other |
Most just followed one another |
Lost and aimless like their brothers |
For their hearts were so unclear |
And the truth could not appear |
Their spirits were divided into blinded |
Hemispheres |
Some who did not fight |
Brought tales of old to light |
'My Rocinante sailed by night |
On her final flight' |
To the heart of Cygnus' fearsome force |
We set our course |
Spiralled through that timeless space |
To this immortal place |
I have memory and awareness |
But I have no shape or form |
As a disembodied spirit |
I am dead and yet unborn |
I have passed into Olympus |
As was told in tales of old |
To the city of Immortals |
Marble white and purest gold |
I see the gods in battle rage on high |
Thunderbolts across the sky |
I cannot move, I cannot hide |
I feel a silent scream begin inside |
Then all at once the chaos ceased |
A stillness fell, a sudden peace |
The warriors felt my silent cry |
And stayed their struggle, mystified |
Apollo was astonished |
Dionysus thought me mad |
But they heard my story further |
And they wondered and were sad |
Looking down from Olympus |
On a world of doubt and fear |
Its surface splintered into |
Sorry Hemispheres |
They sat a while in silence |
Then they turned at last to me |
'We will call you Cygnus |
The god of Balance you shall be' |
We can walk our road together |
If our goals are all the same |
We can run alone and free |
If we pursue a different aim |
Let the truth of love be lighted |
Let the love of truth shine clear |
Sensibility, armed with sense and liberty |
With the heart and mind united in a single perfect sphere |