Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Gatekeepers, artist - Saltillo. Album song Monocyte, in the genre Date of issue: 09.02.2012
Record label: Artoffact
Song language: English
Gatekeepers |
| Why are you standing here all alone in front of the |
| Gates and moaning to yourself over your misfortune? |
| Why are you standing here, alone, in front of the gates? |
| When the wars are done |
| The poet speaks with equal persuasiveness |
| On the wastes and misery that follow great conflicts |
| And pleads for tranquil times |
| Two loves I have, of comfort and despair |
| Which like two spirits do suggest me still |
| The better angel is a man right fair |
| The worser spirit a woman coloured ill |
| How many make the hour full complete; |
| How many hours bring about the day; |
| How many days will finish up the year; |
| How many years a mortal man may live |
| When this is known, then to divide the times: |
| So many hours must I contemplate; |
| So many hours must I sport myself; |
| So many days my ewes have been with young; |
| So many weeks ere the poor fools will ean: |
| So many years ere I shall shear the fleece: |
| So minutes, hours, days, months, and years |
| Pass’d over to the end they were created |
| Would bring white hairs unto a quiet grave |
| Ah, what a life were this! |
| how sweet! |
| how lovely! |