Paradise Lost - By Symphony X

In the cold misty morning
Gleaming rays awake the dawn
Here I stand, a stranger in this land
Does your conscience betray you?
Falling from grace, feel the sun on my face
Does desire still hold true?

Mystified by her beauty
Does the hunter pity his prey?
Under starless skies our love must die and fade away

Take my hand, defy the damned, make a stand, seize the day
Yours or mine, damned or divine, draw the line, come with me

Looking down from ethereal skies
Silent, crystalline tears I cry
For all must say their last goodbye to paradise

My yearning is silenced by angelic skin of white
Love conquers all for heavens fall, this fateful night

Yours or mine, damned or divine, draw the line, serpentine.

Love is a tragedy
All that I have, all that I'll ever need
Is right here inside
Let the wings of freedom, be my guide

Looking down from ethereal skies
Silent, crystalline tears I cry
For all must say their last goodbye to paradise

Say goodbye... goodbye

So I've cheated
And I've lied
Been the victim of foolish pride
And I've begged
And I've crawled
And I've battled, and bled for it all
So I'll savour the downfall... of paradise.

Looking down from ethereal skies
Silent, crystalline tears I cry
For all will say their last goodbye to paradise.

Like John Milton's Paradise Lost, it seems to be about Satan. The chorus seems to be God's reaction to the rebellion.
I wouldn't say it's completely theologically accurate, but I gotta say it's impressively done. The album cover art was too good to not put onto my background.

Funny to think that in terms of the food chain, the top is the most useless while the bottom is utterly essential.

If the top dies, nobody suffers but the top. If the bottom dies, everyone suffers.

Now that's a dangerous socio-political theory to try to apply.

An interesting dream...

Got reminded of the dreams topic from my brother's post, but this is a dream I had a few days ago in my sleep:

I was somehow in outer space among the stars, playing with asteroids and planets.

Weightless and alone, but in full control...tossing around and hopping between floating bits of cosmic matter at will is really, really fun. Great scenery too.

sigh...

You can't draw a perfect circle with straight lines.