[00:00:03] Cygnus X-1 Book II Hemispheres - Rush [00:02:59] When our weary world was young [00:03:02] The struggle of the ancients first began [00:03:06] The gods of love and reason [00:03:09] Sought alone to rule the fate of man [00:03:20] They battled through the ages [00:03:23] But still neither force would yield [00:03:27] The people were divided [00:03:30] Every soul a battlefield [00:03:33] Every soul a battlefield [00:04:36] I bring truth and understanding [00:04:39] I bring wit and wisdom fair [00:04:42] Precious gifts beyond compare [00:04:52] We can build a world of wonder [00:04:55] I can make you all aware [00:04:59] I will find you food and shelter [00:05:02] Show you fire to keep you warm [00:05:05] Through the endless winter storm [00:05:16] You can live in grace and comfort [00:05:19] In the world that you transform [00:05:38] The people were delighted [00:05:41] Coming forth to claim their prize [00:05:46] They ran to build their cities [00:05:49] And converse among the wise [00:05:53] But one day the streets fell silent [00:05:56] Yet they knew not what was wrong [00:06:00] The urge to build these fine things [00:06:03] Seemed not to be so strong [00:06:07] The wise men were consulted [00:06:10] And the Bridge of Death was crossed [00:06:14] In quest of Dionysus [00:06:18] To find out what they had lost [00:07:06] I bring love to give you solace [00:07:09] In the darkness of the night [00:07:11] In the Heart's eternal light [00:07:22] You need only trust your feelings [00:07:25] Only love can steer you right [00:07:29] I bring laughter I bring music [00:07:32] I bring joy and I bring tears [00:07:35] I will soothe your primal fears [00:07:46] Throw off those chains of reason [00:07:49] And your prison disappears [00:08:08] The cities were abandoned [00:08:11] And the forests echoed song [00:08:16] They danced and lived as brothers [00:08:19] They knew love could not be wrong [00:08:23] Food and wine they had aplenty [00:08:26] And they slept beneath the stars [00:08:30] The people were contented [00:08:33] And the gods watched from afar [00:08:37] But the winter fell upon them [00:08:40] And it caught them unprepared [00:08:44] Bringing wolves and cold starvation [00:08:48] And the hearts of men despaired [00:09:53] The universe divided [00:09:55] As the heart and mind collided [00:09:57] With the people left unguided [00:10:00] For so many troubled years [00:10:02] In a cloud of doubts and fears [00:10:04] Their world was torn asunder into hollow [00:10:08] Hemispheres [00:10:20] Some fought themselves some fought each other [00:10:23] Most just followed one another [00:10:25] Lost and aimless like their brothers [00:10:27] For their hearts were so unclear [00:10:29] And the truth could not appear [00:10:31] Their spirits were divided into blinded [00:10:35] Hemispheres [00:10:56] Some who did not fight [00:10:59] Brought tales of old to light [00:11:04] My Rocinante sailed by night [00:11:08] On her final flight [00:11:12] To the heart of Cygnus' fearsome force [00:11:16] We set our course [00:11:21] Spiralled through that timeless space [00:11:25] To this immortal place [00:12:45] I have memory and awareness [00:12:49] But I have no shape or form [00:12:54] As a disembodied spirit [00:12:58] I am dead and yet unborn [00:13:04] I have passed into Olympus [00:13:08] As was told in tales of old [00:13:12] To the city of Immortals [00:13:16] Marble white and purest gold [00:14:06] I see the gods in battle rage on high [00:14:14] Thunderbolts across the sky [00:14:19] I cannot move I cannot hide [00:14:25] I feel a silent scream begin inside [00:14:36] Then all at once the chaos ceased [00:14:39] A stillness fell a sudden peace [00:14:42] The warriors felt my silent cry [00:14:46] And stayed their struggle mystified [00:14:53] Apollo was atonished [00:14:55] Dionysus thought me mad [00:15:00] But they heard my story further [00:15:03] And they wondered and were sad [00:15:08] Looking down from Olympus [00:15:10] On a world of doubt and fear [00:15:16] It's surface splintered [00:15:17] Into sorry Hemispheres