The Prophet's Song

Oh, oh, people of the earth Listen to the warning the seer he said "Beware the storm that gathers here" Listen to the wise man I dreamed I saw on a moonlit stair Spreading his hand on the multitude there A man who cried for a love gone stale And ice-cold hearts of charity bare I watched as fear took the old man's gaze Hopes of the young in troubled graves "I see no day," I heard him say "So grey is the face of every mortal" Oh, oh, people of the earth Listen to the warning the prophet he said "For soon the cold of night will fall" Summoned by your own hand Ah, ah, children of the land Quicken to the new life, take my hand Fly and find the new green bough Return like the white dove He told of death as a bone white haze Taking the lost and the unloved babe Late too late, all the wretches run These kings of beasts now counting their days From mother's love is the son estranged Married his own, his precious gain The earth will shake, in two will break And death all round will be your dowry Ah, ah, people of the earth Listen to the warning the seer he said "For those who hear and mark my words" Listen to the good plan Ah, ah, ah, ah And two by two, my human zoo They'll be (Running for to come) (Running for to come out of the rain) Oooh!, flee for your life Who heed me not let all your treasure make you Oooh!, fear for your life Deceive you not, the fires of hell will take you Should death await you Ah, ah, people can you hear me? People can you hear me? People can you hear me? And now I know, and now I know, and now I know I know, I know that you can hear me And now I know, now I know Now I know, now I know Now I know, now I know Now I know, now I know Now I know, now I know The earth will shake, in two will break The earth will shake, in two will break Death all around, around, around, around, around, around, around, around, around Now I know, now I know Now I know, now I know Now I know, now I know Now I know, now I know Now I know, now I know, now I know Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow! Listen to the wise Listen to the wise man La-la La-la-la-la (la-la) La-la (la-la-la-la) La-la-la-la (la-la) La-la (la-la-la-la) La-la-la-la (la-la) La-la (la-la-la-la) La-la-la-la (la-la) La-la (la-la-la-la) La-la-la-la (la-la) La-la (la-la-la-la) La-la-la-la (la-la) La-la (la-la-la-la) La, la (la-la) La-la (la, la) La, la (la-la) La-la (la, la) La, la (la-la) Come here (la, la) Come here (I, you) Come here (I, you) Come here (I, you) Come here (I, you) Come here (I, you) Aaah! Ah, ah! Ah, ah! Aaah! Listen to the man Listen to the mad man God give you grace to purge this place And peace all around may be your fortune Ah, ah, children of the land Love is still the answer, take my hand The vision fades, a voice I hear "Listen to the madman" Ooh, but still I fear, still I dare not Laugh at the madman