Inishmore - The Ravens Eye lyrics

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The city was still asleep while morning just awoke, <br />

Suddenly I heard a scream and it struck<br />

Right into my heart as nothing did before.<br />

A touch of infinity and then nothing more<br />

A raven sat in front of the window of my room, <br />

Bound to me by magic knowledge ready to seal our doom.<br />

Taking possession of my soul he spreads his wings and flies away, <br />

Over streets and houses into the dawning day<br />

Is this for real or is it just a dream, <br />

Through the clouds he's taking me to where I have never been.<br />

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[Chorus]<br />

Flying high, all over the empty sky, <br />

Seeing the world through the ravens eye<br />

And now eternity's close at hand<br />

... all over the empty sky, <br />

Seeing the world though the ravens eye, <br />

It's time for mankind to make a stand<br />

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Down in this cold and lonely street<br />

I see an old man broken and in poverty.<br />

"You passed him every day, but have you ever seen his needs?<br />

You carried on your way tied up in the chains of society"<br />

" And look through the window there on the other side, <br />

Can you see them crying the women and child?<br />

Beaten once again by the man she used to love! <br />

Have you realized you live in the flat above! <br />

Brd. My thoughts now collide, have I lived my life that blind?<br />

Is this for real or just a dream? For I am... <br />

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[Chorus]<br />

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"And over there on the other side of town, <br />

Can you see the chimneys rising from the ground?<br />

Do you know about the poison smoke they set free?<br />

Is this how you want your children's life to be?<br />

You rape our mother and you don't even spend your nights<br />

Turning from side to side without any sleep from your inner fights.<br />

All of your kind must be deaf and blind<br />

For you neither see her bleed nor hear her cry!"