Tytuł: COLONEL FORBIN'S ASCENT

• Wykonawca: Phish
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Colonel Forbin stared up at the mountain
  And wiped away the beads of sweat
  That glistened on his brow
  His tired feet were buried in the quagmire
  And his bloodshot eyes saw all that lay between him
  And fulfillment of his vow
  
  And he felt his fingers wrap around a knotted root
  And pulled his body upwards
  To a sea green mossy boulder
  And he dragged his weary carcass [or "shit-ass"] up the mountain
  
  And he climbed so slowly
  He climbed so slowly
  Ahead
  Ahead
  
  Suddenly he heard the crack of thunder
  And the rocks began to crumble overhead
  And tumble down the mountain to the
  Dismal swamp that lay beneath the jagged cliffs
  through which his path had led
  And the earth began to quake beneath his feet
  And the mighty mountain changed before his eyes
  And he stood amidst a sea of dust and rocks and stones
  Cascading down the mountain
  And a thousand birds were headed for the sky. Oh...
  
  The sacred creed will be yours
  And if you wait until tomorrow
  The sacred creed will be yours
  To devour
  Yours
  To seize
  And to obey
  Obey
  
  When the dust had cleared, the colonel lifted up his head
  And was driven to his knees by a blazing beam of light
  And he saw the silhouette that stood before him
  And he bowed in reverence
  Trembling in the shadow of the mighty legend's form
  Icculus the prophet stood before his eyes
  Looking down on Colonel Forbin
  Where he shuddered in the puddles and the muck
  And he quietly addressed him
  
  And he spoke so slowly
  He spoke so slowly
  Ahead
  He said
  
  Colonel Forbin I know why you've come here
  And I'll help you with your quest to gain the knowledge that you lack
  I call upon my faithful friend the mockingbird
  To fly and seize the helping book and bring it to your shack
  And a tree of knowledge in your soul will grow
  And the Helping Friendly Book will plant the seed
  But I warn you that all knowledge seeming innocent and pure
  Becomes a deadly weapon in the hands of avarice
  And greed
  
  The sacred greed will be yours
  And if you wait until tomorrow
  The sacred creed will be yours
  To devour
  Yours
  To seize
  And to obey
  And to obey
  
  
  
  
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  And the famous mockingbird swooped down out of the sky and landed on
  Icculus's shoulder, and Icculus whispered into the bird's ear, and it flew
  off toward Wilson's castle in the valley below.