This song contains more biblical references than is perhaps ideal for a Secular Solstice song. Boston 2023's organizers were divided on whether it was ominous or idealistic, but it does embody a certain unwillingness to be complacent and content with what you have.
There's a lot of extra instrumentation that happens in the Leslie Fish version, but at its heart this can be a fairly simple guitar piece with a singer.
This song is available for sale via bandcamp in the Avalon Is Risen album.
Let me teach you to wonder and worry.
Permit me to tell you how to wage war.
A creature’s reach should exceed its grasp,
Or what’s a Heaven for?
I’ll show you the way to take thought for tomorrow,
To struggle for dreams, and to hunger for more.
A creature’s sight should outrun its might,
Or what are the heavens for?
Taste of the fruit of the tree that is knowledge,
Of good and of evil, and all the world’s lore.
A creature’s thought must exceed what it’s taught,
Or who is Heaven for?
So come here and learn to become as the gods are,
For I’ve got a wonderful secret to tell:
A creature’s reach should exceed its grasp.
What else is Heaven or Hell?
