The Great Mandala

Song The Great Mandala
Artist David Roth
Album More Pearls

Lyrics

[00:07.97] So I told him that he'd better shut his mouth
[00:18.93] Do his job like a man.
[00:23.08] And he answered "Listen, Father,
[00:30.30] I will never kill another."
[00:37.85] He thinks he's better
[00:41.55] than his brother that died
[00:45.90] What the hell does he think he's doing
[00:52.88] To his father who brought him up right?
[01:00.07] Take your place on The Great Mandala
[01:07.73] As it moves through your brief moment of time.
[01:15.03] Win or lose now you must choose now
[01:22.84] And if you lose you're only losing your life.
[01:37.74] Tell the jailer not to bother
[01:45.02] With his meal of bread and water today.
[01:52.64] He is fasting 'til the killing's over
[01:59.79] He's a martyr, he thinks he's a prophet.
[02:07.22] But he's a coward, he's just playing a game
[02:14.81] He can't do it, he can't change it
[02:22.24] It's been going on for ten thousand years
[02:29.46] Take your place on The Great Mandala
[02:36.83] As it moves through your brief moment of time.
[02:44.04] Win or lose now you must choose now
[02:51.68] And if you lose you're only losing your life.
[03:06.40] Tell the people they are safe now
[03:13.72] Hunger stopped him, he lies still in his cell.
[03:22.52] Death has gagged his accusations
[03:28.02] We are free now, we can kill now,
[03:35.30] We can hate now, now we can end the world
[03:42.59] We're not guilty, he was crazy
[03:49.92] And it's been going on for ten thousand years!
[03:56.99] Take your place on The Great Mandala
[04:04.07] As it moves through your brief moment of time.
[04:11.35] Win or lose now you must choose now
[04:18.85] And if you lose you've only wasted your life.
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