Magician Among The Spirits

An open door, an extended hand,
What can i say, i understand
She talks like a bird yet she walks like a man
She'll be here tonight i understand
She hunts in a pack yet she ends up alone
She tells you its not alright darling, why'd you worship that stone ?

Chorus
Hold me closer ladyboy, there's a rope that's dragging you out of this world
It doesn't care if you're heavy girl
Hold me closer ladyboy, if you look you can see that it's just you and me
There's nothing left of our world

So you think it's a sin, i bet it's a miracle
You think that you're safe, i tell you you're critical


The merciless gods who sometimes pour down their scorn
They cannot die and also cannot be born

(chorus)

An open door, an extended hand, what can i say - i understand
I understand, i understand, i understand

(chorus)

(guitar : pow ! zing ! :-)

Instrumental

They built the pyramids, toiled with tons of stone
Irrigated deserts, built giant golden thrones
Built palaces in india and a dome on the moon
Illustrated ceilings, praised god with strange choirs
Fed the five thousand, built cities of spires
Felt the pull of science unravel in their minds
Charted celestial bodies and were punished for their finds
Conquered snow-peaked mountains, drove jungles to retreat
Were drowned in vicious rapids and were heralded for their feats

Fantasized in babylon, built a home in space
Scaled the walls of china against all human odds
Won battles without hope and saw men turned into gods


Still they hide their faces well unbetrayed by heaven or hell
Only traces to be found although their history resounds
Disconnected they displayed all the discoveries they made
And now they wander round the earth beyond the realms of death or birth
If you look you'll see them there like clouds hanging in the air
And they said the earth was flat, sailed off the world into a vat
Turned the planets into toys then played marbles like small boys
Invented love, invented hate, hung them off the arms of fate
Hear them whisper hear them speak, seems they found what we still seek

Far across the water, far across the sea, magician among the spirits, the next delivery
And the scene is set up, the boy who lost his mind, a sudden smell of ether as machines unwind
Universe of distant stars chilling in its failings
With planets spinning deep in space parading all its flavours
We sit and stare into the night and contemplate forever
Slip away into your dreams, conclude that we may never

Out and past the harbour where the sharks dream (stream ?) in the waves
Magician among the spirits is drowning in a cave
As solomon's my witness, as gabriel is my guard (god ?)
Garden of the lovely ones in the devil's back yard (?)

Hand of god sprinkle jewels inside the velvet ceiling
Filling up our unsure hearts with wonder, awe and feeling
All the eyes are staring down and glitter like small children
Their secrets kept, lost in thought, looking at what fueled them

Singing 'bout the old times, sepia and faded
Magician among the spirits the past has been invaded
Robert houdini in the distance, we look up through the water
See the comet's silver trail, see the planets falter


Vast science, eternal night shrouded in dark mazes
Runes and tunes preconceived flowing through their phases
Your air or cover (??) wind is dead, consequences endless
Speed of light and empty time your borders to defenders (?)

(marty's evil chuckle)

Walking in the wilderness with my pale sister
Magician among the spirits i said how much i miss her
Jackson on the slipstream, he's moving all around
Chasing tiny orphans, following the sounds, following the sounds

Fragile and delirious, cannot understand it
Magician among the spirits, electra and miranda
Passed you in a corridor you were drinking grenadine
Drinking liquid happiness your tears could not be seen, tears could not be seen

Violent sun propels its rays to seek out beings breathing
Ancient craft that waltz the maze of metal shells beneath me
And dust that swirls, of reddened clouds, floats above the surface
Deserted landscape slips away, forgotten secret purpose


Thin film of moisture, condensing on the screen
Magician among the spirits are you with us, christine ? do you really remember the boy i used to be ?
With you every single night in february

All this ectoplasm believe in ghosts (?)
Magician among the spirits, lord of hosts
Here we are tonight we're speaking to the light (?)
Magician among the spirits, make it alright (repeat.)


(translated from swedish by thomas norin)
"magician!, magician!, my star!
From where on earth do you look out, into outer space!
I am in a forest heather!
You shall not find me again!
Farewell my daughters, i'll see you soon!"