Colonel Forbin's Ascent
COLONEL FORBIN'S ASCENT
Intro
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Colonel Forbin stared up at the mountain
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and wiped away the beads of sweat that glistened on his brow
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his tired feet were buried in the Quagmyre
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and his bloodshot eyes saw all the lay between him and fulfillment of his vow
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And he felt his fingers wrap around a knotted root
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and pulled his body upwards to a seagreen mossy boulder
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and he dragged weary shitass up the mountain
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And he climbed so slowly.. he climbed so slowly
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Ahead
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Suddenly he heard the crack of thunder
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and the rocks began to crumble overhead
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and tumbled down the mountain to the dismal swamp that lay beneath
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the jagged cliffs through which his path had led
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and the earth began to quake beneath his feet
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and the mighty mountain changed before his eyes
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and he stood amidst a sea of dust and rocks and stones
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cascading down the mountain and a thousand birds were headed for the sky
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Ohhh...... the sacred creed will be yours....
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and if you wait until tomorrow ... the sacred creed
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will be yours to devour, yours to seize, and to obey.....
Then---C#m7
BRIDGE
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When the dust had cleared the colonel lifted up his head
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and was driven to his knees by a blazing beam of light
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and he saw the silhouette that stood before him
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and he bowed in reverence, trembling, in the shadow of the mighty legend's form.
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Icculus, the prophet, stood before his eyes
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looking down on Colonel Forbin as he shuddered in the puddles and the muck
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and he quietly addressed him
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and he spoke so slowly ... he spoke so slowly..
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he said.........................
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Colonel Forbin I know why you've come here,
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and I'll help you in your quest to gain the knowledge that you lack.
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I call upon my faithful friend the Mockingbird,
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to fly and seize the Helping Book and bring it to your shack.
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And a tree of knowledge in your soul will grow,
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and the Helping Friendly Book will plant a seed
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But I warn you that all knowledge seeming innocent and pure
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becomes a deadly weapon in the hands of avarice and greed..
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Oh... the sacred creed will be yours...
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And if you wait until tomorrow........
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the sacred creed will be
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yours to devour, yours to seize, and to obey..
Then C#m7
NARRATION JAM
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