Northern Lights Lyrics - Barnabas

Ionospheric splendour ignites the northern skies 

Unseen by jaded eyes 

Preferring more an insect's view of mundane, grindstone lives 

This planet, once a paradise before the serpent spoke 

And greed became the rope 

By which the race would hang itself 

Naked, without hope 

Racing like lemmings to the brink of holocaust 

With scant concern for cost 

We fall before the god of pleasure 

Jeopardizing without measure 

The rarest gem of everlasting life 

With staggering shortsightedness our golden calves are raised 

Ignoring former days 

Gambling with our heritage in this self-seeking age 

The endless quest for freedom, much like the northern lights 

So beautiful and bright 

But far beyond the mortal's grasp 

As witnessed by our plight 

Too much casual violence 

Too much casual sex 

Too much casual unconcern 

For what may happen next 

The endless quest for freedom, much like the northern lights 

So beautiful and bright 

But far beyond the mortal's grasp 

As witnessed by our plight 

The splendour of redemption ignites the newborn heart 

A spiritual upstart 

Who cannot fathom what's to come Or what will be his part 

Racing llike lemmings to the brink of holocaust 

With scant concern for cost 

We fall before the god of pleasure 

Jeopardizing without measure 

The rarest gem of everlasting life