Creation Lyrics - Incredible String Band

The messengers with sharpened heels 

Flew backwards into whose galloping arms 

And the impassioned Phoenix 

Drawls a sad goodnight to fiction's tomb 

Then come to me secretly 

And with your silken feather 

And with your silken feather 

Open your rooms, open your rooms 

Never, in fact, as he gazed amazed 

At two lost eyebrows lisping into the unexpected 

And the archetypal postman delivering your seed letters 

Whose eyes are black eggs really 

Upon a long shore, upon a long shore 

Open your door, open your door 

Ask anyone, he muttered, as he spat a small 

Brilliant blue insect, whirring into the gauze 

I would advise stilts for the quagmires 

And camels for the snowy hills and any survivors 

Their debts I will certainly pay 

There's always a way, there's always a way 

I smiled with that gallantly concealed forceful nervousness 

That has proved that oysters cry 

And that I have come to know and accept as myself 

And plucking a barbed feather from the morose universe 

I called him deathless, and he left before he could reply 

Open your eyes, open your eyes 

Our first father, Abraham, whose bosom 

Was the unique soul of the humans 

Was certainly as bewildered as we are 

If not infinitely more so, and with an ancient 

Ceremonial gesture of dismissal, he pointed forward 

Verily, verily 

Verily, verily 

Verily, verily 

Verily, verily 

The first day was golden 

And she colored the Sun 

And she named it Hyperion 

And she made it a day of light and healing 

The second was silver 

And she colored the Moon 

And she named it Phoebe 

And she made a day of enchantment and the living waters 

And the third was many-colored 

And she colored the Earth 

And she made a day of joy 

With the scarlet strength of seed 

In the fourth black and white were mingled into quicksilver 

And she colored Mercury 

And she made a day of wisdom 

And the signs that are placed in the firmament 

The fifth was bright blue 

And she envisaged Jupiter 

And she made a day of awe and circles, circles 

And she sent it to guide the blood of the universe 

The sixth was burning with icy, green flames that glowed white 

And of her beauty she made Venus 

And she made a day of love 

Whereby all beings are united 

The seventh was rich purple of the mollusks 

And she colored Chronos 

And she made a day of idleness and repose 

Whereon all beings cease from struggle 

Verily, verily 

Verily, verily 

Verily, verily 

Verily, verily 

I am the pebble in your very own eye 

I am the sword and your enemy dies 

I am the storm and the hurricane wind 

I am the thorn of an unkind friend 

I am desire what color my eyes? 

I am Loki, wizard of lies 

Catch me, find me, see me if you can 

I am the guilt of an honest man 

I am the pebble in your very own eye 

I am the sword and your enemy dies 

I am the storm and the hurricane wind 

I am the thorn of an unkind friend 

I am desire what color my eyes? 

I am Loki, wizard of lies 

Catch me, find me, see me if you can 

I am the guilt of an honest man 

Then seven times we raised our arms 

And with cat-stretch 

Sent our foot spells 

Yawning into the multitudes 

In need we called upon the mother of all living 

Three times for succor, but with ambitious spears 

They made us change, they crouched behind 

Their mirrors and fought on 

I will not allow them praise 

That broke the harmonious globe in splintered fragments 

And yet, they moved perforce with a perfect pattern 

And complemented harmony with discord, and light with darkness 

It was then 

That we stepped out of our world machine 

Between the palm and the fingers 

Peeling like gloves 

And for each eye that shed one tear 

We made of that tear an ocean 

And in the five directions 

We loosed our several craft 

Wild sea, I say today 

Please, be a sweet cow for me 

Amethyst galleon, out on the rolling sea 

Gentle as lightning, easily 

Take me to the root of the world tree 

Amethyst galleon, out on the rolling sea 

Your face is consumed in a bruised sky's glance 

By the brazen wall with your sword and lance 

Where [Incomprehensible] 

Where dappled maidens, endless danced 

'Round the root of the world tree 

Wild sea, I say today 

Please, be a sweet cow for me 

Amethyst galleon, out on the rolling sea 

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Wild sea, my love is salty for me 

Every ripple in her body is a wave in me 

Amethyst galleon, out on the rolling sea 

Hold tight, sleep tight 

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