Magna Charter Lyrics - Softsword (king John And The Magna Carta) - Rick Wakeman

Write the rules for the games we play 

Carved in stone for a future time 

Broken pieces thrown away 

Broken pieces that are mine 

Hope in words so nearly true 

Peaceful times are long unseen 

Promises I give to you 

Only I know what they mean 

Charter for a freedom lost 

Made by man who knows not why 

Leaving youth to count the cost 

They only suffer times gone by 

It would never be the same 

If ruler lived beyond his past 

He would have to live his game 

And speed of truth is never fast 

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Should there ever be a charter 

With words to change the course of man 

To give us peace and hope and understanding 

And take us back to where it all began 

The sword is still the only answer 

The loudest sound that can be heard 

The scream of silence as the fear grows stronger 

Hear the people 

Cry to no-one 

No-one hears their words 

And so 

Time moves on 

A war 

Waged in words 

With Kings and Church and common man 

But no winner 

Or beginner 

Can understand the battle plan 

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But the battle never lasts long 

Even though it is an old song 

And the singer never sings the same old 

Turn the melody to war chant 

Change the flowers into warplants 

Kill them all 

Just to swell the purse 

Pray to the Father 

Peace ever after 

Only love 

Up above 

Glory to the war 

So for peace we wage a war 

As in war we fight for peace 

Death to all, be rich or poor 

Comes in such a bloody feast 

Will they meet in a future time? 

Will it happen yet again? 

Only God knows the truth they say 

Only He is ahead of our time 

Where is the charter made for love? 

Where is the charter for killing war? 

Sadly hidden in the warrior's glove 

Making light for ever more 

Magna Charter shows a path 

Over which no truth can stray 

Floating as a neutral craft along its way 

Should there ever be a charter 

With words to change the course of man 

To give us peace and hope and understanding 

And take us back to where it all began 

The sword is still the only answer 

The loudest sound that can be heard 

The screams of silence as the fear grows stronger 

Hear the people 

Cry to no-one 

No-one hears their words.