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This is Apocalyptic Bore - Amon Düül II
take a hundred
4, 5, or 6, who knows?
"Wenn die Sonne der Kultur niedrig steht,
werfen selbst Zwerge
lange Schatten." Translated from the German: "When the sun of culture is low, even dwarfs cast a long shadow"...
One day when suddenly by
fortune,
we saw the Eucharist fly.
They brought us the silk of Paradise
that was spoken from the sky.
Desert became a human garden,
like a baby re-creation field.
Everybody's keenest dreams came true,
even Gigantomania expert thrilled. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigantomania)
Frogmen lifted treasures,
everybody got their parts.
It was a world wide pleasure,
we all landed in the charts.
No horse that didn't win their race,
they found their destinations.
As if they were shot through the space,
it was a big sensation.
My neighbor lived in the middle-ages,
his castle was cheaply rented.
Everybody now could explore the past,
'cause the time-continuum robot was invented.
And then the sky rocket (Star of Bethlehem) signalized,
the manger's Deis (Latin for God) (Jesus Christ), the Extraterrestrian.
the manger's Deis (Latin for God) (Jesus Christ), the Extraterrestrian.
And then they (angels) came down in a sparkling haze;
we called them (angels we have heard on high) the space pedestrians.
we called them (angels we have heard on high) the space pedestrians.
There seemed to be happiness for eternity;
mankind scored more and more. (see Luke 2:8-14)
mankind scored more and more. (see Luke 2:8-14)
Until one day the ungrown-up generation
Until one day the ungrown-up generation
called this age apocalyptic bore.
There was nothing to fight for,
no love, no hate,
only a "corrigez-moi". (French word for corrector or correction, as in "political correctness") (from the Latin corrigere)
Kids have taken all their sky bikes,
and we're leaving for the Big Bear.
and we're leaving for the Big Bear.
Dark shadows scourge through the universe,
mother earth was really shot.
mother earth was really shot.
All hopes, all dreams had disappeared,
all ways are
..reminds me of Lot. (read Genesis 19) (see Luke 17:28-30,32 also 2 Peter 2:7)
Then a flood came.
By grace alone,
through faith
alone,
in Christ
in Christ
alone,
I'm saved.
By grace alone,
By grace alone,
through faith alone,
through faith alone,
in Christ alone,
in Christ alone,
I'm saved.
I'm saved.
John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him shall never perish but have eternal life."
John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him shall never perish but have eternal life."
John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him shall never perish but have eternal life."
John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him shall never perish but have eternal life."
John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him shall never perish but have eternal life."
Your choice. Freedom.
While you're still alive, you still have it.
It starts out with a little German...
a quote from Karl Kraus
a quote from Karl Kraus
lived from 1874 to 1936. He may have come up with this quote
in reference to little Adolf
Hitler.
I'll try my best, I don't speak German..
"Wenn die Sonne der Kultur niedrig steht, werfen selbst Zwerge lange Schatten."
"Wenn die Sonne der Kultur niedrig steht, werfen selbst Zwerge lange Schatten."
"Wenn die Sonne der Kultur niedrig steht, werfen selbst Zwerge lange Schatten."
"When the sun of culture is low, even dwarfs cast a long shadow."
"When the sun of culture is low, even dwarfs cast a long shadow."