Listen to We Are Phoenix by Richard Charles Stevens (The Duel Suite)
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Rise
Rise
Rise
Rise
Rise
Rise
We are Phoenix
And famed be our rise
.
The Utopian facade
Is not so
The paradise we seek
Exists
Nirvana is a state of mind
Eden where the whispers of a long forgotten faith reside
Zion a longing as deep as it’s wide
To belong with the mystics
To keep them inside
.
Zion a longing as deep as it’s wide
To belong with the mystics
To keep them inside
.
Precious few speak
Of the ultimate form
As this sleeping dog lies
Beneath cloak of the normal
No formal introduction
Is supplied upon commencement
Indeed we halt production
Of the inner sight to prize such wise investment
(Rise)
(Rise)
Testament to wealth of underutilised potential
(Rise)
(Rise)
We are Phoenix
And famed be our rise
.
Need to read between the lines
To scrutinise the stencil
Trace the tracks of tears back
To the years when fears were deemed inconsequential
(Rise)
(Rise)
Find that instrumental
To the redefine of realised essentials
(Rise)
(Rise)
Realign the wires
Redesign minds
To inspire the monumental
(Rise)
(Rise)
Realign the wires
Redesign minds
.
The Utopian facade
Is not so
(Rise)
The paradise we seek
Exists
(Rise)
Nirvana is a state of mind
Eden where the whispers of a long forgotten faith reside
(Rise)
Zion a longing as deep as it’s wide
To belong with the mystics
To keep them inside
Zion a longing as deep as it’s wide
To belong with the mystics
To keep them inside
(Rise)
.
Imagine
All the things
You wish to be
And check your history
Great many may not be tremendous mystery
Take a pardoned ramble
To the garden of remembrance
Where all the things
We wish to be
Insist that we remember them
.
Reach into the embers
And search for the burn
That makes sense to be tended
With fervour to learn
No further need venture
Than heart of the blaze
To relay the adventures
Embarked on as braves
Hereby discerning the ultimate form
For a Phoenix resides
Beneath cloak of the normal
.
(Rise)
(Rise)
A Phoenix resides
Beneath cloak of the normal
.
The Utopian facade
Is not so
The paradise we seek
Exists
Nirvana is a state of mind
Eden where the whispers of a reawakened faith reside
Zion a basin as deep as it’s wide
To belong with the mystics
To mine deep inside
Where we each keep a secret divine
We are Phoenix
And famed be our rise
.
Famed be our rise
Famed be our rise
We are Phoenix
And famed be our rise
.
Famed be our rise
Famed be our rise
We are Phoenix
And famed be our rise
.
Reach into the embers
And search for the burn
That makes sense to be tended
With fervour to learn
No further need venture
Than heart of the blaze
To relay the adventures
Embarked on as braves
Hereby discerning the ultimate form
For a Phoenix resides
Beneath cloak of the normal
.
(Rise)
(Rise)
A Phoenix resides
Beneath the cloak of the normal
.
The Utopian facade
Is not so
The paradise we seek
Exists
Nirvana is a state of mind
Eden where the whispers of a reawakened faith reside
Zion a basin as deep as it’s wide
To belong with the mystics
To mine deep inside
Where we each keep a secret divine
We are Phoenix
And famed be our rise
.
Famed be our rise
Famed be our rise
Famed be our rise
We are Phoenix
And famed be our rise
.
Rise
Rise
Rise
Rise
Rise
Rise
We are Phoenix
And famed be our rise
.
Richard Charles Stevens
Keeper of The Crimson Quill

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“Resides beneath the cloak of the normal”
– I certainly have to 🤣
Love this important nugget:
“Take a pardoned ramble
To the garden of remembrance
Where all the things
We wish to be
Insist that we remember them”