Death of Reason
lyrics by (c) Sir M.J. Wasik
[verse]
In marble halls where thinkers once spoke,
With quills ablaze and fervent fight,
In syllogisms, bonds were wrote.
In shadows of the flickering light,
logic soared, and knowledge amassed,
of truth and justice, wrong and right.
With echoes of a time long passed,
The Age of Enlightenment bids us good night.
[Chorus]
The death of reason, cold and grim,
where the light once danced,
now shadows swim.
faith and reason disappears,
In worlds the whispers drown,
and phantoms peddle their fear.
But in hearts that yearn,
and minds that learn,
of visions true,
Reason may take breath anew.
[verse]
Reason stood as compass, firm and true,
Guiding Faith with what they knew,
But now the stars are dimmed and pale,
Lost in the wake of an ancient gale.
The parchment scrolls and dusty tomes,
Are muffled now, in angry homes,
Where evidence is cast aside,
And narratives becomes our guide.
Gone are the grounds we held so dear,
new myths emerge, bred from fear,
As screens alight with fervent rage
Redefine this tumultuous age.
[Chorus]
The death of reason, cold and grim,
where the light once danced,
now shadows swim.
faith and reason disappears,
In worlds the whispers drown,
and phantoms peddle their fear.
But in hearts that yearn,
and minds that learn,
of visions true,
Reason may take breath anew.
[outro]
So let us mourn, but not in vain,
The death of thoughts, chaos’s chains
For every end, a chance to rise
A better dawn to light the skies
let reason wake a tender hope,
from the mountains to every coast
clearer truths to guide our ways
through realms unknown, in work and in play
[Chorus]
The death of reason, cold and grim,
where the light once danced,
now shadows swim.
faith and reason disappears,
In worlds the whispers drown,
Wand phantoms, peddle their fear.
But in hearts that yearn,
and minds that learn,
of visions true,
Reason may take breath anew.