The Spectre-Golden Bough

[ti:The Spectre] [ar:Golden Bough] [al:Down by the Greenwood] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Spectre (幽灵) - Golden Bough [00:00.12]Written by：Paul Espinoza [00:00.24]I walked out on a cold cold morn [00:02.12]A morning like no other [00:03.64] [00:04.39]The air was thick with the early mist [00:06.37]The fog lay on the ground [00:07.95] [00:08.48]I stepped beneath an oaken tree [00:10.64]And gazed across the clover [00:12.14] [00:12.68]The still of the air was broken there [00:14.80]And I heard a mournful sound [00:16.91]I wish that I had never seen the sight [00:19.56]That came before me [00:21.12]It made the chill seem greater still [00:23.46]When I knew what I had found [00:24.88] [00:25.57]Dressed in black with his hood pulled low [00:27.58]In the image of a spectre [00:29.17] [00:29.72]Through the misty haze he held my gaze [00:32.01]I looked into his eyes [00:34.05] [00:34.62]His were the eyes of famine and suffering [00:37.87] [00:38.85]The pain of sorrow was there magnified [00:41.87] [00:43.10]I felt the depth of hopelessness and apathy [00:46.69]And I cried [00:48.25] [00:55.38]Come drink the cup of man's despair [00:57.60]The rising of his passion [00:59.17] [00:59.70]I'11 show to you a life anew [01:01.85]Where riches will abound [01:03.45] [01:04.02]Just take my hand [01:05.18]And I'11 lead you on the path of dear deception [01:07.56] [01:08.16]Their poverty your infamy [01:10.38]As you lay them to the ground [01:11.99] [01:12.76]Know you me within your heart [01:14.71]The greed and the corruption [01:16.85]That lingers there till unaware [01:18.52] [01:19.03]You forfeit sight and sound [01:21.19]For I am only the creation of your own invention [01:24.88] [01:25.45]I do your will but I hunger still far I know no bounds [01:29.77] [01:30.28]His were the eyes of famine and suffering [01:33.55] [01:34.54]The pain of sorrow was there magnified [01:37.74] [01:38.85]I felt the depth of hopelessness and apathy [01:42.43]And I cried [01:44.07] [01:47.12]Lightning struck the oaken tree [01:48.96]And it ripped the trunk asunder [01:50.49] [01:51.11]From overhead [01:52.23]I heard the dread wail of the midnight hound [01:54.68] [01:55.52]In a fiery light as bright as day [01:57.61]I saw her grip the thunder [01:58.93] [01:59.71]She regarded me with sympathy and sang the sweetest sound [02:04.23] [02:11.65]Her eyes alighted on the image of the hooded spectre [02:15.84]Who rose on high with a chilling cry [02:18.04]That cracked the frozen ground [02:19.64] [02:20.17]More horrid sound I never heard [02:22.34]Poured forth upon the winter [02:23.86] [02:24.47]But stopped as sudden when confronted by her fearless song [02:29.25]Hers were the eyes of courage and compassion [02:32.56] [02:33.47]The hope of life was there magnified [02:37.00] [02:37.83]I felt the wrath of innocence deceived [02:41.10]And I cried [02:43.04] [02:48.03]As her song swept over me and filled me with its passion [02:52.30]The spectre slipped into the mist [02:54.56]Nowhere to be found [02:56.60]You need not listen to his lies [02:58.75]His promise of perfection [03:00.94]It is the child of his own guile and he'll lay you to the ground [03:05.15]He is the slave of ignorance and knows not light or wonder [03:08.97] [03:09.52]Give him not a single thought [03:11.66]Which only bids him dwell [03:13.16] [03:13.67]Yours is the charge to drive him forth [03:15.86]And cease his spiritual plunder [03:17.42] [03:17.99]Where none will dare to seek him there never to be found [03:22.82]Hers were the eyes of courage and compassion [03:26.16] [03:27.05]The hope of life was there magnified [03:30.43] [03:31.42]I felt the wrath of innocence deceived [03:34.74]And I cried