Ben Newman (
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Gelfling
A song for the divided UrSkeks of The Dark Crystal, who became the Mystics (UrRu) and Skeksis, hoping and/or fearing to be reunited at last, "by Gelfling hand or else by none".
lyrics by Benjamin Newman
ttto: "Galileo" by Emily Saliers of the Indigo Girls
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/ G D C D / / / Em - C D /
We came to this world from another place,
At the joining of the suns,
Seeking to purify our imperfect souls,
So we could truly be as One.
But it takes a mind as clear as Crystal
To see the way that's straight and true,
And we didn't know stepping into the light
That it would tear us each in two...
/ " / / Em D Em D / C D / G D C D /
How long 'til our souls reunite?
And we see the world in the Crystal's perfect light?
What was sundered and undone shall be made one,
What we've broken will be set right...
For a millenium we've waited,
Half in hope and half in fear,
For the fulfillment of a prophecy, and now, you see,
The time is drawing near...
How long 'til our souls reunite?
And we see the world in the Crystal's perfect light?
We wait for the triple sun to shine as one,
What was darkened will be made bright...
/ Em - C - / / / G D C - / G D C D /
If it is to be done, it must be by your hand,
Even though you are young, and you don't understand.
Though the road will be long and the task will be hard,
We have faith you'll find and bring back what was splitered off and broken
From the Crystal — a single shard...
Some part of me can still remember
What it felt like to be whole;
It's time I reached out in compassion and patience
To the dark half of my soul.
And, as for me, I've been so blinded by my power,
And the chance to reign supreme,
That in the years spent apart I forgot how we were
So much stronger as a team!
It's time for our souls to unite,
And to be healed in the Crystal's perfect light.
What was sundered and undone shall be made one,
What was broken will be set right...
/ G D C D / G ... /
How long? ('til our souls reunite...)
(in the Crystal's perfect light...) How long?