Cracked

[bnewman]

A song about the lore of The Dark Crystal that reaches out to reference the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, which is commemorated on Tisha B'Av. In Jewish mythology, the loss of the Temple represents the same kind of primordial cosmic catastrophe as the cracking of the Crystal — our holy place is cracked, the world is cracked, and so are we.

 

lyrics and music by Benjamin Newman

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/ Am F Am G / / Am F G Am / - G FG Am /

 

Another world, another time

A sacred place, a grace sublime

But it is no more -- we cannot go back

To the world before the Crystal cracked

 

Once we heard the call of the sacred height

In our hallowed halls, we turned towards the light

But the dark we dread lives in every soul

With the Crystal cracked, how can we be whole?

 

What befell that day was no twist of fate

It's the price we paid for our heedless hate

We denied our pain, we dispised our flaws

And were cleft in twain by our own cruel claws

 

We may yet return, if we still are wise

To the path discerned by these ancient eyes

But the strength must come from the hand of youth

To redeem the shards of the light of truth

 

If we look again, without pride or fear

On the shining face of the Crystal mirror

We may see new days like the days of old

But the tale's true end has not yet been told