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I was visited by The Power and The Glory |
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I was visited by a majestic hymn |
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Great bolts of lightning lighting up the sky |
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Electricity flowing through my veins |
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I was captured by a larger moment |
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I was seized by divinity's hot breath |
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Gorged like a lion on experience |
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Powerful from life |
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I wanted all of it |
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Not just some of it |
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All of it |
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I saw a man turn into a bird |
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I saw a bird turn into a tiger |
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I saw a man hang from a cliff by the tips of his toes |
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In the jungles of the Amazon |
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I saw a man put a red hot needle through his eye |
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Turn into a crow and fly through the trees |
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Swallow hot coals and breathe out flames |
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And I wanted this to happen to me |
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I wanted all of it |
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All of it, all of it |
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Not just some of it |
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All of it |
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We saw the moon vanish into his pocket |
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We saw the stars disappear from sight |
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We saw him walk across water into the sun |
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While bathed in eternal light |
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We spewed out questions waiting for answers |
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Creating legends, religions and myths |
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Books, stories, movies and plays |
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All trying to explain this |
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I want all of it |
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All of it, all of it |
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Not just some of it |
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I saw a great man turn into a little child |
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The cancer reduced him to dust |
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His voice growing weak as he fought for his life |
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With a bravery few men know |
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I saw isotopes introduced into his lungs |
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Trying to stop the cancerous spread |
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And it made me think of Leda and The Swan |
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And gold being made from lead |
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The same power that burned Hiroshima |
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Causing three legged babies and death |
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Shrunk to the size of a nickel |
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To help him regain his breath |
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And I was struck by The Power and The Glory |
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I was visited by a majestic Him |
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Great bolts of lightning lighting up the sky |
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As the radiation flowed through him |
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I wanted all of it |
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Not just some of it |
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All of it |
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All of it, all of it, all of it |
