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John Roenigk, 1991 A modestly ambitious (at least, for this amateur musician and would-be recording studio engineer) 4-track home recording of some pieces quite on my mind at the time. The master tape had deteriorated somewhat over the years prior to its eventual transfer to digital media in the mid-2000s. Thanks to Glover Gill for getting it all off the tape and onto CD. And thanks to Chris Bailey for his splendid electric guitar work on the tracks Running From Images and TV Gospel. Running From Images Dirge In F# Minor Rebirth TV Gospel Space Scapes Looking East Through Western Eyes The Rhythm Of The Earth and Moon The Adventure Of The Hero The Healing Embrace TV Gospel there he is that man on TV discerning the wages of sin fishing the pockets for notes labelled C not much of a fisher of men on the pulpit he stands ten feet tall with the cameras at his feet he's got the whole world in his hands should you meet him on the street recognize him as the well dressed man but even if you're lost don't ask this man direction if you're not prepared to pay the cost TV Gospel TV Game beware the wolf in the cashmere cloak with his bill of right and wrong he no more knows of heaven or hell than the singer of the song he tries to censor can't buy a ticket to eternity man, we're already in the thick of it can't buy salvation from that man on TV he prays out loud for the whole world to see but he's an actor hedging a bet on his soul for the role of the God-damned Pharisee TV Gospel TV Game giving is receiving receiving is the same but that man on TV is only taking as taking is his game TV Gospel TV Gospel TV Gospel TV Game the whole world is watching and praying and paying the price avoiding the blame but Jesus makes no guest appearance all the same better come to know yourself before you try to know the Lord he's not selling his religion for any price you can't afford there's faith hope and love enough inside of you to knock down any wall there's a way a truth and a life to pick you up from the fall The Rhythm Of The Earth And Moon when the weather turns this way i get so scared some call it the rhythm of the earth and moon i know it's more than that when my heart is crying in the chill wind the tall trees will sway they sense the terror but they move with it they call it friend they know it's not the end i should have noticed by now storm clouds turning churning in my head i long for you to show me how to reach the calm of the eye if only for the moment when the weather turns this way i get so scared some call it the rhythm of the earth and moon oh no it's more than that when my soul is sighing i should have noticed by now storm clouds turning churning in my head i long for you to show me how to reach the calm of the eye if only for the moment i should have noticed by now storm clouds turning churning in my head i long to learn to know just how to reach the calm of the eye if only for the moment The Adventure Of The Hero you see yourself as someone searching for an answer mirrors on the shelf look to you for answers too oh don't turn a cold shoulder take the time to know it well on breaking through you feel the swell signpost pointing to the nether world below knowing where you have to go alone alone this is a journey all your own your gods and demons sure to show don the armor of your cause you persevere and give them pause heaven knows the way that you should go heaven wants the choice to be your own shapes and sizes seem to come at you from nowhere creatures howling the dirt and haunting the air at every turn distraction lures you must carry on the devil may care bring the boon and set your sail you carry the tune and tell your tale heaven knows the way that you should go heaven wants the choice to be your own |