BENEATH A PHRYGIAN SKY

*The moonlight*

It was dancing On the waves,

out on the sea The stars of heaven hovered

In a shimmering galaxy
A voice from down the ages So haunting in its song

These ancient stones will tell us

Our love must make us strong
The breeze it wrapped around me

As I stood there on the shore And listened to this voice

Like I never heard before
Our battles they may find us No choice may ours to be

But hold the banner proudly The truth will set us free
My mind was called across the years Of rages and of strife

Of all the human misery And all the waste of life
We wondered where our God was In the face of so much pain

I looked up to the stars above To find you once again
We travelled the wide oceans Heard many call your name

With sword and gun and hatred It all seemed much the same
Some used your name for glory Some used it for their gain

Yet when liberty lay wanting No lives were lost in vain
Is it not our place to wonder As the sky does weep with tears

And all the living creatures Look on with mortal fear
It is ours to hold the banner Is ours to hold it long

It is ours to carry forward Our love must make us strong
And as the warm wind carried Its song into the night

I closed my eyes and tarried Until the morning light
As the last star it shimmered

And the new sun's day gave birth

It was in this magic moment

Came this prayer for mother earth

Reprise:
The moonlight it was dancing On the waves, out on the sea

The stars of heaven hovered In a shimmering galaxy
A voice from down the ages So haunting in its song

The ancient stones will tell us

Our love must make us strong!