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Prayer for a Dying World

from The Rock Mass by Karlovy Vary Symphony Orchestra

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It may appear to be the height of a naive philosophical geocentricity to propose that human evil has cosmological consequences, or that this little blue planet is somehow at the heart of this universe of one hundred and fifty billion galaxies. But is this so naive? Our telescopes, those headlights sweeping the horizons of infinity, detect remarkable beauty but no signs of life. But even if there is intelligent life out there, would that in any way change the moral dilemma we face? That cancer multiples and children die? That war is in our hearts?
To reverse the question: if God did create this universe and chose to make beings in his image, the moral centre—their home—would have to be somewhere. Why not here?
It is said that a myth never tells us how things were; instead it reveals how things will always be. I have doubts about the existence of Cinderella, but it seems entirely reasonable that handsome princes fall in love with beautiful princesses. Likewise I have my doubts about Adam and Eve and the talking snake, but is it not true that evil whispers in our ears, that we live our lives east of Eden as orphans alienated from our true Father?
The moral ‘big bang’, whether conceived as a primeval explosion or an ongoing erosion, clearly has repercussions. If this jewel-like planet is God’s gift of a home, is it any wonder that she also reels from the shock-waves of evil?
And so we pray for our dying world.

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Evil
Killing the child within me
Begging you Lord for mercy
On my life!

Dying
Down on my knees I’m crying
River of blood is flowing
Save my life!

Cancer grows, death multiplying
And an angry sea is rising
Gaia moans, her fever burning
Can no one hear her cries of sorrow?

Poison
Chemical inflammation
Deadly contamination
Choking life!

Bitter tears, no consolation
For a world that weeps in shadow
I cry out in desperation
As pulse grows weak and breath more shallow
Can the time be now upon us
When we eat the fruit of Eden?
Gaia moans, her fever burning
Can no one hear her cries of sorrow?

Cry in vain for God can’t hear you
Cry in pain for death is in you
Earth is cursed by blood of Abel
Time to eat the fruit of evil

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from The Rock Mass, released February 4, 2014

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I grew up with a slightly schizophrenic interest in both English and American folk-blues and traditional English hymns. I've always been passionate about the acoustic guitar, but in recent recent years my tastes have expanded somewhat. The Rock Mass is evidence of this. Hope you enjoy the music! ... more

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