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Journey to the Centre of the Earth [Excerpt]
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Rick Wakeman
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By horse, by rail, by land, by sea, our journey starts
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Two men incensed by one man's journey from the past
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In Iceland, where the mountain stood with pride
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They set off with their guide
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To reach the mountain side
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Roped as one for safety through the long descent
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Into the crater of volcanic rock they went
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Look up from our telescopic laair,
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One star for us to share,
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We continue on our prayer.
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Crystals of opaque quartz, studded limpid tears,
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Forming magic chandeliers, lighting blistered galleries.
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Memories of a life on earth go flashing past,
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Of home, of Grauben, friends of whom he's seen his last
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Contemplating what his life's been worth,
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While trapped beneath the earth,
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An embryo at birth
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Pain and fear destroy the beauty I have seen,
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Of caverns, where no other man has been
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Silurian epoch hosts me as my grave,
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My final blow I wave,
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A life too late to save
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Crystals of opaque quartz, studded limpid tears,
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Forming magic chandeliers, lighting blistered galleries.
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Five days out on an infinite sea, they prayed for calm on an ocean free,
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But the surface of the water ws indicating some disturbance.
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The raft was hurled by an unseen source, two hundred feet, with
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frightening force
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And a dark mass rising showed to be a giant porpoise
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Rising out of the angry sea, towered the creatures' enemy,
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And so the two sea monsters closed for battle
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Crocodile teeth, lizard's head, bloodshot eye, stained ocean red
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Moving close to their raft's side, the two men prayed as one and cried
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"Save me, save me, save me, save me"
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The serpents' fight went on for hours, two monsters soaring up like towers
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And driving downn to the depths in a single motion
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Suddenly, the serpent's head, shot out of the water bathed in red
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And the serpentine form lay lifeless on the ocean
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Crocodile teeth, lizard's head, bloodshot eye stained ocean read
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Battle won, a victor's pride, the three men thanked the Lord and cried
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"Praise God, praise God, praise God, praise God."
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Journey on through ages gone, to the centre of the earth
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Past rocks of quartz and granite, which gave mother nature birth
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Burial ground of ancient man, his life no more is seen,
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A journey through his time unknown, I wonder where he's been
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Wonder where he's been, wonder where he's been, wonder where he's been
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The shore now gone behind the hills, a forest in our sight,
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Rocks and distant mountains, bathed in waves of blinding light
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Forests from far gone time, no living man has seen,
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A private prehistoric world, for you and I a dream
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Brownish hue dicates my eye, no colour hides their fear,
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Flowers faded, dull and cold, now bleached by atmosphere
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Creatures twisting under trees, huge monsters soaked with rage
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Hidden deep below our earth, a frightening, bygone age
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Their shepherd came, now long extinct, a huge primeval man
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The three men filled with disbelief, just turned as one and ran.
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