The Ballad Of Copernicus - Fleurety

Cold light of the sun

No thoughts for the children

Declared null and void

Collision of celestial bodies

Value of money is all

Mars, Saturn and the Earth

Buried on celebration day

Tomb neglected and forgotten

Face routinely reconstructed

Attributed in retrospect

Vile smirk of the aristocrat

Debut of violent death

Observe, record, repeat

Bleak faces of the moon

Magister pistoriae

Observational activity

Instruments of scince

Mars, Mercury and Neptune

Revolving in perfect circles

Parallax not observed

Seemingly reverse in direction

Orbital radius

Retrograde motion

Heretical models

Elements of wrath

Debut of violent death

Observe, record, repeat

Round and round and round

And round and round and round

The black dome of night

Stargazer’s delight

Motions in longitude

Motions in latitude

Careful and expert study

Severe measures

Refuted and disputed

Hypothetical constructs

Cold light of the sun

Bleak faces of the moon

Debut of violent death

Observe, record, repeat

Round and round and round

And round and round and round

Round and round and round

And round and round and round