Firth Of Fifth (Excerpt) - Genesis

The path is clear

Though no eyes can see

The course laid down

Long before

And so with gods and men

The sheep remain

Inside their pen

Though many times

They’ve seen the way to leave

He rides majestic

Past homes of men

Who care not

Or gaze with joy

To see reflected there

The trees, the sky

The lily fair

The scene of death

Is lying just below

The mountain cuts off

The town from view

Like a cancer growth

Is removed by skill

Let it be revealed

A waterfall

His madrigal

An inland sea

His symphony

Undinal songs

Urge the sailors on

'Till lured by the siren’s cry…

Now as the river

Dissolves in sea

So Neptune

Has claimed another soul

And so with gods and men

The sheep remain inside their pen

Until the shepherd

Leads his flock away

The sands of time

Were eroded by

The river

Of constant change