Galileo - Iron Mask

Galileo Galilei was his name

He was born in the renaissance

A stargazer soul with an open mind

A lifetime staring at the skies

Watching Jupiter and its moons

The heavens have no secrets for him

He revealed the Earth was not the center

In God’s cosmic design

Galileo, forgotten genius locked in a cell

Galileo, prisoner of Rome, he lived in hell

Galileo, they tried so hard to tame his mind

Galileo, one day the world will see he’s right

In Pisa, on the tower

He proved his science and theories

The law of the pendulum made his fame

Then he built his own mighty telescope

And told us the truth about the solar system

But he died as a heretic

Blind and sick, the books he wrote stupidly banned

Galileo, forgotten genius locked in a cell

Galileo, prisoner of Rome, he lived in hell

Galileo, they tried so hard to tame his mind

Galileo, one day the world will see he’s right