Colonel Forbin's Ascent
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| By: Trey Anastasio Times Played: 105 Vocals: Trey Anastasio | My Illinois license plate says FORBIN 3 and I know who owned FORBIN 2, and I met a relative of the guy who owned FORBIN 1 (He had it signed by Trey and claimed that he gave the other one to him). This song is very cool, I'm drunk, and the license plate stuff should go into a different tab on this wiki. So please someone edit this and put something about the song here. |
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- Lyrics
Colonel Forbin stared up at the mountain
and wiped away the beads of sweat that glistened on his brow
his tired feet were buried in the Quagmyre
and his bloodshot eyes saw all the lay between him and fulfillment of his vow
And he felt his fingers wrap around a knotted root
and pulled his body upwards to a seagreen mossy boulder
and he dragged weary shitass up the mountain
And he climbed so slowly.. he climbed so slowly
A-Heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
Suddenly he heard the crack of thunder
and the rocks began to crumble overhead
and tumbled down the mountain to the dismal swamp that lay beneath the jagged cliffs through which his path had led
and the earth began to quake beneath his feet
and the mighty mountain changed before his eyes
and he stood amidst a sea of dust and rocks and stones cascading down the mountain
and a thousand birds were headed for the sky
Ohhh...... the sacred creed will be yours....
and if you wait until tomorrow ... the sacred creed/greed
will be yours to devour, yours to seize, and to obey.....
When the dust had cleared the colonel lifted up his head
and was driven to his knees by a blazing beam of light
and he saw the silhouette that stood before him
and he bowed in reverence, trembling, in the shadow of the mighty legend's form.
Icculus, the prophet, stood before his eyes
looking down on Colonel Forbin as he shuddered in the puddles and the muck
and he quietly addressed him
and he spoke so slowly ... he spoke so slowly..
he said.........................
Colonel Forbin I know why you've come here
and I'll help you in your quest to gain the knowledge that you lack.
I call upon my faithful friend the Mockingbird, to fly and seize the Helping Book and bring it to your shack.
And a tree of knowledge in your soul will grow
and the Helping Friendly Book will plant a seed
But I warn you that all knowledge seeming innocent and pure becomes a deadly weapon in the hands of avarice and greed..
Oh... the sacred creed/greed will be yours...
And if you wait until tomorrow ........ the sacred creed/greed will be yours, to devour, yours to seize, and to obey..
obey......................
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