Unthunk - The Ballad of Reverend Terrapin Lyrics

My classmates pranked and fought at school
I cringed, alone, misunderstood
They formed their fast friendships until
Tumbling out into adulthood

In working world, more of the same
My hopes worn down with dull routine
Subject to boss who earned disdain
Himself subject to same regime

Then out from shuddering subway
Emerged Rasputin eyes
He clasped my hand, and lifted me
Through panoramic skies

The scene replays: telephoto
Then slow-approaching swoop
The flick of grainy celluloid
A reel in endless loop
The amber cast is seeping back
The span of years collapse

Though touched, he breathed sincerity
Amassed a lost and lonely group
He had the gift of prophesy
Inspired a nihilistic hope

He called on me to purify
His vision ceremonial
At last I could unfurl and fly
Applying skills conceptual

My former boss, now neophyte
My canticle intoned
Abased himself in new-made rite
Surrendered all he owned

The scene replays: telephoto
Then slow-approaching swoop
The flick of grainy celluloid
A reel in endless loop
The amber cast is seeping back
The span of years collapse

Brother Dvi was mesmerized
With our success, and yet recoiled
With each ambition realized
Approached e'er closer to the void

He clenched his brow, dug deeper still
As though to bore through physical
Survive unscathed, by force of will
Decreed our final ritual

Alone immune to Brother's charm
I slipped the poison fate
To face the group, in torment squirm
Wise to the hoax too late

The scene replays: telephoto,
Then slow-approaching swoop
The flick of grainy celluloid
A reel in endless loop
The amber cast is seeping back
The span of years collapse

Brother Dvi, so brief your spark
That lit my rise to influence
I played my part, then you went dark
Left me to bear the consequence