4th century BC
Plato
- Idealism — forms over particulars
- The Republic ethic: “God is not the author of evil”
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Two men stood at the rendering and the glass came down,
Same Father, same throne, same sound.
One man wore the Lamb and the wearing held,
The other wore the costume of the names he spelled.
The covered man saw the gaze and called it home,
The uncovered saw the same gaze and called it foam.
Same light. Same presence. Same hour.
Different covering. Different firmware. Different power.
[Pre-chorus]
The framework names what the prophets always said,
One reality rendered, two outcomes spread.
The Father did not change His face for either one,
The face changed nothing - the covering had been done.
[Chorus]
ONE HIGHWAY - TWO COVERINGS!
One God - and only one He brings!
ONE HIGHWAY - TWO ROBES!
One worn from the Lamb and one woven from the lobes!
The gaze is the same and the gaze never moves!
The covering is the only thing the soul behooves!
ONE HIGHWAY - TWO COVERINGS!
And only one cover - lets the soul sing!
[Verse 2]
The pastor and the addict at the same throne stood,
Same sun on their faces, same wind, same wood.
The pastor in his pulpit-robe of forty years
Felt the robe burn off in the rendering tears.
The addict in his vomit had the Lamb's blood on
His paper-thin and dying frame at the rising dawn.
Same Father, same gaze, same fire.
The covering of the addict was the higher.
[Pre-chorus]
The framework names what the prophets always said,
One reality rendered, two outcomes spread.
The Father did not change His face for either one,
The face changed nothing - the covering had been done.
[Chorus]
ONE HIGHWAY - TWO COVERINGS!
One God - and only one He brings!
ONE HIGHWAY - TWO ROBES!
One worn from the Lamb and one woven from the lobes!
The gaze is the same and the gaze never moves!
The covering is the only thing the soul behooves!
ONE HIGHWAY - TWO COVERINGS!
And only one cover - lets the soul sing!
[Final Chorus]
ONE HIGHWAY - TWO COVERINGS!
One God - and only one He brings!
ONE HIGHWAY - TWO ROBES!
One worn from the Lamb and one woven from the lobes!
ONE HIGHWAY - ONE LIGHT!
The same gaze - glory or night!
ONE HIGHWAY - ONE FATHER!
The covering decides what the rendering will gather!
ONE HIGHWAY - TWO COVERINGS!
And only one cover - lets the soul sing!
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