The Mirror Of The Soul

Intro:     Brother there’s a man at the gate he has something in his hand He says it fell down from the sky should I let him in? Maybe it’s an omen maybe it will take away our sin our sin..... ’Tis a diamond that he has the biggest one I’ve ever seen And when he holds it in his hand it’s shining like the sun He says it’s from another world he calls it the mirror of the soul We must place it on the altar high send the Devil to the fire Power over men we’ll have when they see it shine when they see it shine Brother fetch the Abbot now tell him of this wondrous thing Tell him that we’ll have control of all the riches it will bring When people come to see it for money we will purify their souls their souls With my knife I’ll kill this man I’ll send him to the Promised Land And when we take the diamond we will have the future in our hands in our hands When we place it on the altar high send the Devil to the fire Power over men we’ll have when they see it shine when they see it shine!                That’s how it started that whole new religion and people everywhere Had to give up all their possessions at the Abb St. Pierre But with their gold they could buy a redemption and the promise of eternal life And the centre of it all was a diamond divine It was up there on the altar high but for the monks it would not shine So with subterfuge they used the light of the sun fooling everyone It was late at night when a young boy was in there with his friends And they dared him up to the altar to touch the famous gem And when he did the whole place exploded with a great and wonderful light And the people came from everywhere to see When he took it from the altar high everyone could make it shine Except the Abbot and his men for them no light They could not make it shine.                             And in the end many heard the brothers making confession of the  Things they had done And the Abbot led that sad procession as they went through the  Gate past the place where it had begun  And all their dreams of glory all their schemes and stories Would come to nothing after all  Because a power greater from the world’s creator  Gave us love to light the mirror of the soul  Only love can light the mirror of the soul All through the world there are many others who always follow  Everything they are told By men with rules and regulations using old superstitions and  Tales to assume control  But all their dreams of glory all their schemes and stories Will come to nothing after all  Because a power greater from the world’s creator  Gave us love to light the mirror of the soul  Only love can light the mirror of the soul         They come to nothing after all  Because a power greater from the world’s creator  Gave us love to light the mirror of the soul  Only love can light the mirror of the soul.