Chris de Burgh – The Mirror Of The Soul (Guitar)

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Brother, there's a man at the gate, he has something in his hand,

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He says it fell down from the sky, should I let him in?

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Maybe it's an omen, maybe it will take away our sin, our sin.....

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'Tis a diamond that he has, the biggest one I've ever seen,

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And when he holds it in his hand, it's shining like the sun,

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He says it's from another world, he calls it the mirror of the soul,

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We must place it on the altar high, send the Devil to the fire,

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Power over men we'll have when they see it shine, when they see it shine,

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Brother, fetch the Abbot now, tell him of this wondrous thing,

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Tell him that we'll have control of all the riches it will bring,

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When people come to see it, for money we will purify their souls, their souls,

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With my knife I'll kill this man, I'll send him to the Promised Land,

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And when we take the diamond, we will have the future in our hands, in our hands,

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When we place it on the altar high, send the Devil to the fire,

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Power over men we'll have when they see it shine, when they see it shine!

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That's how it started, that whole new religion, and people everywhere,

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Had to give up all their possessions at the Abb St. Pierre,

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But with their gold they could buy a redemption, and the promise of eternal life,

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And the centre of it all was a diamond divine,

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It was up there on the altar high but for the monks it would not shine,

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So with subterfuge they used the light of the sun, fooling everyone,

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It was late at night when a young boy was in there with his friends,

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And they dared him up to the altar, to touch the famous gem,

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And when he did, the whole place exploded with a great and wonderful light,

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And the people came from everywhere to see,

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When he took it from the altar high, everyone could make it shine,

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Except the Abbot and his men, for them, no light,

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They could not make it shine.

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 And in the end, many heard the brothers, making confession of the,

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 Things they had done,

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 And the Abbot led that sad procession, as they went through the,

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 Gate past the place where it had begun

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 And all their dreams of glory, all their schemes and stories,

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 Would come to nothing after all,

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 Because a power greater from the world's creator,

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 Gave us love to light the mirror of the soul,

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 Only love can light the mirror of the soul,

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 All through the world, there are many others, who always follow

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 Everything they are told,

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 By men with rules and regulations, using old superstitions and

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 Tales to assume control,

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 But all their dreams of glory, all their schemes and stories,

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 Will come to nothing after all,

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 Because a power greater from the world's creator,

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 Gave us love to light the mirror of the soul,

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 Only love can light the mirror of the soul,

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 They come to nothing after all,

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 Because a power greater from the world's creator,

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 Gave us love to light the mirror of the soul,

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 Only love can light the mirror of the soul.