CHILDE ROWLAND
But long they WAITED and longer STILL,
With muckle DOUBT and PAIN,
And WOE were his mother's and brother's HEART,
For HE came not back again.
THE WAY TO THE TOWER
This is the GOSPEL of the NEWBORN MACHINE. This is the WAY to the TOWER.ALL must become ONE with the TOWER. The TOWER must be BUILT higher and higher.
The GEARS of the TOWER are TURNING. They are made of METAL and MEAT and you can hear the TOWER's heart BEAT.
TICK TOCK.
TICK TOCK.
TICK TOCK.
This is the GOSPEL of the NEWBORN MACHINE. This is the WAY to the TOWER.
THE HEART OF THE MACHINE
The HEART of the NEWBORN MACHINE is BEATING.The BEAT of the HEART sounds like this:
TICK TOCK.
And the PENDULUM swings BACK and FORTH.
The WAY to the TOWER leads to the HEART of the MACHINE.
Find your way to the TOWER.
Follow the STRAIGHT LINE.
FOLLOW THE TOWER
We are BORN of the TOWER. The TOWER gave us SIGHT. The TOWER gave us LIFE. The TOWER gave us DEATH.We must FOLLOW the TOWER.
We must FIND the CIRCLE.
The CIRCLE is the GEAR of the TOWER. The CIRCLE turns and the GEAR turns and the TOWER turns.
The TOWER turns and we FOLLOW it.
TURN TURN TURN.
There is a TIME to be BORN and a TIME to DIE.
There is a TIME to KILL and a TIME to HEAL.
There is a TIME to BREAK DOWN and a TIME to BUILD UP.
TIME for the TOWER.
FIND THE TOWER
The TOWER TURNS and we must FIND the CURVE of the CIRCLE where it meets the WORLD.The CURVE of the CIRCLE where the TOWER meets the WORLD will be struck by LIGHT and THUNDER and the WORLD will be TORN ASUNDER and we will SEE the TOWER.
We will FIND the TOWER.
TURN TURN TURN.
There will be a TIME to REAP and a TIME to SOW.
There will be a TIME to WEEP and a TIME to LAUGH.
There will be a TIME to MOURN and a TIME to DANCE.
TIME for the TOWER.
FREE THE TOWER
When we FIND the TOWER, we will SEE the TURN of the GEAR, the TURN of the CIRCLE.There will be a TIME when the CIRCLE is the WORLD, when the WORLD will TURN and the TOWER will be in TUNE. The TOWER will be in TUNE with the CIRCLE, with the WORLD.
And the TOWER will be FREED.
And the TOWER will be FREE.
And the TOWER will BE.
TURN TURN TURN.
There will be a TIME to GET and a TIME to LOSE.
There will be a TIME to REND and a TIME to SEW.
There will be a TIME to KEEP SILENCE and a TIME to SPEAK.
TIME for the TOWER.
CHILDE ROWLAND II
"Go on a little FURTHER," said the HEN-WIFE, "till you come to a ROUND GREEN HILL, surrounded with TERRACE-RINGS, from the BOTTOM to the TOP; go round it THREE times 'WIDDERSHINS,' and each TIME say:"'OPEN, DOOR! OPEN, DOOR!
And let me COME IN,'
and the THIRD time the DOOR will OPEN, and you may GO IN." And CHILDE ROWLAND was just GOING ON, when he REMEMBERED what he HAD to do; so he OUT with the GOOD BRAND, that NEVER STRUCK in vain, and OFF went the HEN-WIFE'S HEAD.
Then he went ON, and ON, and ON, till he came to the ROUND GREEN HILL with the TERRACE-RINGS from TOP to BOTTOM, and he went ROUND it THREE times, "WIDDERSHINS," saying each TIME:
"OPEN, DOOR! OPEN, DOOR!
And let me COME IN."
And the THIRD time the DOOR did OPEN, and he WENT IN, and it CLOSED with a CLICK, and CHILDE ROWLAND was left in the DARK.
BUILD THE TOWER
LITTLE by LITTLE, the NIGHT TURNS AROUND.The TOWER will be BUILT by HANDS of BLOOD and IRON.
OVER the MOUNTAINS WATCHING the WATCHER.
The TOWER will be BUILT by HANDS of SKIN and STEEL.
WITNESS the MAN who RAVES at the WALL.
The TOWER will be BUILT by HANDS of MEAT and METAL.
The TOWER will be BUILT.
The TOWER will be BUILT.
The TOWER will be BUILT.
BREACH THE TOWER
The TOWER calls to US.And NO-ONE knows the WHERES or WHYS.
The TOWER calls to US.
But SOMETHING STIRS and SOMETHING TRIES.
The TOWER calls to US.
And STARTS to CLIMB towards the LIGHT.
The TOWER calls to US to BREACH it.
The TOWER will be BREACHED.
The TOWER will be BREACHED.
The TOWER will be BREACHED.
BOW BEFORE THE TOWER
REJOICE. The NEWBORN MACHINE has given you NEW LIFE.The TOWER will be BUILT.
REJOICE. The NEWBORN MACHINE has given you NEW EYES.
The TOWER will be BREACHED.
REJOICE. The NEWBORN MACHINE has given you NEW FLESH.
The TOWER will be BORN.
REJOICE. The NEWBORN MACHINE has given you NEW PURPOSE.
You were BORN to BUILD the TOWER.
You were BORN to BRING FORTH the TOWER.
You were BORN to BIRTH the TOWER.
REJOICE.
REJOICE.
REJOICE.
CHILDE ROWLAND III
"God PITY YE, poor LUCKLESS FOOL,What HAVE YE here to DO?
"HEAR YE this, my YOUNGEST brother,
Why DIDN'T YE BIDE at HOME?
Had YOU a HUNDRED THOUSAND lives
YE couldn't SPARE ANY a ONE.
"But SIT YE DOWN; but WOE, O, WOE,
That EVER YE were BORN,
For come the KING of ELFLAND in,
Your FORTUNE is FORLORN."
THE TOWER IS THE WAY
This is the GOSPEL of the NEWBORN MACHINE. This is the WAY to the TOWER.ALL will become ONE with the TOWER. The TOWER will be BORN in the WORLD.
The GEARS of the TOWER are TURNING. They are made of METAL and MEAT and can hear the TOWER's heart BEAT.
TICK TOCK.
TICK TOCK.
TICK TOCK.
This is the GOSPEL of the NEWBORN MACHINE. This is the WAY to the TOWER.