With Erebos Rejoicing
from Planting in a Drought by Tom Smith
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According to Greek mythology, the primodial god Chaos was the first being to ever exist. From Chaos there came Erebos, the god of darkness - appropriate inspiration as I reflected upon current events.
lyrics
With Erebos Rejoicing
by Tom Smith (ASCAP)
© 2020 Peabody Hill Publishing (ASCAP)
With Erebos rejoicing the triumph of the dark
He rose to shoot from ambush at the true of heart
Ignorance his arrows. Hatefulness his bow
To forge the spears of chaos with every hammer blow
To forge the spears of chaos with every hammer blow
(and a similar refrain after all verses)
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I too have felt his arrow deep within my chest
Pierced through my spirit, all hope drained from my breast
Tempted to surrender to his endless night
I summon all my courage and turn to face the fight
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I have heard the stories, the fables and the myths
That justify the evil in this world in which we live
They tell them loud and often until lies become their truth
But they’ll be undisguised when their lies come home to roost
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I put my faith in goodness. I put my faith in light
And in that faith empower the strength to make it right
I’ll not give in to hatred, to failure or despair
For there is nothing broken that love cannot repair
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To all who are disheartened, discouraged or confused
Mistreated or oppressed, abandoned or abused
The moral arc is long, and to justice it will bend
And let it be recorded, we bent it with our hands
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CODA:
The moral arc is long, and to justice it will bend
And let it be recorded, we bent it with our hands
by Tom Smith (ASCAP)
© 2020 Peabody Hill Publishing (ASCAP)
With Erebos rejoicing the triumph of the dark
He rose to shoot from ambush at the true of heart
Ignorance his arrows. Hatefulness his bow
To forge the spears of chaos with every hammer blow
To forge the spears of chaos with every hammer blow
(and a similar refrain after all verses)
-----
I too have felt his arrow deep within my chest
Pierced through my spirit, all hope drained from my breast
Tempted to surrender to his endless night
I summon all my courage and turn to face the fight
-----
I have heard the stories, the fables and the myths
That justify the evil in this world in which we live
They tell them loud and often until lies become their truth
But they’ll be undisguised when their lies come home to roost
-----
I put my faith in goodness. I put my faith in light
And in that faith empower the strength to make it right
I’ll not give in to hatred, to failure or despair
For there is nothing broken that love cannot repair
-----
To all who are disheartened, discouraged or confused
Mistreated or oppressed, abandoned or abused
The moral arc is long, and to justice it will bend
And let it be recorded, we bent it with our hands
----- ----- -----
CODA:
The moral arc is long, and to justice it will bend
And let it be recorded, we bent it with our hands
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from Planting in a Drought,
released March 27, 2020
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Tom Smith Boston, Massachusetts
“Folk music is still a living tradition that feeds on new songs that speak of people’s wants, needs, struggles and triumphs. Tom Smith is a man who writes songs that seem like they’ve always been there. There are very few songwriters working today that I would call folksingers, but I would call Tom Smith a true folksinger.” – Dave Palmeter, WUMB-FM Boston ... more
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