"ALL IS VANITY" (from the MAELSTROM BEACH album)

Light is dark and dark is light,
right is wrong and wrong is right.
When did truth become a lie?
Can't you hear the angels cry?
God has a tear in his eye...

In the home of the brave
In the land of the free
it's the dawning of the age of insanity.
From the spacious skies,
from sea to shining sea
kingdoms rise to fall
and all is vanity... all is vanity ... all is vanity.

A bad moon's rising in the East,
people gather 'round the one eyed beast.
Flying demons full of rage
force history to turn a page...
force history to turn a page...

In the home of the brave
In the land of the free
it's the dawning of the age of insanity.
From the spacious skies,
purple mountain's majesty
kingdoms rise to fall
and all is vanity... all is vanity ... all is vanity.

Stars may tumble from the sky,
it's appointed once for man to die.
Somewhere lies an empty tomb.
The second coming's coming soon....
The Prince Of Peace is coming soon
all is vanity....

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