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"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 sins
Our sins"
"'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 Abbaye Saint-Pierre
But with their gold they could buy a redemption
And the promise of eternal life
And the center 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 to 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