Dead Can Dance - The Cardinal Sin Lyrics
Sail to the stars
On your shining desires
"Reasons? There are none"
Cried the whisky laden brain
It amounts to just the same"
There in your starry eyes
Lie hopes that have been betrayed
The cause of your desire
Can also lead to your demise
When all is said and done
It will be you who pays the price
Are often loathe to testify
"It's an illusion of life
The whole cause of our demise"
Sail to the stars
On your shining desires
Lucretia waits in vain
For the child of her dreams
Within her aching womb
There burns a funeral pyre
There in your starry eyes
Lie hopes that have been betrayed
The prize that you claim
Can never be yours to take
Like castles in Spain
Hope is all that will remain
Abstain from the fools paradise
It's an illusion of life
The whole cause of our desire
(As countless) fools
Are often loathe to testify
"It's an illusion of life
The whole cause of our demise"
Contemplate the world
And its traitors to the soul
The forces of derision
And its legions manifold
Usurpers of the crown
All pretenders to the throne
Your world is linked in chains
"All in one, one in all"
All in one, one in all
All in one, one in all
All in one, one in all
All in one, one in all
All in one, one in all
All in one, one in all
All in one, one in all
All in one, one in all
(As countless) fools
Are often loathe to testify
"It's an illusion of life
The whole cause of our demise"
It's an illusion of life
It's an illusion of life
It's an illusion of life
It's an illusion of life
Other Lyrics by Artist
- Dead Can Dance - Spirit
- Dead Can Dance - The Wind That Shakes The Barley
- Dead Can Dance - Desert Song
- Dead Can Dance - Persian Love Song
- Dead Can Dance - Rakim
- Dead Can Dance - How Fortunate The Man With None
- Dead Can Dance - Emmeleia
- Dead Can Dance - Tell Me About The Forest (You Once Called Home)
- Dead Can Dance - The Carnival Is Over
- Dead Can Dance - The Wind That Shakes The Barley
- Dead Can Dance - The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove
- Dead Can Dance - I Am Stretched On Your Grave
- Dead Can Dance - I Can See Now
- Dead Can Dance - Eleusis
- Dead Can Dance - All In Good Time
- Dead Can Dance - Opium
- Dead Can Dance - Amnesia
- Dead Can Dance - Children Of The Sun
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Dead Can Dance The Cardinal Sin Comments
Life is the illusion.
Sail to the stars on your shining desires.
"Reasons? there are none" cried the whisky laden brain.
"When all is said and done it amounts to just the same".
There in your starry eyes lie hopes that have been betrayed.
The cause of your desire can also lead to your demise.
When all is said and done it will be you who pays the price
As countless fools are often loathe to testify
"It's an illusion of life, the whole cause of our demise".
Sail to the stars on your shining desires.
Lucretia waits in vain for the child of her dreams.
Within her aching womb there burns a funeral pyre.
There in your starry eyes lie hopes that have been betrayed.
The prize that you claim can never be yours to take
Like castles in Spain, hope is all that will remain.
Abstain from the fools paradise, it's an illusion of life, the whole cause of our demise.
Fools are often loathe to testify "it's an illusion of life, the whole cause of our demise".
Contemplate the world and it's traitors to the soul.
The forces of derision and their legions manifold.
Usurpers of the crown, all pretenders to the throne,
Your world is linked in chains "All in one, One in all".
A Course In Miracles
My buddy Greg exposed me to this obscure song several years ago. An ominous, moody tune that sticks in your head and not the least bit cookie-cutter. This is the kind of stuff we need more in the mainstream today.
Plus he actually sounds like a man.
Just magnificent.