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She stood against the suffocating wind
And contemplated what it felt like to fall
She was aware of every bone and nerve
She realized a change was bound to come to her

She woke up to the voice inside her head
Calling so sweetly that she knew it was real
It said it's time to speak up to the world
A magic power that makes you able to heal

Stones they fell and lightning struck
And rock turned into crumbling dust
The world she knew and the clothes she wore
And the thoughts that coursed through her trembling mind
Vacated as she stood over the world that she knew
The clouds then opened and Biel's light slanted towards her.

Her gold mane glistened in the milky light
She was a painted doll and handsome steed
She raced Biel around the crimson night
She was the leader of a billion mouths to feed.

Hands outstretched and the camera lights
As the word spread wide and her mother said
"Don't say anything, don't tell anyone"
In hushed tones, her will she plead

So she hid away and kept very still

But how can she keep it a secret
When she has the power to heal?
She the one with the brand new answer
As she sees all the followers kneel
She wished it was all just a show
But she know what she knows
That they'll reap what they've sown
No longer a mere mortal
She belongs to BIEL

They clung to the old god while everything changed
They didn't watch earth as it rearranged
Your life is based on constant growth and birth
Why shouldn't your god reflect nature on earth?

There's no one by that name here anymore
You could say the holy database is not to date.
Now the new God is ready to be heard
We'll debut the new ONE after this word…

No one curses to the sky
Every swear word is gone away
No one prays to anyone, not Buddha, not Yahweh

She hears the earth excrete a mighty yell
Just one word BIEL BIEL
Not heaven and not hell
BIEL BIEL
Not a savior not a spell
BIEL!

Without a sound she took a mighty breath
and saw that all there was left for her was death
without a word she smiled and touched Biel
and then she found out what it felt like when she FELL.....

And the earth rests
And there is no war
No one speaks here anymore…
No one fights here anymore..
No one lives here anymore…
Nothing left to buy or sell
In the name of BIEL….

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from Rabbit in the Vestibule, released October 25, 2008

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Half Past Four is one of the best progressive rock bands to have emerged from Canada. Over nearly two decades, they have developed a unique sound, employing traditional prog-rock music laiden with folk, country, jazz, heavy metal and classical genres, among others. ... more

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