God Is Alive, Magic Is Afoot

God is alive, magic is afoot

God is alive, magic is afoot

God is afoot, magic is alive

Alive is afoot, magic never died

God never sickened

Many poor men lied, many sick men lied

Magic never weakened, magic never hid

Magic always ruled, God is afoot

God never died

God was ruler

Though his funeral lengthened

Though his mourners thickened

Magic never fled

Though his shrouds were hoisted, the naked God did live

Though his words were twisted, the naked magic thrived

Though his death was published 'round and 'round the world

The heart did not believe

Many hurt men wondered, many struck men bled

Magic never faltered, magic always led

Many stones were rolled but God would not lie down

Many wild men lied, many fat men listened

Though they offered stones, magic still was fed

Though they locked their coffers, God was always served

Magic is afoot, God rules

Alive is afoot, alive is in command

Many weak men hungered

Many strong men thrived

Though they boasted solitude, God was at their side

Nor the dreamer in his cell

Nor the captain on the hill

Magic is alive

Though his death was pardoned

'Round and 'round the world

The heart did not believe

Though laws were carved in marble

They could not shelter men

Though altars built in parliaments, they could not order men

Police arrested magic, and magic went with them

For magic loves the hungry

But magic would not tarry, it moves from arm to arm

It would not stay with them, magic is afoot

It cannot come to harm, it rests in an empty palm

It spawns in an empty mind, but magic is no instrument

Magic is the end

Many men drove magic, and magic stayed behind

Many strong men lied

They only passed through magic and out the other side

Many weak men lied, they came to God in secret

And though they left him nourished

They would not tell who healed

Though mountains danced before them

They said that God was dead

Though his shrouds were hoisted, the naked God did live

This I mean to whisper to my mind

This I mean to laugh with in my mind

This I mean my mind to serve 'til service is but magic

Moving through the world

And mind itself is magic coursing through the flesh

And flesh itself is magic dancing on a clock

And time itself, the magic length of God