PEGASUS RISING Karl Rigelhof

I. Soliloquy to the Gods

As the night's opaque hand snatches the slumbering sun from its dying skies
The tribunes of the night blow the triumphant trumpets of the coming stars
With gleaming metallic eyes the priestess of the covenant released her sighs
Diffusing from the dirt, her plasmic blue-fleshed worshippers bow down to Mars

Slithering across the zenith, the sparkled laughing deity concocts a psalm
With voices raised against the silence, the screeching choirs of crickets sang
They sang with expectant voices flowing with tinges of awe
For the newly hatched conspirator

Erupting from the fires of hell
The rocket cracked its plastic shell
And shouted out in dying pain
That our tender ears in victory rang
TO DIE

II. Pegasus Rising

Beauty from ugliness, life from death
So unfolds the riddle of your birth
A genesis from blood which had once turned men to stone
Yes, it was from the very depths of obscurity that our winged steed did soar

Glistening in brilliance, you stand with head held high
Your wings of snow white plume braced to battle with the wind
A sparkle of expectation enhanced the beauty of your emerald eyes
Was it for you the gods had such a prosperous future in store

CHORUS:

Oh Pegasus
Immaculate stallion of flight
You could have stormed the world
In just one night

Oh Pegasus
Why could it not be
What would prevent
Your inevitable prosperity

Strength, Wisdom, and Determination were the essence of your being
No mortal man could ever harness your spirit to be free
You were engaged in such a treacherous flight, galloping across the very vaults of heaven
Drifting high above the clouds with silky mane dancing in the breeze

Your course was set for heights unknown
Mysterious destinations far away
Across the stormy zenith the persistent journey winged
As Time gasped at your Fortitude, but the gods they were not pleased (oh no)

CHORUS:

Oh Pegasus
Such stubbornness
Would it be the end
Of your unquenchable immortality

Oh Pegasus
One so restless
All your trials and tribulations
Could not erase the fate awaiting you

Incomprehensible, the aspirations you had locked up inside
But the nemesis of stagnation soon crept up on you from behind
The world will never know the wonders you could have achieved
No one will ever know the meaning of your quest
For fate had stolen all hope from your ambitious dreams
And all that remains is your undying memory

CHORUS:

Oh Pegasus
Immaculate stallion of flight
You could have stormed the world
In just one night

Oh Pegasus
Life short unlived
You who meant so much to me
Are no more

Oh Pegasus
Look to the sky
Look to the stars
And fly away

III. Requiem for a Mortal Man