Artists
Peter Murphy – lead vocals, keyboards
Paul Statham – keyboards
Written by Peter Murphy & Paul Statham. Produced by Simon Rogers. The opening track (6:47) on Love Hysteria (Beggars Banquet, March 1988).
A long, brooding opener for Peter Murphy’s second solo album, recorded with his band The Hundred Men and with a mystical streak: Last.fm tags its lyrics with references to J.G. Bennett, Gurdjieff, and Jesus. Paul Statham, formerly of B-Movie, became Murphy’s key songwriting partner on this album and several that followed. Murphy later said that some listeners were confused by the album’s lyrics.
Peter Murphy – Socrates the Python Lyrics
Today …
Your problems are not
Of blind belief
That is or means
Belief ain’t enough, belief ain’t enough
The oracle of your age
Point towards the word
Psychological
You may freeze
You may fear
You may wince
And not hear
You can sick at the heart
When I say
“God is one”
Does God the word
Make you reel
And I mean, real
But it isn’t God the father son or holy one,
But the key to your age
Get it together, and listen
With all the books
On the shelf
All the wisdom
With all the books
On the shelf
All the wisdom
Socrates Pythagorus
Yin and bloody Yang
Hatha Yoga, Omm
Bennett, Gurdjieff, Jesus
Old Testament and New
Libraries full of keys
Libraries full of keys
Where’s your lock?
Socrates Pythagorus
Yin and bloody Yang
Hatha Yoga, Omm
Bennett, Gurdjieff, Jesus
Old Testament and New
Libraries full of keys
Libraries full of keys
Bennett, Gurdjieff, Jesus
Bennett, Gurdjieff, Jesus
Bennett, Gurdjieff, Jesus …
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