LABYRINTH

Verse 1
Born in an earthquake
I learnt fate was nothing but a cross between my search and my birthplace
Blood from Meltemi winds that speak to me
Where the mountains meet the sea
On an Island of dreams
I mean
East of where Minoans first made mosaics
West of where Jesus once spoke Aramaic
North of where Hypatia taught algebraic
South of where Athenian theories were formulated

I
Couldn’t believe my eyes when I found the Labyrinth
In the ground
Wet from clear water coming down the mountain
I’d never seen a labyrinth
How was I to establish
It was grounded in a battle
Like it was a map of Nazareth town?

The Labyrinth grew from earth
From patterns in the dirt
Heard a battalion converge
I heard the call of birds

We’re all born into a labyrinth at birth
We’re all born into a labyrinth at birth
On a search

Chorus
Come follow me
I will guide you in to the middle
Every step you take
Every mistake you make
I will guide you in to the middle

Verse 2
Escaping execution
I ride to retribution
Two moons in the sky
A diamond in my eye
An eagle by my side
A letter from a beggar telling me to turn six lefts
And twenty-seven rights

Assembling the evidence
On a quest to find the centre of this
Elaborate
Labyrinth

I’ve been banished to the desert
and resurrected a Bedouin
He’s telling me the essence of why I’m eloquent
And how I’m heaven sent

And then he let me know:
“Be as powerful as the owl that glows
and as wise so that you never choke”

Before he left
He gave me many letters and notes
And taught me how to read the sand dunes
Like a Rosetta Stone

And that was hieroglyphics
So he reminded that writers were invited
To fight at the Olympics
With their lyrics

He said: “The earth is made up of words;
It’s a labyrinth of knowledge
We all enter at birth
On a search”

Chorus

Verse 3
I walked forthright
I paused
Caught sight
Of four knighted horsemen
Drawing swords in the torchlight

All four corners of the labyrinth were in plain sight
So I remained calm
Took the reins
And got my aim right

I shot straight past
They made way and chased hard
I prayed to the grace of God to lay the path

Cobble-stones
Had gotten so
Grotty, still no-
Body knows
Where the Autumn snow shows
Where our footprints go

They started shooting guns
I knew that they had won
A bullet through my lung
Just like a setting sun
And like a setting sun
My demise is my rising
When seen from the other side
Of the horizon

So as I ate the dirt
It reminded me of church
I took Communion from the crust of the earth

We exit a labyrinth at death
It’s the same one we enter
At birth
On a search