What happened to you? Haven’t heard your prayers
Since when did you stop listening to yourselves?
Come, come back I have tasted those same tears.
Do not ignore this voice that breaks and delves.
Been hiding for far too long behind distant successes,
Well, now you’re naked with a single crown that dresses.

Though you may still think the king of this Earth
I see nothing but corruption, shallowness and vice
You know this, even your women refuse to give birth!
And now you act surprised as if everything had a price.
You lost your heroic vitality so all you know and do is hoard
Riches won’t heal your soul, like your woman, she’s ever so bored.

How wouldn’t she? It couldn’t care less
about your pension, mansion or stocks,
Not even your plans to save the world seem to impress
“Nothing but you needs saving” she laughs and mocks.
Take a good look in the mirror and be serious
You shall not betray your dream that’s imperious.

For we are Faustian Men, infinity is our realm
We aim for the high heavens where neither men nor gods have been:
To imagine, to dare, to risk, to fly, to overwhelm!
Of these things our children dream of, not to do so would be a sin.
Therein lies your biggest crime oh Men of the West,
To revere nothing but sensible reason, to abandon your quest!

Understand who’s the biggest victim of your greatness.
Power has made you weak, money turned you superficial,
Obsessing with health has afflicted you with lameness,
Everything about your life(style) is fake, your existence artificial.
You’re old before you’re even born, as if I’d care about living forever!
Self-preservation shan’t be glorified and you ought not to be so clever.

Go! Go now to your destiny whatever it may be.
Tend to the soul, strengthen the body, and subdue the mind.
Today be the day we shall see how wrong were we.
No! Say no to paradise and the grind, no longer are you blind.
You see I do not promise you fame, wealth or healing
One thing alone I give to you and that is Meaning.

From this day on you will wake up with a certain kind of fire
that warms, that lights, that cleanses, that burns, that destroys.
This life-giving, all-consuming flame is all you require,
Even if the whole world were to come at you, you’d never lose poise.
For this fire is neither curse nor blessing but divine will
The source of your being, may it give you never-ending thrill.

So see you at the highest peak where the air is pure
Behold with pride all you’ve climbed but always look skyward
This is your Fate: to defy gravity, to battle, to endure.
Only here shall you feel fulfilled and be true to thy word.
Tame the vicious dragon, harness thunder and lightning, and conquer the sky
And when you’re done and won, do it all over again until the day you die.