Name: The Sun is Also a Warrior
Duration: P00H06M25S
Description: Besides being a mythical ballad and a hymn to Apollo, Mars or Mithra, this is another commentary on the hard realities of life. War is generally a thing to be avoided, but there are worse things – which is why wars are still fought.

The Sun is Also a Warrior

from Avalon is Risen by Leslie Fish

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Besides being a mythical ballad and a hymn to Apollo, Mars or Mithra, this is another commentary on the hard realities of life. War is generally a thing to be avoided, but there are worse things – which is why wars are still fought.

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Two men walked on a beach in the sun. One left footprints: the other left none.
One was a man that no man obeys, the other a god from the ancient days.

“Look,” said the man, “how my kind make war. I summoned you here to ask what for.”
“For wealth or land,” the god replies, “for life or freedom, or some king’s lies.”

The sun is also a warrior. Knowledge can also destroy,
Nor can the kindest will preserve you from the kill.
Not all of wisdom brings joy.

“Four of those five,” the first one said, “are not enough to appease the dead.
To save my world, all this strife must cease. So now I bid you to conjure peace.”

The god said, “Yes, though it grieves me sore, for I was also a god of war,
And I remember what you forget. Four of those five you may still regret.”

He raised his voice and he raised his hand. All strife stopped at the god’s command.
No voice ventured an angry word. No hand struck, and no weapon stirred.

In time the man called the old god back. “Look,” he cried, “what my people lack.
One lord rules over all the Earth, and we’re all his slaves from the hour of birth.”

“He owns all wealth, and he owns all land. We starve and die under his command.
He speaks the truth and he gives us peace, but all that I hope for is our release.”

The old god said: “This is what you willed. Only thus is your wish fulfilled.
War’s five sources I took away, yet I will give four of them back today.”

He raised his hand and his voice once more, and all the world overturned in war.
And when the last of those fires let fall, there was no lord in the world at all.

“Go rebuild now,” the old god said. “Feed the living, and bury the dead.
Remember this when you speak of war, and think upon what is worth fighting for.”

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from Avalon is Risen, released June 10, 2012
Kristoph Klover: backing vocals, electric bass, organ, recorders & snare drum
Beth Milne: French horn
Kevin White: backing vocals

Song © 1984 Leslie Fish

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Leslie Fish Phoenix, Arizona

If there's one name that's practically synonymous with filk (Science Fiction folk music), it's Leslie Fish. Leslie has written literally hundreds of songs covering almost every subject, from the space program ("Hope Eyrie"), to Star Trek ("Banned From Argo") to urban life, history, and space fantasy ("Carmen Miranda's Ghost"). ... more

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