Talisman

[Verse 1] Trinket worn with colors matching saddened eyes Has lost its magic touch People from a distant hill Have crossed an ever-stretching sea of sand Artificial flowers cannot die For life within them is illusion [Chorus] Talisman, talisman grace my hand Talisman grace my hand [Verse 2] Figures made of pedigrees Control the non-existent soul of John Smith Walk the creature let it run But slacken not the rope to which its bound Ships in bottles cannot sail And neither can a tombstone kill a feather [Chorus] [Verse 3] Kings are nothing more without the glory And the wealth behind their thinking Let me feel the choice of seeing Dawn or setting sun before I die Myriads of painted faces Rush behind the eye of the uncertain [Chorus] [Verse 4] Let me live only to do And let me do only to live My steel image comes with the sun And that's where it slumbers now [Chorus]