{"id":2025,"date":"2009-10-09T12:59:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-09T12:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2009\/10\/light-of-the-world\/"},"modified":"2009-10-09T12:59:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-09T12:59:00","slug":"light-of-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2009\/10\/light-of-the-world.html","title":{"rendered":"Light Of The World"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

My posting of a song by the Alan Parsons Project got a positive response, and so I thought I\u2019d share another song of theirs that I particularly like, from the same album (Stereotomy<\/a>). The song is called \u201cLight of the World\u201d. I\u2019ll provide lyrics<\/a> after the clip<\/a> below.<\/p>\n<\/iframe>\n\u201cLight of the World\u201d by The Alan Parson\u2019s Project<\/p>\nI am just a stranger, in a promised land I am only learning a game with the rules I don\u2019t understand Going round in circles, I\u2019ve been round before I can walk no more I can walk no more<\/p>\nI am just a drifter, in an open sea But no matter how much I try, the tide will not turn for me Going round in circles, till I reach the shore I am blown by so many winds I can take no more I can take no more<\/p>\n<blockquote>Light of the world, I stand alone Cause I could not see the light of the world Show me the fire, in a true believer\u2019s eye<\/p><\/blockquote>\nI am just a dreamer, when I close my eyes I can fly so close to the sun, that I can not see it rise Going round in circles, in a silent sky I am lost for so many worlds I can not say why I can not say why<\/p>\n<blockquote>Light of the world, I stand alone Cause I could not see the light of the world Show me the fire, in a true believer\u2019s eye<\/p><\/blockquote>\nJust a traveller, on an endless flight But no matter which way I turn, I journey into the night Going round in circles, till the mountains fall To believe in so many truths Makes no sense at all Makes no sense at all<\/p>\n<blockquote>Light of the world, I stand alone Cause I could not see the light of the world I was afraid, cause I could not see the light of the world Show me the fire, in a true believer\u2019s eye<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-8467692781711152991?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"My posting of a song by the Alan Parsons Project got a positive response, and so I thought I\u2019d share another song of theirs that I particularly like, from the same album (Stereotomy). 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