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The song \u00a0\u201cOne for the Vine\u201d\u00a0by Genesis (written mainly by Tony Banks, I believe) has some fascinating lyrics<\/a>, which I will include below the video. The video is a rare live recording \u2013 here is a link to the original album version<\/a>\u00a0if you prefer that.<\/p>\n<\/iframe>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote>\u201cOne for the Vine\u201d<\/p>\nFifty thousand men were sent to do the will of one.<\/p>\nHis claim was phrased quite simply, though he never voiced it loud,<\/p>\nI am he, the chosen one.<\/p>\nIn his name they could slaughter, for his name they could die.<\/p>\nThough many there were believed in him, still more were sure he lied,<\/p>\nBut they\u2019ll fight the battle on.<\/p>\nThen one whose faith had died<\/p>\nFled back up the mountainside,<\/p>\nBut before the top was made,<\/p>\nA misplaced footfall made him stray<\/p>\nFrom the path prepared for him.<\/p>\nOff of the mountain,<\/p>\nOn to a wilderness of ice.<\/p>\nThis unexpected vision made them stand and shake with fear,<\/p>\nBut nothing was his fright compared with those who saw him appear.<\/p>\nTerror filled their minds with awe.<\/p>\nSimple were the folk who lived<\/p>\nUpon this frozen wave.<\/p>\nSo not surprising was their thought,<\/p>\nThis is he, God\u2019s chosen one,<\/p>\nWhos come to save us from<\/p>\nAll our oppressors.<\/p>\nWe shall be kings on this world.<\/p>\nFollow me!<\/p>\nIll play the game you want me,<\/p>\nUntil I find a way back home.<\/p>\nFollow me!<\/p>\nI give you strength inside you,<\/p>\nCourage to win your battles \u2013<\/p>\nNo, no, no, this can\u2019t go on,<\/p>\nThis will be all that I fled from.<\/p>\nLet me rest for a while.<\/p>\nHe walked into a valley,<\/p>\nAll alone.<\/p>\nThere he talked with water, and then with the vine.<\/p>\nThey leave me no choice.<\/p>\nI must lead them to glory or most likely to death.<\/p>\nThey travelled cross the plateau of ice, up to its edge.<\/p>\nThen they crossed a mountain range and saw the final plain.<\/p>\nStill he urged the people on.<\/p>\nThen, on a distant slope,<\/p>\nHe observed one without hope<\/p>\nFlee back up the mountainside.<\/p>\nHe thought he recognised him by his walk,<\/p>\nAnd by the way he fell,<\/p>\nAnd by the way he<\/p>\nStood up, and vanished into air.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\u00a0<\/p>\nFor more exploration of messianism in progressive rock, there\u2019s always <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kHFbzaf8FX8\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cMachine Messiah\u201d by Yes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The song \u00a0\u201cOne for the Vine\u201d\u00a0by Genesis (written mainly by Tony Banks, I believe) has some fascinating lyrics, which I will include below the video. 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