Kamelot - Soul Society

Some stories are timeless, and are refreshed each generation as new art forms emerge to renew a story springing deep from the soul.  Goethe's Faust is one such story - the corruption that can result from the very best of intentions.

Kamelot's version of this story, renewed as latter day Rock Opera, inspired #1 Son to go to the library in search of Goethe.  Subversive actually, targeting a new generation with thoughts that all Right Thinking People® recognize as double-plus ungood.

Somehow, I like to think that Goethe looks down on all this, and smiles.




Soul Society (Songwriters: Kamelot)

If my soul could revive
from my carnal remains
what does it matter to me
If it all fades to black
If I’m born once again
then no-one really is free
How could I be condemned
for the things that I've done
If my intentions were good
I guess I'll never know
Some things under the sun
Can never be understood

How can we believe in heaven
Human reason counters all
Ideas of a soul society
my life is just a fragment
Of this universe and all
there must be more than I can see

In the dark we're the same
In the concept of time
We're like a grain in the sand
And we strive for the flame
As if death was our aim
'Cause we cannot understand

How I wish there was heaven
All for one and one for all
a flawless soul society
Our lives are just a fragment
Of the universe and all
there may be more than we can see

How could I be condemned
for the things that I've done
If my intentions were good
I guess I'll never know
Some things under the sun
Can never be understood

How can we believe in heaven
All for one and one for all
Ideas of a soul society
my life is just a fragment
Of this universe and all
there may be more than we can see