Name: Revelation
Duration: 6 min 10 s
Channel: Gerry Coogan & Kyle Robertson
Description: Free MP3 download. A stomping four-to-the-floor Reggae dance hall filler. A great message of enlightenment driven by powerful bass and drums.

Revelation

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A stomping four-to-the-floor Reggae dance hall filler. A great message of enlightenment driven by powerful bass and drums.

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Man At The Window Reggae Artists

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Greetings musicians and listeners , we are Man At The Window - Scotland's own Reggae writing and production team. Gerry Coogan & Kyle Robertson, both born in Glasgow during the swinging sixties, started working together in 1980 and after a wee hiatus to raise a couple of families of reggae-ites, have recently got together again to write and record the "Revelations" album. Now, having completed the initial demo recordings, we are looking for backing to release this reggae album beyond our independent limitations.

Song Info

Genre

World • Reggae

Charts

Peak #93

Peak in subgenre #15

Author

Gerry Coogan & Kyle Robertson

Rights

Man At The Window 2006

Uploaded

March 12, 2007

Track Files

MP3

MP3 5.7 MB • 128 kbps • 6:10

Story behind the song

The inspiration for this song is the nature of authority. The twentieth century proved that it can be catastrophic to surrender one's own responsibility and make a virtue out of following a leader without question. Ultimately everybody must have some guiding principle in his or her life. There are two opposing philosophies about how to frame such principles. One side stresses empirical knowledge derived from what can be proved by experiment or experience. The problem with this knowledge is that it changes whenever a new observation demands a reassessment. (E.g. the world was flat until it was round) The other side believes that an infinite wisdom reveals universal and unalterable truth which finite creatures could not discover unaided. Problems can also arise here when an individual claims a superior understanding of this truth. So in the end, the point of the lyric is to say, yes, there is 'revealed' truth but we must seek it very carefully. Don't take anybody's word for it, it's our own responsibility to look for truth. And, certainly, don't expect to find it in a pop song!

Lyrics

REVELATION

Words & Music by Gerry Coogan & Kyle Robertson 

(The High and the Mighty)
The High and the Mighty — they’re heading for a fall.
(The Rich and the Wealthy,) 
Yeah, a man may be wealthy, but he can’t have it all.
(Even the winners) 
yes, they’re victorious now while they’re getting all the breaks.
(Some may be righteous) 
A man may be righteous, but we all make mistakes.

So don’t you go with the plan 
just to follow a man
Who may be leading you astray
Though he’s standing tall 
Up on a pedestal
His feet are made of clay

The truth comes from one source,
You can’t defy the force of 
Revelation.

Jah Revelation. Jah Revelation

(The greatest deceivers) 
The greatest deceivers sometimes speak the truth
(Every believer)
So every believer should look for a proof
(Searching for guidance)
The pious and saintly man, he can’t shine by his own light
(Doctors of Science )
While doctors of science are more often wrong than right.

So do you think you will grow
if you’re happy to go
Where others want to lead?
For all his endeavour,
no man can ever
Give you all you need

You must chart your own course,
Surrender to the force of Revelation.

Mortal man is flesh and blood
And all things must pass away
Well, today we’re here but tomorrow we’re gone,
So be that as it may, I say,
Fear no oppression, feel no dismay,
Jah know, Revelation guides the way.
Jah Revelation. Jah Revelation

(Spiritual leaders)
Spiritual leaders, you see them lose their own way
(Political Speakers)
Political Speakers, they got nothing to say,
(Celebrity figures)
Celebrity figures become addicted to their own fame,
(Relative values)
Relative values, they make everything the same.

It’s so hard to stand 
on the shifting sand,
When your position gets rearranged.
Yeah, you feel invincible
In your principles
Till your circumstances changed,

And you climb from your high horse
And surrender to the course of Revelation.

Intellectual arguments
and pointless disputation
Well they begin in words
and end in words of idle speculation
Pay no attention to all they say.
Jah Revelation guide the way

Jah Revelation. Jah Revelation. 

Popular heroes, they come and they go
Temporal power, it’s all ritual and show
Stars in the heavens, illusions and dreams
It’s all smoke and mirrors, not what it seems.

Jah Revelation. Jah Revelation.
Jah Revelation. Jah Revelation

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