The Man, The Wood & The Stone

There once lived a man, long ago

In a land of days dark and cold

Blessed with gifted hands, some wood and stone

Birthed a glowing flame that none had known

The people gathered around

From every land and town

They’d never seen such a wonder,

Such warmth and such light

Dancing and blazing throughout the cold nights

He showed them how they too could make such a fire with their own two hands

With their own two hands

Well, the priests and the preachers, they heard of this man

How his teachings of fire quickly spread through the land

They feared such a power ought not rest in the hands of plain men

So they conspired to end him in secret you see,

But the people wanted answers, so quite cleverly they built a shrine and throne,

For the man, the wood and the stone

People worshiped on

But oh the flame was gone

And they were taught “man is evil, he must do as the law requires,

And he must never, but never play with fire