(C) 2004, Justin Eiler
Notes:
Am C Dm Am
Pagan Kings and Sages, they sought it long ago.
F C E E7
To make its power serve their chosen plan.
Am C Dm Am
Fighting for the mastery--seeking earthly power--
F Am Em Am
They tried to hold the whole earth in their hands.
Dm C G
But then a simple slave-boy who was set to stir the brew
F C E E7
Tasted wisdom from three drops that splashed his hand.
Am C Dm Am
And when the Bards who served the King would do his master ill,
F Am Em Am
Taliesin was the wisest in the land.
Chorus:
F C
Take the truth as you find it,
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And take it as a gift from all the Gods.
F C G Em
But who are you to say that it's got to be your way?
F G C
Holy Grail or Lady's Cauldron--what's the odds?
Christian Knights and Troubadors, they looked for it, too.
To heal the Table's broken fellowship.
To save the land of Logres, make whole the Fisher King,
And heal the ills that hold Earth in their grip.
But then a nameless bastard, born of lies and lust,
Resisted all the Devil's wiles and strife.
He did not take it for himself, but took the Grail in trust,
Galahad redeemed the land, and his own life.
[Chorus]
Bridge:
And did you think to take it for yourself?
Did you think to keep it for your own?
This is the Sacred Cauldron, this is the Cup of Christ.
Remember--it does not serve you alone!
So seek it not for glory, seek it not for fame,
For never will it come to such a one.
It will cost you dearly--blood and tears and pain--
And you will not find it under moon or sun.
Seek the Grail with courage, the Cauldron without sin.
Seek it without fear and without doubt.
For this is the mystery--if you don't find it within,
Then you never will find what you seek without.
[Chorus]
Chorus 2:
Take the truth as you find it,
And take it as a gift from all the Gods.
But who are you to say that it's got to be your way?
Holy Grail or Lady's Cauldron--what's the odds?
"Harm None" or "Love Thy Neighbor"--what's the odds?