THE HOUND OF HEAVEN || Lyric Video - Christian Symphonic Power Metal

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From Reflection of Glory's album ESCAPE THE DREAM. Based on the poem by Francis Thompson.

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Lyrics:
The Hound speaks in quotations.
Chapter I - Pursuit

Chapter II - Flight into the Carnal
I run - to fly before this phantom o'er my soul
He comes - in every thought and dream that I behold
I hide - between the seams of other people's lives
I drown myself in finer things, to escape His eyes

My fear - fear knew not how to hide
as love - His love knew its pursuit

"All these things betray thee, Thou who betrayest Me."

Veiled - in luxury to clothe the void inside
Afraid - that having Him excludes all else beside
I flee - from dawn to dusk and back to break of day
Drowning - my heart in any lust to come my way

My fear - fear knew not how to hide
as love - His love knew its pursuit

The Hound of Heaven on my trail
His steady pace, unhurried chase; unchanging, never slowing
The Hound of Heaven will not fail
"Nothing shall now shelter thee, Thou who will not shelter Me."

Chapter III - Flight into the Noble

So I turn, hiding not in my lust, nature's secrets I trust
to bring me contentment I crave
As I learn, from every great poet's mind, philosophies to unwind
life's great mysteries, my self to save
Still I seek, in the noblest of arts, from the purest of hearts
some romancer, to quiet my soul
All is bleak, empty tears from my eyes, wash away the disguise
of false answers, that can't make me whole

The Hound of Heaven on my trail
His steady pace, unhurried chase; unchanging, never slowing
The Hound of Heaven will not fail
"No- thing will ever satisfy thee, Thou who is not satisfied in Me."

Chapter IV - Confrontation

My soul laid bare, my heart naked and uncovered
my armor ripped asunder by Your hand
Stricken down to my knees, I am utterly defenseless
nothing I can do to change Your master plan
Now the strength of my youth, impaled on vain pursuits
a corpse upon the heap of earthly lies

My days - have burned and blown like smoke before the storm
Dreams fade - and song has left this bard forevermore
Your bloom - of amarthine love won't stand aside
brings doom - burns all to ash, demolishing my pride

The throne of my heart, in judgment ground to dust
must dimly guess the purpose of Your time
War horns split the air, sounding forth from heaven's fortress
shrouded in the mist of the Divine
Then I glimpse eternity, and hear holy decree
as mist veils that great bastion once again

Now before the King, enthroned in majesty
now I know His name, and what the horn calls mean:
that my heart or my life is forfeit to His throne
that one must die: my self or my sin alone

The Hound of Heaven at my heels
His steady pace, unhurried chase, steadily pursuing
The Hound of Heaven will not yield
"All these things will run from thee, Thou who tries to fly from Me."

Chapter V - Rebuke

At the end of the pursuit, finally caught up by that brute
His voice comes crashing down like thund'ring seas:
"Why should love set you apart? There's no good in your blackened heart
"I AM the only One to bring forth life!
"Human loves needs human merit, yours is stained a filthy scarlet,
"You've no clue of how unworthy that you are!

"Who can you find, who will love you as I? Coming down from on high
to pursue you, your dead heart to raise
"All your life, all the idols you chased, as I took them away
to protect you, by omniscient grace
"Like a child, you cannot comprehend, my eternal plan
to redeem you, now come follow Me!

Foolish man that I am - is the shadow I've been fleeing
just the shade of His benevolence?

"You fondest - blindest - weakest,
I AM the joy - that thou - seekest!
You wasted life in senseless flight,
foolish man who tries to hide from ME."

Chapter VI - Death and Resurrection

Chapter VII - Restoration

The Hound of Heaven snared my soul
His steady pace, unhurried chase, is always overcoming
The Hound of Heaven made me whole
He took apart my wayward heart, just to resurrect me

The Hound of Heaven on the throne
his steady pace and matchless grace, is always overwhelming
The Hound of Heaven brought me home
only He can make a way, for me to stand before the King

[jeffcat]

what an epic song, awesome, reminds me of theocracy

[vivibenavidez]

I'll share you with my friends. I'm sure they'll love as much as I do your music. Praise God, He gave you amazing gifts, brother. Keep moving forward His fire eyes.

[rexlucius]

The two greatest bands in the world are Reflection of Glory and Theocracy. Both have great lyrics and an awesome sound. Great work!

[oliverandjoannetaylor]

This is awesome. Praise God for this. It deserves a million views not 600!

[markadams]

Impressive!! Quite a bit to digest lol along with the poem the song is based on. (I looked it up.... whew.. Heavy! And I enjoy reading lol ! 😃)
I particularly like your chorus and the line "No thing will ever satisfy thee, Thou who is not satisfied in Me".
I finally found the line in the poem that was the basis for this line lol. Also I saw that there is a theme of several of these similar rhymes spread throughout the whole poem.

"All things betray thee, who betrayest Me"
"Naught shelters thee, who will not shelter Me"
"Lo! naught contents thee, who content'st not Me!"
"Lo, all things fly thee, for thou fliest Me!"
"Whom wilt thou find to love ignoble thee, Save Me, save only Me?"
"Thou dravest love from thee, who dravest Me"

(I think I listed them all lol... Whew again, there are a ton of other rhyming schemes in the poem but it's too much for me to tackle today. I'll have to look up some quick notes or analysis on it lol. Great song and message! 👍 Edit, yes I missed quoting your other line
"All these things will run from thee, thou who tries to fly from Me" Hopefully I didn't miss anything else lol, like I said there is A LOT there! 🙂

[RoiRex]

Congratulation my friend, also good as an epic nightwish track :)

[ethan]

Muy buena banda y canción, musicalmente está muy bien lograda. Parabéns, muito legal o trabalho musical