Eloy - Say Is It Really True

In my opinion one of the best anti-war songs ever... from the German legendary progrock band Eloy and their album Time to Turn.

Inspired by the books "Faces Of World War" I felt the desire to show the faces, or at least some of them...

And here the lyrics:

HEY - HEY
say, is it really true,
that the flame of hope has grown?
that the spirit has changed;
that the few no longer stand alone?

say, is it really true,
that the thought of war's lost its meaning?
that self-made devils died;
the idols of wealth and power are sinking?

the coldest nights finally followed by dawn;
an outburst of light,
that cures the blind.
a strong conviction has evolved in time;
that life demands deeds we must define.

say, is it really true,
that once buried virtues now arise?
that the being itself
no longer asks for a disguise?

a power that's been neglected, denied;
now blossoms and grows, calls out the best.
at last the change of an era has come;
but there won't be much time to rest.

say, is this the force I feel within
heart and mind the truth?
or am I deceived again, painfully abused?
say, is it really true,
that the flame of hope has grown?
or am I deceived again, painfully abused?

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[MAGNUM2E]

havn't heard this in ages. its still terrific nearly 30 years after first hearing it!

[keeroy]

@MAGNUM2E

thanx :) eloy is also one my most favourite group and so is this song... :)

[statementallity]

Excellent Keeroy, thanks for posting, heart wrenching song from deep within the soul, Frank is pure genius

[borrany]

You´re right keeroy, this is one of the best anti war songs ever! Brilliant song, brilliant band! Excellent video!

regards,

Borrany

[TheLynx2008]

beautiful song

[ironrasta1966]

remember walking into pipe import records in melbourne aus in the eighties and talkin wid the bloke at the counter. He asked wat u into I said p floyd but not wish you were here more like astronomy divine, he grinned at me and loaded time to turn for me to listen to, wish i could thank him for that. brilliant album, great band.There is a conduit between the concious cloud and this physical dream and these guy's were wired into that conduit.

[aives65]

gänsehaut

[aMadMagic]

Klasse gemacht keeroy,

stimme Dir unumwunden zu!

Sei umarmt!

Mad Magic

[alvernos]

One of the greatest songs ever.

[MAGNUM2E]

oh! and i nearly forgot, great video. you put a lot of thought into this.

[TheMukkemaker]

Da hast Du ein gutes Video gemacht. Passt zu der Mukke!

[exxam1]

my fav!