United Progressive Fraternity - The Traveling Man (The Story Of Eshu) lyrics

Part 1 - Travelling Man Travelling through time - in the hearts of slaves Nature flickers - through the day and night Cruelty and kindness, chaos and creation Many faces, many names, never sure what’s black and white Try to make it to the crossroads But my eyes begin to fail Protector of the travelling man The keeper of the crossroads Ancient myths and caravans Open doors to secret codes (x2) Reaching the threshold, between four sides of life Not here nor there brings out the inner child Every cross with every zero helps us to decide The actions that we undertake, knowledge will provide Try to make it to the crossroads But my eyes begin to fail Protector of the travelling man The keeper of the crossroads Ancient myths and caravans Open doors to secret codes (x2) Part 2 - Eshu Convergence of realities, commonalities Between theory and phenomena, the silent devotees Bringing out the fool in man he wants to show the way Intersecting points of view, can lead to disarray Eshu... who are you? Eshu... What do you do? (x2) He fools us time and time again, walk away my friend Another wrong direction, another throw of dice Wearing black or wearing red depends on where you stand A ghostly apparition takes you by the hand Eshu... who are you? Eshu... What do you do? (x4) Part 3 – The Guardian On the edge of every path our minds can be confused Our journey only just begun the guide is not excused Offerings and choices from the Guardian of the door The point at which we make the choice dictates the inner core How many decisions give birth to reality? From the mundane to the magical, there’s no guarantee Are we all on the same path? Are we heading to the light? Are we going through the right door? Will we all reunite? When will we all reunite? No the truth is what we seek, it’s everything we are How can we find the right direction that we need to go? There is no way we can turn left if we can’t reach the cross On the road to everywhere Will we all reunite? When will we all reunite? Will we all reunite? When will we all reunite? Part 4 – Pulled From All Sides (Instrumental) Part 5 – Travelling Man (Reprise) Protector of the travelling man The keeper of the crossroads Ancient myths and caravans Open doors to secret codes (x2) Part 6 – Questions What if it never happened? (x4) with UPF choir How, how long, how long? (x5) with UPF choir Part 7 – I Hold On To Your Love And so I look back on my time And wonder if there’s anything I could have changed I hope you know how hard I tried To always take the path of light And even though sometimes I lost The part of me that should be ever faithful I tried to look upon the cross And hold on to what’s right I listen to your voice Your outstretched arms they guide me I hold on to your love I hold on to your love I have no other choice Your gentle spirit revives me I hold on to your love I hold on to your love And all the choices still remain And many questions that are left unanswered But I can see through all the pain The right way every time I listen to your voice Your outstretched arms they guide me I hold on to your love I hold on to your love I have no other choice Your gentle spirit revives me I hold on to your love I hold on to I yearn for you I hold on to I hold on to your love