"Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres"

I: "Prelude"
II: "Apollo" (Bringer of Wisdom)
III: "Dionysus" (Bringer of Love)
IV: "Armageddon" (The Battle of Heart and Mind)
V: "Cygnus" (Bringer of Balance)
VI: "The Sphere" (Kind of Dream)

I. PRELUDE 
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When our weary world was young 
The [bad word] of the ancients first began. 
The gods of Love and Reason 
Sought alone [bad word] the fate of Man. 

They battled through the ages, 
But still neither force would yield. 
The people were divided, 
Every soul a battlefield. 

II. APOLLO: BRINGER OF WISDOM 
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"I bring [bad word] and understanding, 
I bring wit and wisdom fair, 
Precious gifts [bad word]  
We can build a world of wonder, 
I can make you all aware. 

I will find you food and shelter, 
Show you fire to keep you warm 
Through the endless winter storm. 
You can live in grace [bad word] 
In the world that you transform." 

The people were delighted [bad word] forth to claim their prize 
They ran to build their cities 
And converse among the wise. 

But one day the streets fell silent, 
Yet they knew not what was wrong. 
The urge to build these fine things 
Seemed not to be so strong. 

The wise men were consulted, 
And the Bridge of Death was crossed 
In quest of Dionysus, 
To find out what they had lost. 

III. DIONYSUS: BRINGER OF LOVE 
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"I bring love to give you solace, 
In the darkness of the night, 
In the Heart's eternal light. 
You need only [bad word] your feelings; 
Only love can steer you right. 

I bring laughter, I bring music, 
I bring joy and I bring tears. 
I will soothe your primal fears. 
Throw off those chains of reason 
And your prison disappears." 

The cities were abandoned, 
And the forests echoed song. 
They danced and lived as brothers; 
They knew love could not be wrong. 

Food and wine they had aplenty 
And they slept beneath the stars. 
The people were contented 
And the Gods watched from afar. 

But the winter fell upon them 
And it caught them unprepared, 
Bringing wolves and cold starvation, 
And the hearts of men despaired. 

IV. ARMAGEDDON: THE BATTLE OF HEART AND MIND 
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The Universe divided 
As the Heart and Mind collided, 
With the people left unguided 
For so many troubled years. 
In a cloud of doubts and fears, 
Their world was torn asunder into hollow Hemispheres. 

Some fought themselves, some fought each other. 
Most just followed one another, 
Lost and aimless like their brothers, 
For their hearts were so unclear, 
And the [bad word] could not appear. 
Their spirits were divided into blinded Hemispheres. 

Some who did not fight 
Brought tales of old to light. 
My Rocinante' sailed by night 
On her final flight. 

To the heart of Cygnus' fearsome force 
We set our course. 
Spiralled through that timeless space 
To this immortal place. 

V. CYGNUS: BRINGER OF BALANCE 
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I have memory and awareness, 
But I have no shape or form. 
As a disembodied spirit, 
I am dead and yet unborn. 

I have passed into Olympus 
As was told in tales of old, 
To the city of Immortals, 
Marble white and purest gold. 

I see the gods in battle rage on high, 
Thunderbolts across the sky. 
I cannot move, I cannot hide, 
I feel a silent scream begin inside. 

Then all at once the chaos ceased. 
stillness fell, a sudden peace. 
The warriors felt my silent cry 
And stayed their [bad word]  m