The Great Mandala (The Wheel of Life)

So I told him that he'd better shut his mouth And do his job like a man And he answered, "Listen Father, I will never kill another" Thinks he's better Than his brother who died What the hell does he think he's doing To his father who brought him up right? Take your place on the Great Mandala As it moves through your brief moment in time Win or lose now, you must choose now And if you lose you're only losing your life Tell the jailer not to bother With his meal of bread and water today He is fasting 'til the killing's over He's a martyr, he thinks he's a prophet But he's a coward, he's just playing a game He can't do it, he can't change it And it's been going on for ten thousand years Take your place on the Great Mandala As it moves through your brief moment of time Win or lose now, you must choose now And if you lose you're only losing your life What's that rumbling in the courtyard? Seven thousand faces are turned to the gate What's that they are saying? Kill the traitor Kill the traitor, kill the traitor, kill the traitor Take your place on the Great Mandala As it moves through your brief moment of time Win or lose now, you must choose now And if you lose you're only losing your life Tell the people they are safe now Hunger stopped him, now he lies still in his cell Death has gagged all his accusations We are free now, we can kill now We can hate now, now we can end the world We're not guilty, he was crazy And it's been going on for ten thousand years Take your place on the Great Mandala As it moves through your brief moment of time Win or lose now, we must choose now And if you lose you're only wasting your life If you lose you're only wasting your life If you lose you're only wasting your life If you lose you're only wasting your life If you lose you've only wasted your life