Rocket flier, death defier
Travel fast and travel high
Was it something deep within
That turned your gaze upon the sky?

Space raker, planet shaker
Scan the mountains of the moon
Sift the sands and strain the oceans
Will your search be over soon?

Speed racer, passion chaser
Broken hearts on either side
Lunar lover, undercover
When will you be satisfied?

Light of ages, streak the heavens
Ride the skyway, pay the toll
See it all with eyes wide open
Shattered windows to your soul.

Dude, any band would be lucky to have you as their lyricist. I can just pick up my guitar and make a song from your words. Only if I could sing! anyways I like...

I've just seen this for the first time!!

Agree with BC 100%!

You are an excellent lyric writer.
This one really flows, yet it says very little if you know what I mean.

What I mean is that if you boil it down all you have is someone looking to the sky's, but that person/idea is cloaked in such a beautiful elaborate wizards cape that that is all one sees.

Love it.

If someone here on bandAmp would make a melody (to simons liking) I would love to sing it.

what it means. In total, it has a very simple and clear meaning to me, but nobody who I have shown it to gets the intended meaning, and that is fine, as long as it tickles your fancy for whatever reason.

I showed it to a close friend, who had a very personal response. He said, "I felt the bullets whizzing by."

Man this one really kicks ass. This is your best by far! Aim for this kind of perfection man.

mmkay.  so, i read this a few times before overcoming the "i`ve wasted my time" feeling, because i felt like it didn`t go anywhere (like kings said: This one really flows, yet it says very little if you know what I mean.)

But, as i read it a few more times, really trying to get it, it became clearer to me.

i like each of the lines that finish the paragraphs.

yay for not putting this in 1st person POV.  had you done that, it would have felt far more "me, me, me."  in fact, the vibe i actually get out of this is closely related to your most recent blog entry which talks a lot about taking experiences and making them your own.  the thing about this song is that you`ve made these things your own by writing about them, but came off even more sly by not placing the song in 1st person.

--bien fait

i also like the last section, which revealed this "light of ages" idea.  and so, having read your biography thing on your user page, i recognized the themes...  lights, shattered windows...  To me, the first 3 sections of the song are telling me about "symptoms", you might say.  but, the last section sort of reveals the desire to be "Rid[ing] the skyway, pay[ing] the toll, see[ing] it all with eyes wide open"

needless to say (as i started off talking about), i need to revoke my initial thought, which agreed with Kings.  this does say a lot... it`s just in a tougher shell.  and, if by chance someone doesn`t understand at all and thinks that this is dumb, then... simon wasn`t writing this song for you.  it`s just that this Light of Ages is too far out for you to grasp.

and so what is this "light"?

your words.  your stories.  your life.

good job, simon.  *applause*

XO, TLS

Okay, it's sat around long enough. I'll come clean. This is an ode to human greed and vanity. TLS hits it on the head, stating that the first three verses are the symptoms. The "Light of Ages" in verse four is my mocking name for the vain and the greedy - the source, or at least the carriers, of those symptoms. Those who, in the words of John Lennon, "gain the world and lose their soul" (Within You, Without You). But I don't believe anyone loses their soul - their perceptions just get extremely warped to the point that they lose their grasp of what is important in life, and beyond

You're lyrics are deep in their own way. I think that you could always add more mystery to them.....everyone could/. Over all good work!