Aphrodite’s Child

Songwriter: Costas Ferris Vangelis

Producer: Vangelis

And when the Lamb opened the next two seals
We saw the souls
We saw the martyrs
We heard them crying
We heard them shouting
They were dressed in white
They'd been told to wait

The sun was black
The moon was red
The stars were falling
The earth was trembling

And then a crowd
Impossible to number
Carrying flowers
Shouted amid the hotless sun
The lightless moon
The windless earth
The colourless sky

How much longer will we suffer from hunger?
How much longer will we suffer from thirst?

And when the Lamb opened the seventh seal
Silence covered the sky

Aphrodite’s Child was a Greek progressive rock band formed in 1967, by Vangelis Papathanassiou (keyboards, flutes), Demis Roussos (bass, acoustic and electric guitar, vocals), Loukas Sideras (drums and vocals), and Silver Koulouris (guitar). The band’s career ended shortly after release of their most impactful album, 666, which has appeared on a number of lists of the top progressive or psychedelic albums of all time.

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