Dead Can Dance In the Kingdom of the Blind the One Eyed Are Kings

The Serpent s Egg (4AD, 1988) In the land of the blind, the oneeyed man is king, from Latin In regione caecorum rex est luscus credited to Desiderius Erasmus s Adagia (1500). Erasmus likely inspiration, appears in the Genesis Rabbah as בשוק סמייא צווחין לעווירא סגי נהור, meaning In the street of the blind, the one eyed man is called the Guiding Light. If it were within, Within our power, Beyond the reach Of slavish pride. To no longer Harbour grievances, Behind the masked Opportunist s facade W