Throne of Stone
The stone statues on Easter Island remain a mystery. Why were they built? What was their purpose?
Like all great mysteries there have been some crazy theories, including of course the idea that the islanders built them as homage to alien visitors.
Many people who have studied them have come to the conclusion that they were build as religious idols, or perhaps erected in tribute to the leader of their tribe. Whatever the reason, the islanders must have been totally committed to building the statues at the expense of everything else, as they just about destroyed their island in the process. It was a miniature man made eco-catastrophe.
Some would say the same thing is happening today, but on a global scale. If so, who is our "King on his Throne of Stone"?
A warm wind blew across Easter Island
Which at that time had no name
As the islanders bent their backs to the toil
They were moving the stone again
As the king just sat on his throne of stone
As the king just sat on his throne
The very last stone, the biggest of all
Had been hewn from the living rock
It had to be moved right across the island
Onto the chosen plot
As the king just sat on his throne of stone
As the king just sat on his throne
They pulled and they strained on their ropes made of vine
Which snapped with a deadly sting
Hundreds lay dying all on the path
As a tribute to their king
As the king just sat on his throne of stone
As the king just sat on his throne
They cut down the forest - they needed the trees
As rollers to bear the stone
But the weight was too great as the trees were crushed
But still the great stone moved on
As the king just sat on his throne of stone
As the king just sat on his throne
So they crushed their fruit to oil the path
As the stone just smiled a death smile
The children were crying the old ones were dying
As the stone inched the last mile
As the king just sat on his throne of stone
As the king just sat on his throne
The stone was raised in a way I can't tell
Facing away from the sea
The island now barren, despoiled and bare
Was a tribute to man's vanity
As the king just sat on his throne of stone
As the king just sat on his throne
Two hundred years later on Easter Day
Sailors stood in awe of the stones
They had conquered the island and given it a name
In honour of their king on the throne
As the king just sat on his throne of stone
As the king just sat on his throne