Name: Heaven's Gate
Duration: P00H02M59S
Description: The east end of San Francisco's Golden Gate Park (we called it Heaven's Gate) was the setting for numerous "happenings" in the late 60s. The anticipated Age of Aquarius presented some allure to young romantic minds gathered there as an answer to a world lost in war, injustice, corruption and greed. Joining the counterculture, one could soon see we were no better than those we protested.

Heaven's Gate

from Out of Control by Chris Ifland

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The east end of San Francisco's Golden Gate Park (we called it Heaven's Gate) was the setting for numerous "happenings" in the late 60s. The anticipated Age of Aquarius presented some allure to young romantic minds gathered there as an answer to a world lost in war, injustice, corruption and greed. Joining the counterculture, one could soon see we were no better than those we protested.

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Back in '68 at Heaven's Gate stars predict our peaceful fate
San Francisco was in bloom
In '69 we drank the wine - Eden's garden on the line
Woke up in Aquarius' tomb

We we searching for a better way
We were searching for our lives
We were looking for a place to say
"It is here our savior arrives"

Then in '71 the war'd begun, we found we were the chosen ones
Went out looking for a cross
'72 with all things new, I found my peace in shattered truth:
The enemy was us

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from Out of Control, released December 5, 2014

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