I love the summertime when people proudly sport their favorite T-shirts. In some circles, picking out the T to wear to an event is akin to teenage girls and their outfit obsessions. Come on guys, the ones who do this know who you are, I don’t think I have to single you out here.
This guy was surely standing in front of his dresser pondering the perfect message to wear to the Dark Star Orchestra concert at the beach on Governors Island. This is a very T-shirt appreciative crowd. What you wear is admired, and yes sometimes coveted, like jewelry at a bit yenta-fest Bar-Mitzvah.
I Googled the message on this shirt so I would not appear pop culture ignorant in this instance (heaven forbid). I could not find any reference to the Soaring Immortal Blazing or any other phrase like Golden-maned warrior, but hey, this could be so hip it is not Googleable. (Is that a word? If not it should be). Or maybe fringe. But nonetheless, not only did I not find it, I had to read this shirt 3 times to absorb the message.
Perhaps it is simply because I am unburdened by the gravity of my mission.
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i could cry but i don't have time 
Wow, deep T shirt. I think you’re absolutely right; I know my son chooses his T shirts Very Carefully.
And yes, “googleable” should definitely be a word!
Got to be metal lyrics. This guy has the only reference on the web.
http://www.myspace.com/tribaltikki
Nice find Steve. You are surely a way better searcher than. For those who are interested the link above has the full passage in the about me on that myspace page. Or here it is (some out there stuff for sure):
Soaring, immortal, blazing + climbing at dawn through the bounds of the cosmos in search of light + golden-maned warrior racing towards unknowable ends + unburdened by the gravity of his mission + big of heart and deep-eyed courage to will into grasping the secrets eternal which float so near to the realm of thought + and in a flash, the rush of the current washes them lost + he bares his soul to the gates of heaven under the eye of the sun as sentries of the kingdom sound their coronets + he has come for what lies hidden and yet belongs to him + shrouded, squirreled away, entombed in invisible coffers and locked tight by death + the treasures they are many, the trials they are endless, but the end it is magic light pours through the windows of his skull.
yeah so i have the same message written on a pair of my boxers! The boxers are Express brand. i always wondered where the words came from too.
I have an olive crab t-shirt that has an extended version of this poem on it. I found the t-shirr in a thrift shop. I don’t know its source of the poem.
The front of the t-shirt has a crown with wings in the form of an heraldic crest – with the motto “upon the wings / of eternity” (in an all lower-case Old-English-style script).
The back has the poem on it in the same script. Above the poem is a very similar crown – flanked by calligraphic flourishes. Below the poem is a skull and crossbones – also flanked by calligraphic flourishes. The text of the poem is:
” soaring, immortal, blazing / climbing at dawn through the bounds / of the cosmos in search of light • golden-maned / warrior racing towards unknowable ends / unburdened by the gravity of his mission • big of / heart and deep-eyed courage to will into grasping the / secrets eternal which float so near to the realm of thought / and in a flash, the rush of the current / washes them lost • he bares his soul to the gates of / heaven under the eye of the sun as sentries of the / kingdom sound their coronets • he has come for what / lies hidden and yet belongs to him • shrouded, / squirreled away, entombed in invisible coffers and / locked tight by death • the treasures they are many, / the trials they are endless, but the end is magic / light pours through the windows / of his skull. “
I have an olive drab t-shirt that has a poem on it that seems to be pretty obscure and somewhat googled. I’ve only seen one other post with the full text.
The front has a crown with wings in the form of an heraldic crest – with the motto “upon the wings / of eternity” (in an all lower-case Old-English-style script).
The back has the poem on it in the same script. Above the poem is a very similar crown – flanked by calligraphic flourishes. Below the poem is a skull and crossbones – also flanked by calligraphic flourishes. The text of the poem is:
” soaring, immortal, blazing / climbing at dawn through the bounds / of the cosmos in search of light • golden-maned / warrior racing towards unknowable ends / unburdened by the gravity of his mission • big of / heart and deep-eyed courage to will into grasping the / secrets eternal which float so near to the realm of thought / and in a flash, the rush of the current / washes them lost • he bares his soul to the gates of / heaven under the eye of the sun as sentries of the / kingdom sound their coronets • he has come for what / lies hidden and yet belongs to him • shrouded, / squirreled away, entombed in invisible coffers and / locked tight by death • the treasures they are many, / the trials they are endless, but the end is magic / light pours through the windows / of his skull. “
I have the same t-shirt. Still cannot find the source! It’s the crown with wings on the front “upon the wings of eternity” and a skull on the back amongst the rest of the lyrics.
I also remember several years ago Googling the first lines of the poem on this shirt
I didn’t really find anything. but at the time it seemed there were references to rings that had at least the first three words on it