| --- All rights to the song, image and lyrics belong to their rightful owners, I take no credit for them. --- The Pinnacle ~ Kansas (1975) Track 8. from Masque [9:44]. Written by Kerry Livgren: www.youtube.com --- Lyrics: (Instrumental from 0:00 to 2:47) I have so much to say, and yet I cannot speak; come and do my bidding now, for I have grown too weak. My weary eyes have seen... all that life can give; come to me oh young one, for you I can forgive. I stood where no man goes, and conquered demon foes! With glory and passion, no longer in fashion, the hero breaks his blade. Cast this shadow long, that I may hide my face, and in this cloak of darkness, the world I will embrace. In all that I endure, of one thing I am sure; knowledge and reason, change like the season, a jester's promenade. Lying at my feet I see the offering you bring, the Mark of Cain is on our faces, born, of suffering. Oh, I long to hear you say it's not been wrong; I stand before you now, a riddle in my song. The answer is that sweet refrain, (if it is) unheard it always will remain, beyond our reach, beyond our gain! (Instrumental from 5:16 to 6:40) Trapped in life's parade, a king without a crown; in this joy of madness, my smile might seem a frown. With talons wrought of steel, I tore the heart of doom; and in one gleaming moment, I saw beyond the tomb. I stood where no man goes, above the din I rose! Life is amusing, though we are losing, drowned in tears of awe.... (Instrumental from 7:42 to 8:20 ... |
