Closet Chronicles-Kansas

[ti:Closet Chronicles] [ar:Kansas] [al:Kansas] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Closet Chronicles - Kansas (堪萨斯) [00:06.81]Once carried through the current [00:09.77]And being swept away [00:12.95]The king is in his closet [00:15.83]He's hiding from today [00:19.08]And though he owns all fortunes [00:22.02]This room is where he'll stay [00:24.95]And his world is filled with darkness turning grey [00:31.64]Gazing out the window of the forty-second floor [00:36.95]He is separate from all others [00:39.83]No one knocks upon his door [00:42.83]And it might as well be raining ' [00:45.95]Cause the sunlight hurts his eyes [00:48.58]And his ears will never hear the children's cries [00:54.33]Once proud and full of passion [00:56.95]He fought the cause of man [01:00.02]Many people loved his courage [01:01.52]Many followed his command [01:05.89]He changed the old into the new [01:08.52]And the course of things to come [01:11.08]And then one day they noticed he was gone [01:17.02]At first it didn't matter nobody seemed to care [01:22.58]They all became too busy to find him anywhere [01:28.51]But no one knew not even him [01:31.46]The problems he would find [01:34.20]On the day he journeyed deep into his mind [01:40.70]I close my eyes I go far away [01:44.08]Away from this battlefield [01:46.51]In my dreams well [01:50.02]Here I will enjoy it [01:52.20]Where innocence plays with all [01:54.89]The laughing children [01:58.39]The kind who are crying right now [02:04.39]A taste of freedom from the pain [02:07.27]Of everything here I see [02:10.46]Life is sweet but I took it all for granted [02:16.27]And now I don't know if I could even tell you [02:22.33]Just what we permit we allow [02:28.45]Allow me to forget the life I've made my own [02:33.70]I've held this nation in my hand [02:36.70]And yet it's not my home [02:39.39]Oh allow me just one answer and one reason why [02:45.14]Why this refugee of the family of man must die [02:50.77]Tell me why [03:03.52] [05:10.20]Daydreams filled his nighttimes [05:12.89]And night-dreams filled his days [05:15.78]Confusion and uncertainty a puzzled mind of haze [05:21.41]You thought he was so powerful and set upon his ways [05:26.84]Well he left us all to follow through this maze [05:32.78]I heard the king was dying I heard the king was dead [05:38.59]And with him died the chronicles that no one ever read [05:44.47]The closet's fully empty now it's occupied by none [05:50.34]I'll draw the drapes now destiny is done