The Pinnacle-Kansas

[ti:The Pinnacle] [ar:Kansas] [al:The Essential Kansas 3.0] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Pinnacle - Kansas (堪萨斯) [02:48.77]I've so much to say and yet I cannot speak [02:57.33] [03:01.14]Come and do my bidding now for I have grown too weak [03:07.58]My weary eyes have seen all that life can give [03:17.52] [03:19.77]Come to me O young one for you I can forgive [03:27.33]I stood where no man goes and conquered demon foes [03:36.27] [03:37.58]With glory and passion no longer in fashion [03:43.21]The hero breaks his blade [03:45.59] [03:46.65]Cast this shadow long that I may hide my face [03:56.33] [03:59.40]And in this cloak of darkness the world I will embrace [04:04.96] [04:07.15]In all that I endure of one thing I am sure [04:16.52] [04:17.84]Knowledge and reason change like the season [04:22.46] [04:23.09]A jester's promenade [04:25.53] [04:31.21]Lying at my feet I see the offering you bring [04:37.46]The mark of Cain is on our faces borne of suffering [04:41.84] [04:43.90]O I long to hear you say it's not been wrong [04:48.96] [04:50.09]I stand before you now a riddle in my song [04:56.53] [04:58.59]The answer is that sweet refrain [05:03.72]Unheard it always will remain [05:08.34] [05:09.46]Beyond our reach beyond our gain [05:13.90] [06:41.91]Trapped in life's parade a king without a crown [06:54.78]In this joy of madness my smile might seem a frown [07:00.35] [07:00.97]With talons wrought of steel I tore the heart of doom [07:10.35] [07:13.97]And in one gleaming moment I saw beyond the tomb [07:19.35] [07:22.04]I stood where no man goes above the din I rose [07:29.97] [07:32.41]Life is amusing though we are losing [07:37.04] [07:38.54]Drowned in tears of awe