Closet Chronicles-Kansas

[ti:Closet Chronicles] [ar:Kansas] [al:The Essential Kansas 3.0] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Closet Chronicles - Kansas (堪萨斯) [00:03.17]Written by：Kerry Livgren/Steve Walsh [00:06.34]Once carried through the current and being swept away [00:11.71] [00:12.70]The king is in his closet he's hiding from today [00:17.76] [00:18.76]And though he owns all fortunes this room is where he'll stay [00:24.06] [00:24.75]And his world is filled with darkness turning grey [00:28.93] [00:31.17]Gazing out the window of the forty-second floor [00:35.86] [00:36.67]He is separate from all others no one knocks upon his door [00:42.03] [00:42.54]And it might as well be raining 'cause the sunlight hurts his eyes [00:48.34]And his ears will never hear the children's cries [00:52.53] [00:54.02]Once proud and full of passion he fought the cause of man [00:59.13] [00:59.70]Many people loved his courage many followed his command [01:05.60]He changed the old into the new and the course of things to come [01:10.27] [01:11.21]And then one day they noticed he was gone [01:15.83] [01:16.77]At first it didn't matter nobody seemed to care [01:21.76] [01:22.44]They all became too busy to find him anywhere [01:27.56] [01:28.45]But no one knew not even him the problems he would find [01:33.24] [01:33.99]On the day he journeyed deep into his mind [01:38.17] [01:40.47]I close my eyes I go far away [01:43.28]Away from this battlefield [01:45.16] [01:46.22]In my dreams well [01:49.35]Here I will enjoy it [01:51.27] [01:51.96]Where innocence plays with all [01:54.34]The laughing children [01:56.05] [01:58.11]The kind who are crying right now [02:00.48] [02:03.97]A taste of freedom from the pain [02:06.34] [02:06.97]Of everything here I see [02:09.15] [02:10.15]Life is sweet but I took it all for granted [02:15.27] [02:15.96]And now I don't know if I could even tell you [02:20.52] [02:22.09]Just what we permit we allow [02:25.14] [02:28.14]Allow me to forget the life I've made my own [02:32.63] [02:33.37]I've held this nation in my hand and yet it's not my home [02:38.31] [02:39.18]Oh allow me just one answer and one reason why [02:43.61] [02:44.86]Why this refugee of the family of man must die [02:50.54]Tell me why [02:51.60] [05:09.77]Daydreams filled his nighttimes and night-dreams filled his days [05:14.75] [05:15.56]Confusion and uncertainty a puzzled mind of haze [05:21.25]You thought he was so powerful and set upon his ways [05:26.17] [05:26.80]Well he left us all to follow through this maze [05:30.66] [05:32.59]I heard the king was dying I heard the king was dead [05:37.41] [05:38.34]And with him died the chronicles that no one ever read [05:43.34] [05:44.20]The closet's fully empty now it's occupied by none [05:49.39] [05:50.26]I'll draw the drapes now destiny is done