The Seer-Big Country

[ti:The Seer] [ar:Big Country] [al:Through A Big Country - Greatest Hits] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Seer (先知) - Big Country (大乡野合唱团) [00:18.10]Long ago I heard a tale [00:19.78]I never will forget [00:20.72] [00:21.52]The time was in the telling [00:23.12]On the bank the scene was set [00:24.81] [00:25.39]The sky was rolling blindly on [00:27.17]The daylight had not gone [00:28.46] [00:29.13]She washed her hair among the stones [00:31.19]And saw what was to come [00:32.48] [00:36.20]All this will pass [00:37.07] [00:40.68]There will be blood among the corn [00:42.59]And heroes in the hills [00:43.80] [00:44.45]But there is more to come my boy [00:46.48]Before you've had your fill [00:47.58] [00:48.41]Men will come and rape the sail [00:50.13]As though it were their own [00:51.53] [00:52.05]And they will bathe their feet in oil [00:54.06]As I have bathed my own [00:55.34] [00:59.08]All this will pass [00:59.93] [01:02.67]All things must come [01:03.71] [01:06.47]Just as I tell you here [01:07.86] [01:11.35]Stones will stand together [01:12.67]As if searching for the stars [01:14.13] [01:14.86]And all come crashing down again [01:16.65]Before they reach too far [01:17.89] [01:18.59]She turned to face the setting sun [01:20.51]I turned to walk away [01:21.73] [01:22.42]But then she called my name again [01:24.32]And beckoned me to stay [01:25.58] [01:29.45]All this will pass [01:30.58] [01:33.15]All things must come [01:34.16] [01:36.94]Just as I tell you here [01:40.29] [01:41.49]She told me of the famous sons [01:43.45]Who write their names in peace [01:44.85] [01:45.38]Yet be cut down before the time [01:47.23]Has come for our release [01:48.42] [01:52.26]Just as I tell you here [01:55.82] [01:57.10]Even now [01:57.83] [01:59.33]I wait for the coming day [02:01.13] [02:04.60]Even now [02:05.74] [02:06.88]She waits in the dawn [02:08.33] [02:11.60]For the tales she tells [02:14.27] [02:15.58]For the gifts that she will sell [02:17.89] [02:19.31]For the sight she knows [02:21.65] [02:22.96]For a vision that still grows [02:25.48] [02:26.80]With the dream [02:27.60] [02:28.64]In her eyes no one's seen [02:31.04] [03:05.42]I listened for so long that day [03:07.27]That I can hardly tell [03:08.35] [03:08.98]If what she said was heaven sent [03:10.87]Or brought to bear in hell [03:12.90]That men of hope would stand alone [03:14.45]And still be cast a lie [03:16.74]Just as Romans cast them [03:18.41]On the day they were to die [03:19.93] [03:23.60]All this will pass [03:24.67] [03:31.17]Just as I tell you here [03:33.10] [03:36.39]Even now [03:36.89] [03:38.32]I wait for the coming day [03:40.01] [03:43.53]Even now [03:44.18] [03:45.80]She waits in the dawn [03:47.58] [03:50.48]For the tales she tells [03:53.17] [03:54.25]For the gifts that she will sell [03:56.68] [03:58.26]For the sight she knows [04:00.50] [04:01.88]For a vision that still grows [04:04.52] [04:05.74]With the dream [04:06.58] [04:07.60]In her eyes no one's seen