Kansas - Portrait/Pinnacle lyrics

Album: Device - Voice - Drum, Disc 2 (2002)

He had a thousand ideas
You might´ve heard his name
He lived alone with his vision
Not looking for fortune or fame
Never said too much to speak of
He was off on another plane
The words that he said were a mystery
Nobody´s sure he was sane
But he knew, he knew more than me or you
No one could see his view
Oh, where was he gonna
He was in search of an answer
The nature of what we´re
He was trying to do it a new way
He was bright as a star
But nobody understood him
His numbers are not the way
He has lost in the deepest enigma
Which no one has unravelled today
But he knew, he knew more than me or you
No one could see his view
Oh, where was he gonna
And he tried
But before he could tell us he died
When he left us the people cried
Oh, where was he gonna?
He had a different idea
A glimpse of the master plan
He could see into the future
A true visionary man
But theres smth he never told us
It died when he went away
If only he could´ve been with us
No telling what he might say
But he knew, he knew more than me or you
No one could see his view
Oh, where was he gonna
But he knew
You could tell by the picture he drew
It was totally smth new
Oh, where was he gonna


I have so much to say, & yet I can not speak
Come & do my bidding now for I´ve grown too weak
My weary eyes have seen all that life can give
Come to me, O young one, for you I can forgive

I stood where no man goes, & conquered demon foes
With glory & 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´ll embrace
In all that I endure, of one thing I´m sure
Knowledge & 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, borne of suffering
O, I long to hear you say it isn´t been wrong
I stand before you now, a riddle in my song
The answer is that sweet refrain
Unheard it always will remain
Beyond our reach, beyond our gain

Trapped in life is 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´s amusing though we´re losing
Drowned in tears of awe.

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