Kansas - Closet Chronicles Lyrics
Once carried through the currentAnd been swept awayThe king is in the closetHe's hiding from todayAnd though he owns all fortunesThis is where he'll stayAnd his world is filled with darknessTurning greyGazing out the windowOf the 42nd floorHe is separate from all othersNo one knocks upon his doorAnd it might as well be rainingCuz the sunlight hurts his eyesAnd his ears will never hear the children's criesOnce proud and full of passionHe fought the cause of manMany people loved his courageMany followed his commandHe changed the old into the newAnd the course of things to comeAnd then one day they noticedHe was goneAt first it didn't matterNobody seemed to careThey all became too busyTo find him anywhereSo no one knew, not even himThe problems he would findOn the day he journeyed deep into his mindI close my eyes, I go far awayAway from the battlefieldIn my dreams well, here I will enjoy itWhere innocence plays with all the laughing childrenThe kind who are crying nowA taste of freedom from the painOf everything here i seeLife is sweet but I took it all for grantedAnd now i don't know if i can ever tell youJust what we permit, we allowAllow me to forget the lifeI've made my ownI've held this nation in my hand and yet it's not my homeOh, allow me just one answer and one reason whyWhy this refugee of the family of man must dieTell me whyDaydreams filled his nighttimesAnd night dreams filled his daysConfusion and uncertaintyA puzzled mind of hazeYou thought he was so powerfulAnd set upon his waysWell he left us all to travel through his mazeI heard the king was dyingI heard the king was deadAnd with him died the chroniclesThat no one ever readThe closet's fully empty nowIts occupied by noneI'll draw the drapes, now destiny is done
