Kansas - Portrait / Pinnacle Lyrics
He had a thousand ideasYou might have heard his nameHe lived alone with his visionNot looking for fortune or fameNever said too much to speak ofHe was off on another planeThe words that he said were a mysteryNobody's sure he was saneBut he knew, he knew more than me or youNo one could see his viewOh, where was he going toHe was in search of an answerThe nature of what we areHe was trying to do it a new wayHe was bright as a starBut nobody understood himHis numbers are not the wayHe's lost in the deepest enigmaWhich no one's unravelled todayBut he knew, he knew more than me or youNo one could see his viewOh, where was he going toAnd he triedBut before he could tell us he diedWhen he left us the people criedOh, where was he going to?He had a different ideaA glimpse of the master planHe could see into the futureA true visionary manBut there's something he never told usIt died when he went awayIf only he could have been with usNo telling what he might sayBut he knew, he knew more than me or youNo one could see his viewOh, where was he going toBut he knewYou could tell by the picture he drewIt was totally something newOh, where was he going toI've so much to say, and yet I cannot speakCome and do my bidding now for I have grown too weakMy weary eyes have seen all that life can giveCome to me, O young one, for you I can forgiveI stood where no man goes, and conquered demon foesWith glory and passion no longer in fashionThe hero breaks his bladeCast this shadow long that I may hide my faceAnd in this cloak of darkness the world I will embraceIn all that I endure, of one thing I am sureKnowledge and reason change like the seasonA jester's promenadeLying at my feet I see the offering you bringThe mark of Cain is on our faces, borne of sufferingO, I long to hear you say it's not been wrongI stand before you now, a riddle in my songThe answer is that sweet refrainUnheard it always will remainBeyond our reach, beyond our gainTrapped in life's parade, a king without a crownIn this joy of madness, my smile might seem a frownWith talons wrought of steel, I tore the heart of doomAnd in one gleaming moment I saw beyond the tombI stood where no man goes, above the din I roseLife is amusing though we are losingDrowned in tears of awe.
