Closet Chronicles
Kansas"Closet Chronicles" is a song by Kansas, released in 1977 in the Pop genre. The song is 5:50 long and contains 41 lines and 364 words.
Lyrics
0:06Once carried through the current and being swept away
0:12The king is in his closet he's hiding from today
0:18And though he owns all fortunes this room is where he'll stay
0:24And his world is filled with darkness turning grey
0:31Gazing out the window of the forty-second floor
0:36He is separate from all others no one knocks upon his door
0:42And it might as well be raining 'cause the sunlight hurts his eyes
0:48And his ears will never hear the children's cries
0:54Once proud and full of passion he fought the cause of man
0:59Many people loved his courage many followed his command
1:05He changed the old into the new and the course of things to come
1:11And then one day they noticed he was gone
1:16At first it didn't matter nobody seemed to care
1:22They all became too busy to find him anywhere
1:28But no one knew not even him the problems he would find
1:33On the day he journeyed deep into his mind
1:40I close my eyes I go far away
1:43Away from this battlefield
1:46In my dreams well
1:49Here I will enjoy it
1:51Where innocence plays with all
1:54The laughing children
1:58The kind who are crying right now
2:03A taste of freedom from the pain
2:06Of everything here I see
2:10Life is sweet but I took it all for granted
2:15And now I don't know if I could even tell you
2:22Just what we permit we allow
2:28Allow me to forget the life I've made my own
2:33I've held this nation in my hand and yet it's not my home
2:39Oh allow me just one answer and one reason why
2:44Why this refugee of the family of man must die
2:50Tell me why
5:09Daydreams filled his nighttimes and night-dreams filled his days
5:15Confusion and uncertainty a puzzled mind of haze
5:21You thought he was so powerful and set upon his ways
5:26Well he left us all to follow through this maze
5:32I heard the king was dying I heard the king was dead
5:38And with him died the chronicles that no one ever read
5:44The closet's fully empty now it's occupied by none
5:50I'll draw the drapes now destiny is done
Once carried through the current and being swept away The king is in his closet he's hiding from today And though he owns all fortunes this room is where he'll stay And his world is filled with darkness turning grey Gazing out the window of the forty-second floor He is separate from all others no one knocks upon his door And it might as well be raining 'cause the sunlight hurts his eyes And his ears will never hear the children's cries Once proud and full of passion he fought the cause of man Many people loved his courage many followed his command He changed the old into the new and the course of things to come And then one day they noticed he was gone At first it didn't matter nobody seemed to care They all became too busy to find him anywhere But no one knew not even him the problems he would find On the day he journeyed deep into his mind I close my eyes I go far away Away from this battlefield In my dreams well Here I will enjoy it Where innocence plays with all The laughing children The kind who are crying right now A taste of freedom from the pain Of everything here I see Life is sweet but I took it all for granted And now I don't know if I could even tell you Just what we permit we allow Allow me to forget the life I've made my own I've held this nation in my hand and yet it's not my home Oh allow me just one answer and one reason why Why this refugee of the family of man must die Tell me why Daydreams filled his nighttimes and night-dreams filled his days Confusion and uncertainty a puzzled mind of haze You thought he was so powerful and set upon his ways Well he left us all to follow through this maze I heard the king was dying I heard the king was dead And with him died the chronicles that no one ever read The closet's fully empty now it's occupied by none I'll draw the drapes now destiny is done
Translation
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