The Best Of Kansas Lyrics - 1984

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I have so much to say
Yet I cannot speak
Come and do my bidding now
For I have grown too weak

My weary eyes have seen
All that life can give
Come to me, oh young one
For you I can forgive

I stood where no man goes
And conquered demon foes
With glory and passion
No longer in fashion
The hero breaks his blade

Cast the shadow long
That I may hide my face
And in this cloak of darkness
The world I will embrace

In all that I endure
Of one thing I am sure
Knowledge and reason
Change like the season
A jester's promenade

Lying at my feet I saw the offering you bring
The mark of pain is on our faces
Born of suffering
Oh I long to hear you say it's not been wrong
I stand before you now
The riddle in my song

The answer is that sweet refrain
Unheard it always will remain
Beyond our reach, beyond our gain

Trapped in life's charade
A king without a crown
In this joy of madness
My smile might seem a frown

With talons rod 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 den I rose
Life is amusing
Though we are losing
Drowned in tears of awe