Monday, August 22, 2011

Kansas; Lamplight Symphony

Kansas; Lamplight Symphony (Kerry Livgren) (LP From 1975) On a winter night, the stars are cold and bright in the sky, The sleep of the earth is pure and deep as a forest away, drifts the echo of a beast The old man moves into the night and wakes you at the window looking at the tomb of forgotten dreams by blinking his tired mind and if his life is empty, it does, which is still there with hunger in his soul, he longs for life and love went well, with memories of his onlyand only joy All he has to give, gave his life to bring back, and lift the one who lights a lamp in the snow, that is, looking at pictures of the past, the faces of their youth still love found glory, but the image has faded, and time has taken away the young people with a spoken word, that he thought he heard from his lips, he felt another presence in the room was filled with fear but with joy, she got up and met turned to the image that he knew who was standing in front of him and hisA hand reaches for his peaceful light shone in her eyes She said she would come to comfort him, and she would one day as one began to fade and her image is gone, it was just the night before in his life had never left so held in awe as he faced the apparition of his wife stood at the window watching the tomb and saw with the first dawn lightened the heart, knew she was waiting for that one day it would be a *** Livgren had a look to...