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lyrics: J. Morse © 1985 I - The Knight (A Prelude) Lazing as the sun goes down In a sleepy town Where nothing seems to happen All these lonely days When the sky turns grey And then the rain comes down Troubles melt away At the end of the day And the living-room couch becomes a home As the CRT Fires to life you see A glimpse of the world outside The hatred And the anger A holiday from love This world is Going nowhere Clenched by an iron glove And here lies the knight Clad in polyester and 50/50 Can he fight the world And what it all means And remain himself? His stock's on the rise In the rest of the world's eyes He's rising like a rocket to the top He's climbing the ladder But what will it matter If his world is blown away to ash? Political matters At the back of his mind But he's in the forefront What will he find? II - King of Clubs You see it on the monitor The flaming rows of houses in the south You close your eyes in innocence But hiding's not the way Your secret wish is that it end But what right have you to say You're only an observer You're a gadfly clogging the wheels of the past You can never understand We are the law, we are the truth Down with the old, up with the youth Down with the left, up with the right Death to the black to preserve the white -- NO! Rejection... III - King of Pentacles Moving left and right and up and down And back and forth and square and round Talking forwards, backwards, side to side Flying, swimming, walking, take a ride Screaming different voices on the air They're so concerned that they don't care They flash from one to zero They change their minds at every corner They will never understand Lost. . . in a dream world Where the visions are different every scene Rejection. . . IV - King of Cups "Drink a glass with me my friend And you will taste your soul As it flows through the portal of your mind A psychic wave of innocence And childish memory A dream of wombs, pre-natal joy And lullaby melody Will you drink? Will you taste the wine of truth? Will you stay and join me for your own desire And a chance to regain your lost youth? I'll pour you a glass Of heavy sighs and moans of pleasure true And the night boat will come And take you to the lands of green and blue." But the lands of green and blue, it's said Can fade to black and white And the wine of Sweet Anastasia Can lead to an eternal night. . . no. . . I won't surrender my soul For a chance to make the world as if my dreams were true Anastasia, go away I'm in search of better things than those from you Rejection. . . V - King of Wands Don't be lying to me I've got to find the proper path Don't "say what you mean" Because you don't mean what you say Don't try to "tell me true" Cause truth's not yours to tell Don't stand in my path again Cause I'm not caught up in your spell I'm not brought in by falseness Don't try to deceive me 'cause I'm not what you think I am I'm not a gullible fool I'm a realistic man -- as for what you say, I don't give a damn No more lying to me, I'm not listening to you So stop pretending that what is false is true Rejection. . . VI - King of Swords So you thought that you could get rid of me With chauvinism, confusion Tasty treats and lies-lies-lies But that didn't work so now you think You can do the job With victims cries-cries-cries And when the final stand approaches I won't bat an eye You can try your hardest to do me in But even if I stop breathing Even if my heart stops beating I won't die. . . Rejection. . . VII - King of Diamonds You want your way You want the upper hand over me You want to pay? What do you take me for? Look at all I've rejected Why should money get in my way? I think that I'm above all that Now what do you say? I'm more than you see in me I'm in touch with my world I've seen every problem On the TV screen On the TV screen No-no-no-no-rejection! VIII - King of Hearts Falling Out of time All the sinners Falling Out of line Reaching for the tightrope Clinging to their last hope Watch them die And now goodbye Is their last cry And the last motion You'll see from them Is a hand reaching out to The King of Hearts Love is forever King of Hearts You know it's now or never Reaching For salvation All the sinners Reaching In revelation Falling into the fire They listened to the liar Watch them cry Why, oh, why As they die And as they pass They're saved at the last But the cost of death is the death of The King of Hearts Love is forever King of Hearts You know it's now or never IX - A New King After the brutality, who can heal the wounds? After all the chaos, who can still the cries? After the avarice, who can guide the way? After the deception, who can mend the lies? After facing death, who can give you life? After refusing wealth, what can you accept? Only love can save you and bring the world to peace But with in a person's heart lie the weapons to reject |