Tarkus

Lyrics

[Part I. Eruption 00:00-02:43] [Instrumental] [Part II. Stones of Years 02:43-06:27] [Verse 1] Has the dawn ever seen your eyes? Have the days made you so unwise? Realize, you are [Verse 2] Had you talked to the winds of time Then you'd know how the waters rhyme Taste of wine [Verse 3] How can you know where you've been? In time, you'll see the sign And realize your sin (Ah-ah-ah-ah) [Instrumental Break 04:01-05:39] [Keyboard Solo] [Verse 4] Will you know how the seed is sown? All your time has been overgrown Never known [Verse 5] Have you walked on the stones of years? When you speak, is it you that hears? Are your ears full? You can't hear anything at all [Part III. Iconoclast 06:27-07:43] [Instrumental] [Part IV. Mass 07:43-10:55] [Verse 1] The preacher said a prayer, save every single hair on his head He's dead The minister of hate had just arrived too late to be spared Who cared? [Refrain] The weaver in the web that he made [Verse 2] The pilgrim wandered in, committing every sin that he could So good The cardinal of grief was set in the belief he'd be saved From the grave [Refrain] The weaver in the web that he made [Instrumental Break 08:25-10:22] [Keyboard Solo] [Verse 3] The high priest took a blade to bless the ones that prayed And all obeyed The messenger of fear is slowly growing, nearer to the time A sign [Refrain] The weaver in the web that he made [Verse 4] A bishop rings a bell, a cloak of darkness fell across the ground Without a sound The silent choir sing and in their silence bring jaded sound Harmonic ground [Refrain] The weaver in the web that he made [Part V. Manticore 10:55-12:47] [Instrumental] [Part VI. Battlefield 12:47-16:39] [Verse 1] Clear the battlefield and let me see All the profit from our victory You talk of freedom, starving children fall Are you deaf when you hear the season's call? [Verse 2] Were you there to watch the Earth be scorched? Did you stand beside the spectral torch? Now the leaves of sorrow turned their face Scattered on the ashes of disgrace [Instrumental Break 14:22-16:08] [Guitar Solo] [Verse 3] Every blade is sharp, the arrows fly Where the victims of your armies lie Where the blades of grass and arrows rain Then there'd be no sorrow, be no pain [Part VII. Aquatarkus 16:39-20:37] [Instrumental]