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- Lyrics to Rush - A Farewell to Kings
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- A Farewell to Kings
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- When they turn the pages of history
- When these days have passed long ago
- Will they read of us with sadness
- For the seeds that we let grow
- We turned our gaze
- From the castles in the distance
- Eyes cast down
- On the path of least resistance
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- Cities full of hatred
- Fear and lies
- Withered hearts
- And cruel tormented eyes
- Scheming demons
- Dressed in kingly guise
- Beating down the multitude
- And scoffing at the wise
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- The hypocrites are slandering
- The sacred halls of Truth
- Ancient nobles showering
- Their bitterness on youth
- Can't we find
- The minds that made us stong
- Can't we learn
- To feel what's right and wrong
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- Cities full of hatred
- Fear and lies
- Withered hearts
- And cruel, tormented eyes
- Scheming demons
- Dressed in kingly guise
- Beating down the multitude
- And scoffing at the wise
- Can't we raise our eyes
- And make a start
- Can't we find the minds
- To lead us closer to the Heart
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- Xanadu
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- "To seek the sacred river Alph
- To walk the caves of ice
- To break my fast on honey dew
- And drink the milk of paradise..."
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- I had heard the whispered tales
- Of immortality
- The deepest mystery
- From an ancient book. I took a clue
- I scaled the frozen mountain tops
- Of eastern lands unknown
- Time and Man alone
- Searching for the lost --- Xanadu
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- Xanadu --- To stand within The Pleasure Dome
- Decreed by Kubla Khan
- To taste anew the fruits of life
- The last immortal man
- To find the sacred river Alph
- To walk the caves of ice
- Oh, I will dine on honey dew
- And drink the milks of Paradise
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- A thousand years have come and gone
- But time has passed me by
- Stars stopped in the sky
- Frozen in an everlasting view
- Waiting for the world to end
- Weary of the night
- Praying for the light
- Prison of the lost --- Xanadu
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- Xanadu --- Held within The Pleasure Dome
- Decreed by Kubla Khan
- To taste my bitter triumph
- As a mad immortal man
- Nevermore shall I return
- Escape these caves of ice
- For I have dined on honey dew
- And drunk the milk of Paradise
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- Closer To The Heart
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- And the men who hold high places
- Must be the ones to start
- To mould a new reality
- Closer to the Heart
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- The Blacksmith and the Artist
- Reflect it in their art
- Forge their creativity
- Closer to the Heart
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- Philosophers and Ploughmen
- Each must know his part
- To sow a new mentality
- Closer to the Heart
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- ou can be the Captain
- I will draw the Chart
- Sailing into destiny
- Closer to the Heart
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- Cinderella Man
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- A modest man from Mandrake
- Travelled rich to the city
- He had a need to discover
- A use for his newly-found wealth
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- Because he was human
- Because he had goodness
- Because he was moral
- They called him insane
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- Delusions of grandeur
- Visions of splendour
- A manic depressive
- He walks in the rain
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- Eyes wide open
- Heart undefended
- Innocence untarnished
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- Cinderella Man
- Doing what you can
- They can't understand
- What it means
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- Cinderella Man
- Hang on to your plans
- Try as they might
- They cannot steal your dreams
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- In the betrayal of his love he awakened
- To face a world of cold reality
- And a look in the eyes of the hungry
- Awakened him to what he could do
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- He held up his riches
- To challenge the hungry
- Purposeful motion
- For one so insane
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- They tried to fight him
- Just couldn't beat him
- This manic depressive
- Who walks in the rain
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- Mandrigal
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- When the dragons grow too mighty
- To slay with pen or sword
- I grow weary of the battle
- And the storm I walk toward
- When all around is madness
- And there's no safe port in view
- I long to turn my path homeward
- To stop awhile with you
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- When life becomes so barren
- And as cold as winter skies
- There's a beacon in the darkness
- In a distant pair of eyes
- In vain to search for order
- In vain to search for truth
- But these things can still be given
- our love has shown me proof
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- Cygnus X-1
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- Book One --- The Voyage
- Prologue
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- In the constellation of Cygnus
- There lurks a mysterious, invisible force
- The Black Hole
- Of Cygnus X-1
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- Six Stars of the Northern Cross
- In mourning for their sister's loss
- In a final flash of glory
- Nevermore to grace the night...
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- 1
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- Invisible
- To telescopic eye
- Infinity
- The star that would not die
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- All who dare
- To cross her course
- Are swallowed by
- A fearsome force
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- Through the void
- To be destroyed
- Or is there something more?
- Atomized --- at the core
- Or through the Astral Door ---
- To soar...
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- 2
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- I set a course just east of Lyra
- And northwest of Pegasus
- Flew into the light of Deneb
- Sailed across the Milky Way
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- On my ship, the 'Rocinante'
- Wheeling through the galaxies,
- Headed for the heart of Cygnus
- Headlong into mystery
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- The x-ray is her siren song
- My ship cannot resist her long
- Nearer to my deadly goal
- Until the Black Hole ---
- Gains control...
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- 3
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- Spinning, whirling,
- Still descending
- Like a spiral sea,
- Unending
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- Sound and fury
- Drowns my heart
- Every nerve
- Is torn apart....
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- To be continued
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