Tarkus

(Has the dawn ever seen your eyes?)

Has the dawn ever seen your eyes?

(Have the days made you so unwise?)

Have the days made you so unwise?

(Realize, you are.)

Realize, you are.

(Had you talked to the winds of time,)

Had you talked to the winds of time,

(Then you'd know how the waters rhyme,)

Then you'd know how the waters rhyme,

(Taste of wine,)

Taste of wine,

(How can you know where you've been?)

How can you know where you've been?

(In time you'll see the sign)

In time you'll see the sign

(And realize your sin.)

And realize your sin.

(Will you know how the seed is sown?)

Will you know how the seed is sown?

(All your time has been overgrown,)

All your time has been overgrown,

(Never known.)

Never known.

(Have you walked on the stones of years?)

Have you walked on the stones of years?

(When you speak, is it you that hears?)

When you speak, is it you that hears?

(Are your ears full?)

Are your ears full?

(You can't hear anything at all.)

You can't hear anything at all.

([III. Iconoclast])

[III. Iconoclast]

([IV. Mass])

[IV. Mass]

(The preacher said a prayer.)

The preacher said a prayer.

(Save every single hair on his head.)

Save every single hair on his head.

(He's dead.)

He's dead.

(The minister of hate had just arrived too late to be spared.)

The minister of hate had just arrived too late to be spared.

(Who cared?)

Who cared?

(The weaver in the web that he made!)

The weaver in the web that he made!

(The pilgrim wandered in,)

The pilgrim wandered in,

(Commiting every sin that he could)

Commiting every sin that he could

(So good...)

So good...

(The cardinal of grief was set in his belief he'd saved)

The cardinal of grief was set in his belief he'd saved

(From the grave)

From the grave

(The weaver in the web that he made!)

The weaver in the web that he made!

(The high priest took a blade)

The high priest took a blade

(To bless the ones that prayed,)

To bless the ones that prayed,

(And all obeyed.)

And all obeyed.

(The messenger of fear is slowly growing, nearer to the time,)

The messenger of fear is slowly growing, nearer to the time,

(A sign.)

A sign.

(The weaver in the web that he made!)

The weaver in the web that he made!

(A bishops rings a bell,)

A bishops rings a bell,

(A cloak of darkness fell across the ground)

A cloak of darkness fell across the ground

(Without a sound!)

Without a sound!

(The silent choir sing and in their silence,)

The silent choir sing and in their silence,

(Bring jaded sound, harmonic ground.)

Bring jaded sound, harmonic ground.

(The weaver in the web that he made!)

The weaver in the web that he made!

([V. Manticore])

[V. Manticore]

([VI. The Battlefield])

[VI. The Battlefield]

(Clear the battlefield and let me see)

Clear the battlefield and let me see

(All the profit from our victory.)

All the profit from our victory.

(You talk of freedom, starving children fall.)

You talk of freedom, starving children fall.

(Are you deaf when you hear the season's call?)

Are you deaf when you hear the season's call?

(Were you there to watch the earth be scorched?)

Were you there to watch the earth be scorched?

(Did you stand beside the spectral torch?)

Did you stand beside the spectral torch?

(Know the leaves of sorrow turned their face,)

Know the leaves of sorrow turned their face,

(Scattered on the ashes of disgrace.)

Scattered on the ashes of disgrace.

(Every blade is sharp; the arrows fly)

Every blade is sharp; the arrows fly

(Where the victims of your armies lie,)

Where the victims of your armies lie,

(Where the blades of brass and arrows reign)

Where the blades of brass and arrows reign

(Then there will be no sorrow,)

Then there will be no sorrow,

(Be no pain.)

Be no pain.