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Tarkus (i. Eruption, ii. Stones of Years, iii. Iconoclast, iv. Mass, v. Manticore, vi. Battlefield, vii. Aquatarkus) [2012 Remaster]
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Prog-Rock/Art Rock
18,469
Music Video
Music Video
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Performer
Carl Palmer
Drums
Greg Lake
Vocals
Keith Emerson
Keyboards
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Greg Lake
Composer
Keith Emerson
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Greg Lake
Producer
Eddie Offord
Producer
Lyrics
[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
[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 you ears full?
You can't hear anything at all
[Verse 6]
The preacher said a prayer
Save every single hair on his head
He's dead
The minister of hate
Had just arrive too late to be spared
Who cared?
The weaver in the web that he made
[Verse 7]
The pilgrim wandered in
Committing every sin that he could
So good
The cardinal of grief
Was set in the believe he'd be saved
From the grave
The weaver in the web that he made
[Verse 8]
The high priest took a blade
To bless the ones who prayed
And all obeyed
The messenger of fear
Is slowly growing nearer to the time
A sign
The weaver in the web that he made
[Verse 9]
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
The weaver in the web that he made
[Verse 10]
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 11]
Were you there to watch the earth be scorched?
Did you stand beside the spectral torch?
Know the leaves of sorrow turned their face
Scattered on the ashes of disgrace
[Verse 12]
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
Written by: Greg Lake
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