Closet Chronicles Lyrics - The Best Of Kansas - Kansas

Once carried through the current, and being swept away 

The king is in his closet, he's hiding from today 

And though he owns all fortunes, this room is where he'll stay 

And his world is filled with darkness, turning grey 

Gazing out the window of the forty-second floor 

He is separate from all others, no one knocks upon his door 

And it might as well be raining, 'cause the sunlight hurts his eyes 

And his ears will never hear the children's cries 

Once proud and full of passion, he fought the cause of man 

Many people loved his courage, many followed his command 

He changed the old into the new, and the course of things to come 

And then one day they noticed he was gone 

At first it didn't matter, nobody seemed to care 

They all became too busy to find him anywhere 

But no one knew not even him, the problems he would find 

On the day he journeyed deep into his mind 

I close my eyes, I go far away 

Away from this battlefield 

In my dreams, well 

Here I will enjoy it 

Where innocence plays with all 

The laughing children 

The kind who are crying right now 

A taste of freedom from the pain 

Of everything here I see 

Life is sweet but I took it all for granted 

And now I don't know if I could even tell you 

Just what we permit, we allow 

Allow me to forget the life I've made my own 

I've held this nation in my hand, and yet it's not my home 

Oh, allow me just one answer, and one reason why 

Why this refugee of the family of man must die 

Tell me why 

Daydreams filled his nighttimes, and night-dreams filled his days 

Confusion and uncertainty, a puzzled mind of haze 

You thought he was so powerful, and set upon his ways 

Well he left us all to follow through this maze 

I heard the king was dying, I heard the king was dead 

And with him died the chronicles that no one ever read 

The closet's fully empty now, it's occupied by none 

I'll draw the drapes, now destiny is done