One Note (prologue) Lyrics - Pete Townshend

One note sounds like a light ray 

One note sounds like a new day 

One note holds all the others, millions of colors 

So one note is best 

The last war finally ended with a huge explosion in Japan 

Some of the liberated prisoners of war from Burma 

Brought home souvenirs, like shamisen 

Little banjos with lizard skin resonators 

That terrible bond, all those perfect Japanese gardens 

Timber houses with paper walls 

Consumed in the monumental roar of darkness 

All those one stringed musical instruments burning black 

Those delicate single notes bended 

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But there is peace there of course 

In the end all those in pain died quietly 

In the gentle arms of the shadow 

And as ever the sun rises 

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