Kansas - Apercu & Death of Mother Nature Suite

One of the greatest and most important bands ever. APERCU The mist of time is still concealing The vision that I seek Those who died have all borne witness If only they could speak Yet I saw it all inside me For a moment were you with me? Have we done it all before? Is there really so much more? Now and then we've all been given A glimpse of bygone days I'd give it all to see it clearly Not shrouded in the haze Yet I saw it all inside me For a moment were you with me? Have we done it all before? Is there really so much more? Each man has a memory And much more than the eye can see Yet still others linger deep inside you Haunting thoughts of pain and joy divide you Look beyond your eyes at the dark and moody skies For they're standing in your way and I feel the light of day Now the earth gives forth it's secrets Held in mountain, sea and plain They have never been forgotten Only locked inside my brain While I slept I had a vision I remember, you were with me We have done it all before In our minds behind the door DEATH OF MOTHER NATURE SUITE Every day she gets a little weaker The beauty she once knew has come and gone We've murdered all her sons and all her daughters The blood is on your hands, the time has come And now she's gonna die We've strangled all her trees and starved her creatures There's poison in the sea and in the air But worst of all we've learned to live without her We've lost the very meaning of our lives And now she's gonna die Once she ruled the earth with love and wisdom But we were much too smart to live her way With greed and lust we tried to rise above her The ignorance of man will reach an end 'Cause now we're gonna die