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Closet Chronicles

Released by Kansas in 1977
From the Album: Point Of Know Return |

This version of Closet Chronicles was released by Kansas in 1977.

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Once carried through the current
And being swept away
The king is in the 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 42nd 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 do no one knew hot 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
Allow me just one answer just 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 travel 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


Kansas has released many songs over the years besides Closet Chronicles. Kansas released songs from 1974 to 2000 spanning across albums like Kansas, Masque, Song For America, Leftoverture, Point Of Know Return, Monolith, Audio-Visions, Vinyl Confessions, Drastic Measures, Power, In The Spirit Of Things, Freaks Of Nature, Always Never The Same, and Somewhere To Elsewhere. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Kansas.

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About Lyrics and Closet Chronicles by Kansas

The lyrics to Closet Chronicles are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Kansas in 1977. Elements of the lyrics to Closet Chronicles are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Kansas and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Closet Chronicles back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Closet Chronicles by Kansas in a number of ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Closet Chronicles" means the words set to the music of Closet Chronicles, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Kansas. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Closet Chronicles and the lyrics to Closet Chronicles are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Kansas who came here looking just for the lyrics to Closet Chronicles, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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