Lyrics to The Pinnacle - Decade Lyrics

This version of The Pinnacle was released by Kansas in 1975.

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I’ve so much to say, and yet I cannot speak
Come and do my bidding now for I have grown too weak
My weary eyes have seen all that life can give
Come to me, O young one, for you I can forgive

I stood where no man goes, and conquered demon foes
With glory and passion no longer in fashion
The hero breaks his blade

Cast this shadow long that I may hide my face
And in this cloak of darkness the world I will embrace
In all that I endure, of one thing I am sure
Knowledge and reason change like the season
A jester’s promenade

Lying at my feet I see the offering you bring
The mark of Cain is on our faces, borne of suffering
O, I long to see you say it’s not been wrong
I stand before you now, a riddle in my song
The answer is that sweet refrain
Unheard it always will remain
Beyond our reach, beyond our gain

Trapped in life’s parade, a king without a crown
In this joy of madness, my smile might seem a frown
With talons wrought of steel, I tore the heart of doom
And in one gleaming moment I saw beyond the tomb
I stood where no man goes, above the din I rose
Life is amusing though we are losing
Drowned in tears of awe.

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Kansas has released many songs over the years besides The Pinnacle. 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 The Pinnacle by Kansas

The lyrics to The Pinnacle are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Kansas in 1975. Elements of the lyrics to The Pinnacle 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 The Pinnacle back when it was created.

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Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to The Pinnacle 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 The Pinnacle" means the words set to the music of The Pinnacle, 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 The Pinnacle and the lyrics to The Pinnacle 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 The Pinnacle, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.