Kansas - The Pinnacle lyrics

I have so much to say 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, oh young one For you I can forgive I stood where no man goes And conquered demon foes With glory and pa**ion No longer in fashion The hero breaks his blade Cast the 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 saw the offering you bring The mark of pain is on our faces Born of suffering Oh I long to hear you say it's not been wrong I stand before you now The 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 charade A king without a crown In this joy of madness My smile might seem a frown With talons rod 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 den I rose Life is amusing Though we are losing Drowned in tears of awe