please come close, for i long for you to hear, hear the sound, that will rid you of your fears

When the music's not forgotten (Deadman)

Please come close, for I long for you to hear

Hear the sound

That will rid you of your fears

In a land, where no water can be found

In a place, where there is no fertile ground

Longing for, yearning not to be forgotten

In an age, when the music is forgotten

In an age, when the music is forgotten

In the truth (in the truth)

Speaks of great and mighty things

Teaching us (teaching us)

What the peace of heaven brings

We must give (we must give)

We must give to all the others, to those in need (those in need)

Who we fear to call our brothers

Reaching out (reaching out)

So that we are not forgotten

In a time (in a time)

When the music is forgotten

In a time (in a time)

When the music is forgotten

If we stand on a hill and do not touch

How can we do good?

If we wash our hands with all our friends

Where change can really come

If we hide our fears and don't draw near

Have we really lived?

Or are we all just standing here

Hoping there is grace?

In a dream (in a dream)

That I had not long ago

Visions of (visions of)

In a city made of gold

And a sound (and a sound)

That I never heard before

Such a sound (such a sound)

Saturating to the core

Such a sound (such a sound)

One that cannot be forgotten

In a time (in a time)

When the music's not forgotten

Absalom! Absalom! (Deadman)

absalom absalom where have you gone?

are you running out of fear out of hate?

ashamed to move toward a precious reward

afraid that you're lacking in faith?

that's okay boy no one's counting and no one is keeping score

you're burning down houses

because it arouses the depth of love from the core

and your heart opens wide the demons you fight

they still haunt you

someone told me of revolution

with a cause that is worth fighting for

and when i arrived on the terrible fight

the revolution was no more

and so many had paid the price

so many didn't even know why

i can't even see how it ever came to this

i can't even remember why we tried

and the heart opens wide

the demons you fight

they still haunt you

so much more you've seen it

so much more between us between us

there is peace peace that flows like a river

and just like rivers flow to the sea we move on we forgive one another

absalom absalom golden boy don't bring me no terrible news

it took us so long to sing the victory song

even though we've got the blues

and the heart opens wide the demons have died

and kingdom come your work here is done

not in vain not in vain not in vain