Luyện nghe bài hát 2112 (Live At Hammersmith Odeon - February 20, 1978)

I.

"And the meek inherit the earth."

II. of Syrinx

...(The grey walls of the temples rise from the)
(heart of every federation city. I always been awed)
(by them, to think that every single of every life is)
(regulated and directed within!)
(Our books, our music)
(Our work and are all looked after by the benevolent)
(Wisdom of the Priests)...

We've taken of everything
From words you read and to songs you
The pictures that give to your eyes.
one for all and all for one
We together, common sons.
need to wonder how or why.

We are the of the Temples of Syrinx
Our great computers fill our halls.
We are the of the Temples of Syrinx
All the gifts of life are held our walls.

Look around world we made
Equality, our in trade.
Come and the Brotherhood of Man.
Oh, what a nice world.
Let the banners be
Hold the Red proudly high in hand.

We are the Priests of the of Syrinx
Our computers fill our hallowed halls.
We are the of the Temples of Syrinx
All the gifts of are held within our walls.

III.
...(Behind my beloved waterfall, in the little that was)
(hidden beneath the cave, I found it. I brushed the)
(dust of the years, and picked it up, holding it in)
(my hands. I had no idea what it be, but it was)
(beautiful)...
...(I learned to lay my across the wires, and to turn)
(the to make them sound differently. As I struck the)
(wires with my other hand, I my first harmonious)
(sounds, and my own music!)
(How it could be)
(from the of the temples! I cant wait to tell the)
(Priests it!)...

can this strange device be?
When I touch it, it gives a sound.
got wires that vibrate and give music.
What can this be that I found?

See how it sings like a sad
And screams out its pain.
Sounds that build like a mountain
Or that fall gently like rain.

I can't to share this new wonder
The people all see its light.
Let them all make own music
The praise my name on this night.

IV.
...(In the sudden silence as I finished playing, I up)
(o a circle of grim, expressionless faces. brown)
(rose to his feet, and his voice echoed)
(throughout the silent hall)...
...(Instead of the grateful joy I expected, they were)
(words of quiet rejection! of praise, sullen)
(dismissal. I watched in and horror as father brown)
(ground my precious instrument to splinters his)
(feet)...

I know it's unusual to come before you so
But I've found an ancient miracle I thought you should know.

to my music, and hear what it can do.
There's here as strong as life
I know that it will you.

Yes, we know, it's new, it's just a waste of time.
We have no need for ways, the world is doing fine.

Another toy help destroy the elder race of man!
about your silly whim, it doesn't fit the plan.

I believe you're saying, these things just can't be true.
Our world could use this beauty, think what we might do.
Listen to my music, and hear it can do.
There's something here as strong as
I know that it reach you.

Don't us further, we have our work to do.
Just about the average -- what use have they for you?

Another toy will help destroy the race of man.
Forget your silly whim, it doesn't fit the plan.

V. The Dream

...(I guess it was a dream, but now it all seems so)
(vivid to me. Clearly yet I see the beckoning of the)
(Oracle as he stood at the of the staircase)...
...(I see the incredible beauty of the sculptured cities)
(and the pure spirit of man revealed in the and works)
(of this world. I was overwhelmed by both and)
(understanding as I saw a different way to life)
(A way that had been crushed by the long ago.)
(I saw now how life had become with the loss)
(of all things)...

I wandered home though the silent
And into a fitful sleep.
Escape to realms beyond the
Dream, you show me the light?

I stand atop a spiral
An oracle me there.
He leads me on years away
Through nights, galactic days

I see the works of hands
grace this strange and wondrous land.
I see the hand of man
With mind and open eyes.

They left the long ago
The elder race learn and grow.
Their grows with purpose strong
To claim the where they belong.
Home, to the Temples down...
Home, to change...

VI.
...(I have not left cave for days now, it has become)
(my last refuge in my despair. I have only the music of)
(the waterfall to comfort me now. I can no live)
(under the of the federation, but there is no other)
(place to go. My last is that with my death I may pass)
(into the of my dream, and know peace at last)...

The is still in my eyes
The is still in my head.
I heave a and sadly smile
And lie a in bed.
I wish that it might to pass
Not fade all my dreams.
Just think of what my might be
In a like I have seen.
I don't I can carry on
Carry on this and empty life.
Oh, no...
My are low in the depths of despair...
My spills over...

VII. Finale
Attention, all Planets of the Federation...
Attention, all of the Solar Federation...
Attention, all Planets of the Federation.
We have control.
We have control.
We assumed control.