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

I.

"And the shall inherit the earth."

II. of Syrinx

...(The massive walls of the temples rise from the)
(heart of every federation city. I have always awed)
(by them, to think that single facet of every life is)
(regulated and from 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 you read and to songs you sing
The pictures that pleasure to your eyes.
one for all and all for one
We work together, sons.
Never to wonder how or why.

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

Look around this we made
Equality, our in trade.
and join the Brotherhood of Man.
Oh, what a contented world.
Let the banners be
the Red Star proudly high in hand.

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

III.
...(Behind my waterfall, in the little room that was)
(hidden beneath the cave, I it. I brushed away the)
(dust of the years, and it up, holding it reverently in)
(my hands. I had no what it might be, but it was)
(beautiful)...
...(I learned to lay my fingers the wires, and to turn)
(the keys to them sound differently. As I struck the)
(wires my other hand, I produced my first harmonious)
(sounds, and my own music!)
(How it could be)
(from the music of the temples! I wait to tell the)
(Priests it!)...

What can strange device be?
When I touch it, it gives a sound.
It's got that vibrate and give music.
What can this thing be that I

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

I can't wait to share this new
The will all see its light.
Let them all their own music
The praise my name on this night.

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

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

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

Yes, we know, it's nothing new, it's just a of time.
We have no need for ancient ways, the world is fine.

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

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

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

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

V. The Dream

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

I home though the silent streets
And into a fitful sleep.
to realms beyond the night
Dream, can't you show me the

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

I see the works of gifted
That this strange and wondrous land.
I see the of man arise
With hungry and open eyes.

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

VI.
...(I have not this cave for days now, it has become)
(my last refuge in my total despair. I only the music of)
(the waterfall to me now. I can no longer live)
(under the control of the federation, but is no other)
(place to go. My last hope is that with my 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 come to pass
Not like all my dreams.
Just think of what my might be
In a world I have seen.
I don't think I can on
Carry on this and empty life.
Oh, no...
My spirits are low in the of despair...
My lifeblood over...

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