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

I.

"And the meek inherit the earth."

II. Temples of

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

We've taken of everything
From words you and to songs you sing
The pictures that give to your eyes.
one for all and all for one
We work together, sons.
Never need to how or why.

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

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

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

III.
...(Behind my beloved waterfall, in the room that was)
(hidden the cave, I found it. I brushed away the)
(dust of the years, and picked it up, holding it in)
(my hands. I had no idea it might be, but it was)
(beautiful)...
...(I learned to lay my fingers the wires, and to turn)
(the to make 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 this device be?
When I touch it, it forth a sound.
It's got that vibrate and give music.
can this thing be that I found?

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

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

IV.
...(In the sudden as I finished playing, I looked up)
(o a circle of grim, expressionless faces. brown)
(rose to his feet, and his somnolent echoed)
(throughout the temple 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 beneath his)
(feet)...

I know most unusual to come before you so
But I've found an miracle I thought that you should know.

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

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

toy will help destroy the elder race of man!
Forget about your silly whim, it fit the plan.

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

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

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

V. The Dream

...(I guess it was a dream, but even now it all so)
(vivid to me. Clearly yet I see the beckoning of the)
(Oracle as he at the summit 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 federation ago.)
(I saw now how life had become with the loss)
(of all things)...

I wandered home though the silent
And fell a fitful sleep.
Escape to beyond the night
Dream, can't you me the light?

I stand a spiral stair
An confronts me there.
He leads me on light years
Through astral nights, days

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

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

VI.
...(I have not left this for days now, it has become)
(my refuge in my total despair. I have 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 hope 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 dream is in my head.
I heave a and sadly smile
And lie a in bed.
I wish that it come to pass
Not fade all my dreams.
Just think of what my might be
In a world like I seen.
I think I can carry on
on this cold and empty life.
Oh, no...
My spirits are low in the 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 have control.