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

I.

"And the meek shall the earth."

II. Temples of

...(The grey walls of the temples rise from the)
(heart of every city. I have always been awed)
(by them, to think that every 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 care of
words you read and to songs you sing
The pictures give pleasure to your eyes.
one for all and all for one
We together, common 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 Temples of
All the of life are held within our walls.

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

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

III.
...(Behind my beloved waterfall, in the little room was)
(hidden beneath the cave, I it. I brushed away 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 keys to make them sound differently. As I the)
(wires with my other hand, I produced my harmonious)
(sounds, and my own music!)
(How it could be)
(from the of the temples! I cant wait to tell the)
(Priests it!)...

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

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

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

IV.
...(In the sudden silence as I 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 quiet rejection! of praise, sullen)
(dismissal. I watched in and horror as father brown)
(ground my precious to splinters beneath his)
(feet)...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

V. Oracle: The

...(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 still the incredible beauty of the cities)
(and the pure spirit of man revealed in the and works)
(of world. I was overwhelmed by both wonder and)
(understanding as I saw a completely way to life)
(A way had been crushed by the federation long ago.)
(I saw now how meaningless life had become the loss)
(of all things)...

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

I stand atop a stair
An confronts me there.
He leads me on light away
astral nights, galactic days

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

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

VI.
...(I have not left this for days now, it has become)
(my last in my total despair. I have only the music of)
(the waterfall to comfort me now. I can no 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 sleep is in my eyes
The dream is in my head.
I heave a sigh and smile
And lie a in bed.
I wish that it might to pass
Not like 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 cold and empty life.
Oh, no...
My spirits are low in the of despair...
My lifeblood over...

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