So Long (The King)

So long

The boy I was now don't belong

I've worked so hard, is this all I have to show?

Last night I had a dream

Where I crossed to the other side and met death's king

(And he asked: Son, what do you want? How far can you see?

I didn't know, I couldn't see a thing)

These scars, like stones, out of place

These scars, like stones, seem a waste

He broke my bones, but I was far from home

After a while in the dark, my eyes grew clearer

And I saw a dead man, no longer dead, coming nearer

The song I heard him sing was too familiar

All too familiar

These scars, like stones, out of place

These scars, like stones, seem a waste

He broke my bones

(We'll sing along)

One day, we'll see a king in his chair

With all his children standing there

Singing songs they somehow know

That they've known from the beginning

We'll sing along

These songs that they know, you've known from the beginning

And all my scars, like stones, will form a building