[Introspective] The words I hear in "King of Rome"
J/Thayer
joda at panix.com
Sun May 3 08:51:37 PDT 2009
Listening to Yes several times before reading the lyrics, I consistently
misheard several words in "King of Rome", especially in the refrain. I love
the proper words, but still enjoy the more ambiguous and even more romantic
version I heard, which I have pasted below (who else is there to share it
with? :-) ).
I put a star in front of my misheard lines. Funny thing is, I _still_ hear
the words this way:
Small man
Big world
Lost beyond the pale
I know you
Inside out
I can tell the tale
Across the sky
A change of time
Last night I lost a day
I'm here and there
Or anywhere
Away from Manderley
And if I were the King of Rome
I couldn't be more tragic
My fate to roam
So far from home
In search of my lost magic
* Oh, ain't it comic?
* Ain't it comic to me?
The desert moon
A new lagoon
* We glide upon the zephyrs
Night falls fast
* Now shadows cast
Arriving without purpose
* Oh, they becalm me
* Oh, they becalm me today
And if I were
The King of Rome
I couldn't be more lonely
With so much scope
To dream and hope
Someday you'll deign to phone me
Oh, baby call me
Oh, baby call me today
I long for
Your inscrutable pale face
I hunger for
Your beautiful embrace
Either way, this was instantly one of my favorite PSB songs of all time. My
favorite on the record, I guess!
-Jonathan
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jon_on_flickr/3410457080/
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