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Reconstructions (Reconstructed)

by Kerry Livgren

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1.
Unbound from a secret place, I feel Your presence I long to behold Your face, the hunger burns, As the wheel turns I know there's no release, Forever is the tie that binds My heart is still at peace I'm hanging on to You One golden thread, reaching out between us One slender cord, binding me to You (A bridge across the Great Divide) Love's journeying against the tide, confounding reason War rages when the worlds collide Holding fast, in this mold I'm cast Long road, dark shadows fall, And danger is in every step My heart is still at peace I'm hanging on to You So tired from the constant fight, slow desperation My desire is Your delight, don't let me fall From the upward call
2.
Little men in high places Sitting in the judgement seat Little men, big disgraces Fan the flame but feel no heat Time and again the voice of a remnant cries out Time and again it's lost in a thunderous shout Walking the Wire, One foot in paradise and another in the grave Walking the Wire Little men, secret places Faceless names deciding fate Little men, fatal cases Stem the tide, it's getting late Time and again their message is painfully clear Time and again their choices turn hope into fear
3.
Volatile changes completely arranges the view that you take Slow dialectic produces eclectic exchange Truth seems to flow in patterns of light Illustrating wrong from right Your dark design, that's where we draw the line One step behind, that's where we draw the line Desperate victors are finding their vectors to sheltered domains Moral depravity pulls us like gravity Hearts melt like wax, reformed in the heat Recreated, made complete Culture's chasm's deep, into it vile corruptions creep Wield redemption's blade, works of the pure will never fade
4.
No Standing 04:04
Underneath the outer layers we're progressing Like the rivers ever moving to the Sea As the Earth and all of Heaven are declaring, So are we As the Potter's Wheel is turning we are molded So the chisel of the Sculptor sets us free Being fashioned in the Image once intended Endlessly No standing, no standing still No standing, no standing still As the wind is blowing, Spirit in us moving For the work that's once begun will reach an end And the end is really only the beginning, As we ascend
5.
All In Time 04:00
The silent confirmation Selling our souls to the clock Buying money with time, With no good reason or rhyme We fall into the system We’re taken in by a world of ambition and schemes But it’s not what it seems Working for tomorrows of glitter and gold Watching while our lives turn steely and cold We hear ringing clear All in Time, Live every moment All in Time, There’s no sense in wishing life away (We were meant to take it day by day) All in Time, Don’t lose this moment We rarely make connection Some of us dream of the future and some of the past And the present is last We miss the real direction Turning the hours into days and the days into years And then collecting the tears
6.
Exiles 04:21
Distant home, across the Earth we roam, Leaving all that we possess behind us Known by name, we make no earthly claim Waiting for the One we seek to find us Exiles of another kind, with our maker intertwined Vessels on a sea of love Aliens to Mother Earth, waiting for the second birth Vessels on a sea of love Out of bounds, no boundary surrounds No one's worldly object of desire Nations fade, but this foundations' laid Shaped in the divine refiner's fire Eyes are fixed on the goal ahead So alive but to the world we're. dead Inside out and upside down Each man stands on the rock he’s found Twice removed from the Human Race We found our peace in a hiding place Strangers livin’ in a foreign land Now we fall, but in the end we'll stand Exiles of the World Exiles of the World No release for prisoners of peace Willing to be slaves of our own choosing Promising to serve no mortal king Gaining so much more than we are losing
7.
One mind, One soul, One-sided and we’re outa control Like a shot in the dark, We take aim-never hit the mark Wide-eyed with tunnel vision, A telltale sign of the human condition One pride, One power, One religion..... I don’t buy this game, Same old lie We just change the name We’re still running into the wind And leading a Life of Crime Though we deny it, We show our colors under the gun We’re still running into the wind And living on borrowed time Don’t try to hide it We can’t undo the things that are done One fist, held high, One voice claiming world dominion No truth, We try to reduce it to pure opinion No judge, No jury, No guilt if we take away the rules One war, One rebellion One world full of fairytale fools
8.
Sometimes I see a little black, see a little white Sometimes I almost understand One moment coming into view, then slipping out of sight, But never quite at my command If You call me by name, Can I ever become all that You became? So true was Your aim You are the Distance, but oh, so near How can the one that I love be the one I fear? There is no peace til’ You choose to appear I think I see a little wrong, see a little right, But through this veil it's seldom clear Seems like I'm sittin' in the dark waiting for the light A deafening silence in my ear
9.
No substitutions, I keep telling you These institutions let you down Morals and Dogma talk in circles All conversation leaves you dry Sooner or later you'll surely find the bottom is dropping out And still you're falling behind We just can’t stand alone All fall down, Each one reaching for the higher ground, All fall down, Not one righteous man among us found Beyond delusion, our self-confidence This grand illusion seals our fate False independence is true captivity Just one conclusion lies in wait When comes tomorrow the Sun, And all your works are seen, And after it's all been said and done, There is no in-between No mortal is an island, in the middle of the Sea Upon the Holy Mountain, is the Judge who holds the Key Without the Savior's pardon, there is no purity And when tomorrow comes you’ll find The bottom is dropping out, We see we’re falling behind, you just can’t stand alone
10.
Is this the light, or just illusion? Too many choices make it hard to tell And sinking deeper into confusion You recognize the feeling all too well You wish that someone would just tell you what to do The indecision has put you under pressure There's a shadow and it's hanging over you To face the music Don't wait, too late Make straight the Highway to the Heart Take care, beware Prepare a Highway to the Heart And today is the day Living your life in desperation Is just a symptom of the real disease Running in circles, no destination Just the delusion that you do as you please You feel uneasy and it comes as no surprise Hearing footsteps closing in around you No point in running, no point in telling lies So face the music (the bell will surely toll)
11.
Fear for your life, just when you thought you were safe inside, Dangerous place, You are expendable they decide, Another statistic infanticide Surrounded within, you rest in your innocence How could you know, you can’t stay alive in the Free Fire Zone Free Fire Zone Now they’re opening fire (I fear for your life) (no chance to survive) in the Free Fire Zone No longer sacred, our children, ending a life that has just begun Blood on the ground cries for vengeance, Who will defend you O, little One? Now the nightmare’s begun, unwanted lives are undone How can you live with the shame? Can it be true that your hearts are so cold, souls have been sold, Life is so cheap, nothing you’d want to keep. Life is a gift, you were given a page in the Book of Eternity Waiting outside in the Maelstrom, they took away what you’ll never see
12.
Bright Star 05:42
I was living on an island in the middle of a sea I was peering through a window when your light fell down on me I was walking in a garden, when I fell from such a height I was waiting for the morning, of a long and empty night Bright Star still shining, Bright Star still showing us the way Bright Star, still shining As you rise across the heavens now The world can see your love is alive Now I seem to hang suspended, far below, but high above As my broken life is mended, I can see no greater love You’re burning so bright, the power of your light Is melting my heart of stone Create me anew, the image of you Is all I long for, live and die for, I give it all to you

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Original released in 1987

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released July 24, 1998

Lead vocals by Michael Gleason

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Kerry Livgren Kansas

Kerry Livgren is best known as the Guitarist, Keyboardist, and primary Songwriter for the group "Kansas," He has also released several solo projects.

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