Hemispheres
Album - 1978 - Debaser id 21063

A boy alone and so far from home
Endless rooftops from my window
I felt the gloom of empty rooms
On rainy afternoons.

Sometimes in confusion
I felt so lost and disillusioned
Innocence gave confidence
To go up against reality.

All the same
We take our chances
Laughed at by time
Tricked by circumstances

Plus ca change
Plus c'est la meme chose
The more that things change
The more they stay the same.

Now I've gained some understanding
Of the only world that we see
Things that I once dreamed of
Have become reality.

These walls that still surround me
Still contain the same old me
Just one more who's searching for
The world that ought to be.

All the same
We take our chances
Laughed at by time
Tricked by circumstances

Plus ca change
Plus c'est la meme chose
The more that things change
The more they stay the same.

There is unrest in the forest,
There is trouble with the trees,
For the maples want more sunlight
And the oaks ignore their pleas.

The trouble with the maples,
(And they're quite convinced they're right)
They say the oaks are just too lofty
And they grab up all the light.
But the oaks can't help their feelings
If they like the way they're made.
And they wonder why the maples
Can't be happy in their shade.

There is trouble in the forest,
And the creatures all have fled,
As the maples scream, "Oppression"
And the oaks just shake their heads

So the maples formed a union
And demanded equal rights.
They say, "The oaks are just too greedy;
We will make them give us light."
Now there's no more oak oppression,
For they passed a noble law,
And the trees are all kept equal
By hatchet, axe, and saw.

[Instrumental]

* I: "Buenos Nochas, Mein Froinds!" - (0:00)
* II: "To sleep, perchance to dream..." - (0:27)
* III: "Strangiato theme" - (2:00)
* IV: "A Lerxst in Wonderland" - (3:16)
* V: "Monsters!" - (5:49)
* VI: "The Ghost of the Aragon" - (6:10)
* VII: "Danforth and Pape" - (6:45)
* VIII: "The Waltz of the Shreves" - (7:26)
* IX: "Never turn your back on a Monster!" - (7:52)
* X: "Monsters! (Reprise)" - (8:03)
* XI: "Strangiato theme (Reprise)" - (8:17)
* XII: "A Farewell to Things" - (9:20)