Morning Sun

Well I'm off to the south coast this weekend. Nice to just get away for a bit. But... I'm always so very happy to get to the sea. Somehow, it doesn't matter where in the world I am, the sea is still home.

"Morning Sun" by Savatage (who else?) is yet another totally complete work of art. From the slow acoustic intro to the banging ending it really does come across like a wave rolling in and crashing onto the shore.

I've been lucky to watch the sun rise the most perfect rise in the morning sky. Somethings will last forever, that will be one of them. At times, time can truly stand still.

When you look at the morning sun
Do you see what I see
Or could I be the only one
Seeing just what I need

I envision a different man
Than the one I've become
Pray the ocean will understand
That my time isn't done

Everyone's leading
But nobody's dancing
You stand on the stage
Just to turn all alone
I have waited this way
For a lifetime of days

I can't wait for the morning sun
As I stand with the sea
And the ocean she understands
Just the man I could be

Somewhere else there's a different world
With a sun that will rise
And a moon that will take its place
In another man's eyes

And perhaps it's a better world
Than the one that I see
Or if better for no one else
Perhaps better for me

Here in the dark where the sky shows its graces
Revealing each star while the moon plays the fool
Saying how it must be while the night disagrees

I can't wait for the morning sun
As I stand with the sea
And the ocean she understands
Just the man I could be

No, no, time doesn't wait for you
No, no, leave it alone
No, no, your days are far too few
This thing I have always known

When your time is up it’s true
They never give another day to you

When your time is up it’s through
No one cares how

Can't keep it
Can't save it
Can't take it away with you
So I say we use it now

Somehow I'm pretty sure the ocean will always understand.