Story Behind The Song

From the dream-adventure musical, PILGRIM.

Song Description

From the dream-adventure musical, PILGRIM.

Lyrics

There's a man in a dream
who walks the land
with a Burden on his back,
and a book in hand...

And he weeps, and he trembles,
and he cries, "I am damned!
We are through!" Understand?
The man is you!
What next?

"Look, the Town is burning!"
cries the man in pain,
But nobody hears,
they fear he's gone insane,
And they don't have the time
for rantings so inane
"Why all the fuss?"
Let me explain, They're just like us!
What next?

The Tinker turns preacher,
the preacher turns prisoner,
the prisoner pawns a pamphlet of his dreams
What next? What next?

The man escapes the City in the night
But the Burden take control
when a soul takes flight
But somehow the Pilgrim finds his way
to a dim and distant light
Do you dare join his plight,
do you care what's next!

The Tinker turns preacher,
the preacher turns prisoner,
the prisoner pawns a pamphlet of his dreams!

This desperate Pilgrim
He's just like us
What does his riddle, his tale forebode?
He keeps the Masters oblivious
to the secret dreams of the Tinker,
or the walls will explode! Explode!

We've been fooled like this Pilgrim
by their clever bait
Let them block our minds,
let them lock our gate,
can we follow this Pilgrim,
find the narrow and straight?
Fulfill our task?
If we're too late,
must we ask what's coming next?
What next? What next?

There's a man in a dream
who walks the land
with a Burden on his back,
and a book in hand...