Temple of the King - Live

You're never alone

When we were in America
Doing the new album
After a hard day in the studio
Richie would get out his American Express card
And take us to a bar
Buy us each a bottle of expensive wine

And sit down and we'd play some tunes
To whoever would listen to us
This is an old song that you'll recognise
That came from these particular times in bars and pubs
This is "Temple of the King"

One day in the year of the fox
Came the time remembered well
When a strong young man of the rising sun
Of the tolling of the great black bell
One day in the year of the fox
When the bell began to ring
But the time had come for one to go
To the Temple of the King

There in the middle of the circle
He stands searching, seeking
With just one wave of his strong right hand
The answer will be found

Daylight waits while the old man sings
Heaven help me
Then like the rush of a thousand wings he's gone
And the day has just begun

One day in the year of the fox
Came the time remembered well
When the strong young man of the rising sun
Of the tolling of the great black bell
One day in the year of the fox
When the bell began to ring
When the time had come for one to go
To the Temple of the King

Far from the circle of the edge of the world
He's hoping, wondering
Thinking back to the story he's heard
Of what he's gonna see

There in the middle of the circle he lies
Heaven help me
All could see by the look in his eyes
He'd go to the Temple of the King

One day in the year of the fox
Came the time remembered well
When a strong young man of the rising sun
Of the tolling of the great black bell
One day in the year of the fox
When the bell began to ring
But the time had come for one to go
To the Temple of the King

Don't be afraid, it's the black masquerade