Lou Reed - The Valley Of Unrest Lyrics
[Spoken Track][Rowena:]Far away far awayAre not all lovely things far awayAs far at least lies that valleyas the bedridden sun in the luminous eastThe paralyzed mountains, the sickly riverAre not all things lovely far awayAre not all things lovely far awayIt is a valley where time is not interruptedWhere its history shall not be interpretedStories of satan's dart of angel wingsUnhappy thingsWithin the valley of unrestThe sun ray dripped all redThe dell was silentAll the people having gone to warLeaving no interrogator to mindthe willful looting the pale past knowledgeThe sly mysterious starsThe unguarded flowers leaningThe tulips overhead palerThe terror stricken skyRolling like a waterfallover the horizon's fiery wallA visage full of meaningHow the unhappy shall confessAs Roderick watches like a human eyeWhile violets and lilies waveLike banners in the skyHovering over and above a graveAs dew drops on the freshly planted eternal dewComing down in gemsThere's no use to pretendThough gorgeous clouds flyRoderick, like the human eye has closed foreverFar away far awayRoderick, whatever thy image may beRoderick, no magic shall sever the music from theeThou hast bound many eyes in a dreamy sleepOh tortured dayThe strains still arriveI hear the bellsI have kept my vigilanceRain dancing in the rhythm of a showerOver what guilty spirit to not hear the beatingTo not hear the beating heartBut only tears of perfect moanOnly tears of perfect moan