| He had a thousand ideas
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| You might have heard his name
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| He lived alone with his vision
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| Not looking for fortune or fame
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| Never said too much to speak of He was off on another plane
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| The words that he said were a mystery
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| Nobody’s sure he was sane
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| But he knew, he knew more than me or you
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| No one could see his view
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| Oh, where was he going to He was in search of an answer
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| The nature of what we are
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| He was trying to do it a new way
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| He was bright as a star
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| But nobody understood him
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| «His numbers are not the way»
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| He’s lost in the deepest enigma
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| Which no one’s unravelled today
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| [sung and written lyrics are different here; |
| Steve sings «which no one
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| Could ravel today"which has the same meaning (ravel and unravel are
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| Synonyms).]
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| But he knew, he knew more than me or you
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| No one could see his view
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| Oh, where was he going to And he tried
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| But before he could tell us he died
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| When he left us the people cried
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| Oh, where was he going to?
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| He had a different idea
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| A glimpse of the master plan
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| He could see into the future
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| A true visionary man
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| But there’s something he never told us It died when he went away
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| If only he could have been with us No telling what he might say
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| But he knew, he knew more than me or you
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| No one could see his view
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| Oh, where was he going to But he knew
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| You could tell by the picture he drew
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| It was totally something new
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| Oh, where was he going to |