So Said The Lighthouse Keeper

Song	So Said The Lighthouse Keeper
Artist	Klaatu
Album	Two Classic Albums From Klaatu

	作词 : Klaatu
	"I am the very loneliest of all creatures in the universe
	Indeed I am an epitaph to man
	For having witnessed mass destruction like you've never dreamed and worse
	I fear I shall bear witness once again."
	So said the lighthouse keeper
	As he struggled up the spiral stairs
	Which led him to the laser flare which spanned the cosmic void
	Where keeping constant vigil
	He'd forewarn this gallant guard of guards
	Beware all ships the space graveyard and its stones of asteroids
	"For though my race was thought immune
	Themselves they did consume
	So be warned or be mourned tomorrow
	And from your deafness do desist
	And pray take heed of this
	For your present course can only end in sorrow..."
	So said the lighthouse keeper
	As he wiped a teardrop from his nose
	Upon which his spectacles rose and gazed out to the stars
	And like a portrait still he stared
	And sighing to himself declared
	"I must invent the perfect prayer
	Not yours, not mine, but ours
	Which in the name of charity
	Might lead us to eternal peace
	The ultimate philosophy
	Some simple, single phrase." The old and much encumbered man
	Then came to rest with head in hand
	He thought
	and thought
	and thought away
	His last remaining day.
	Epilogue
	When to his end the old man came
	Death told him "You'll not die in vain"
	And on his lips the fatal kiss was placed
	But from within his falling chest
	The old man uttered one last breath
	And had we heard his parting word
	We'd know that he had said...

	zuò cí : Klaatu
	" I am the very loneliest of all creatures in the universe
	Indeed I am an epitaph to man
	For having witnessed mass destruction like you' ve never dreamed and worse
	I fear I shall bear witness once again."
	So said the lighthouse keeper
	As he struggled up the spiral stairs
	Which led him to the laser flare which spanned the cosmic void
	Where keeping constant vigil
	He' d forewarn this gallant guard of guards
	Beware all ships the space graveyard and its stones of asteroids
	" For though my race was thought immune
	Themselves they did consume
	So be warned or be mourned tomorrow
	And from your deafness do desist
	And pray take heed of this
	For your present course can only end in sorrow..."
	So said the lighthouse keeper
	As he wiped a teardrop from his nose
	Upon which his spectacles rose and gazed out to the stars
	And like a portrait still he stared
	And sighing to himself declared
	" I must invent the perfect prayer
	Not yours, not mine, but ours
	Which in the name of charity
	Might lead us to eternal peace
	The ultimate philosophy
	Some simple, single phrase." The old and much encumbered man
	Then came to rest with head in hand
	He thought
	and thought
	and thought away
	His last remaining day.
	Epilogue
	When to his end the old man came
	Death told him " You' ll not die in vain"
	And on his lips the fatal kiss was placed
	But from within his falling chest
	The old man uttered one last breath
	And had we heard his parting word
	We' d know that he had said...