Gentle Giant - Valedictory (Official Audio)

Gentle Giant | Valedictory | The Power and the Glory (1974)
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Lyrics:
And though the hard times are really due to me
It still is in me, to wave all this unrest
Things must stay, there must be no change
Anyway, time to rearrange

You must believe him, that there's been no betrayal
All that I've done, I've really done for you
Things must stay, there must be no change
Anyway, time to rearrange

Hail to power and to glory's way
Hail to power and to glory's way

Must be a reason, why plans have turned around
Not only in me, must also be in you
Things must stay, there must be no change
Anyway, time to rearrange

Hail

[edelcorrallira]

Such a (pardon the pun) powerful statement. This is the truth about the ways of humanity. I am sure our amcestors were wise to this when they wrote in clay tablets.

[janpoelkamp]

I love how it starts all down and dirty, quite bluesy like the very early material, and as the song goes along they seem to get bored with it and it’s as if they can’t help themselves trying to fit in any wild idea.

[franciscojavierrodriguez]

[Verse 1]
And though the hard times are really due to me
It still is in me, to wave all this unrest
Things must stay, there must be no change
Anyway, time to rearrange

[Verse 2]
You must believe him, that there's been no betrayal
All that I've done, I've really done for you
Things must stay, there must be no change
Anyway, time to rearrange

[Refrain]
Hail to power and to glory's way
Hail to power and to glory's way

[Verse 3]
Must be a reason, why plans have turned around
Not only in me, must also be in you
Things must stay, there must be no change
Anyway, time to rearrange

[Outro]
Hail-

[madmanminkler]

I've always thought that the first segment to this song would make a perfect leitmotif.

[thomassicard]

Such a testament to the hopelessness of expecting NO CHANGE! LMAO!

[misanthrope]

Dream Theater -> Like This! The Dark Eternal Night!