Fortune
Ken Hensley Lyrics

Although now it seems like never
Despite the current circumstances, it feels like this moment will never pass

When we were even less together
During a time when we were even further apart from each other

I appeared to have my back to the wall
I felt like I was stuck in a difficult situation with no way out

And the way things were going
Given the trajectory of events

There was no way of knowing
It was impossible to predict what would happen next

If I was having any luck at all
Whether or not I was experiencing any good fortune seemed unclear

Silently, suddenly, standing before me
Without warning, an old man appeared before me and stood silently

An old man awaited his death
The old man was waiting for his impending demise

Part of me cried out
I felt a strong emotional response within me

But none turned to hide
Despite this emotional reaction, I did not turn away

For no curses distorted his breath
The old man's breathing was not affected by any curses or ailments

It was then I took to thinking
At this point, I began to reflect on my situation

And my hand took to writing
I began to express my thoughts through the act of writing

And my dreams came into answer to call
My aspirations started to become a reality and responded to my efforts

Waiting in wonder my thoughts ran like thunder
With anticipation and amazement, my thoughts raced like a thunderstorm

Could it be I've been wasting my mind
I was questioning whether or not I had been using my mental faculties unproductively

I grew sort of cold as the vision unfolded
As things began to materialize before me, I became somewhat detached from the experience

Bursting the shackles of time
Breaking free from the constraints of time

So I gathered what I had
I took stock of what I had available to me

Took a look at that was going down
I examined what was currently happening

And it made me kind of sad
This observation caused me to feel somewhat melancholy

Watching all the circles going slowly round
Observing the cyclical nature of events unfolding before me

And the stars sang in harmony
The stars appeared to be working together in unison

It was so perfect that it laid me down
This harmony was so beautiful that it overwhelmed me emotionally

And the rain clouds were tossed away
The clouds that were previously obscuring my vision were suddenly cleared away

Seemed like the world was lost and I would drown -
It felt as if the world was slipping away and I was on the verge of drowning in it

In its sound
This feeling was underscored by the soundscape around me

Somewhere along the road I don't know where
At some point during my journey, I am unsure of exactly when or where

I had really believed I was poor
I had been carrying a belief that I was impoverished in some way

Looking, not seeing, the point of my being
I had been searching for meaning without understanding what it was that I was looking for

When all of my fortune is sure
Unbeknownst to me, I had all of the resources and potential required to achieve my goals