Time Table Lyrics - Foxtrot - Genesis

A carved oak table 

Tells a tale 

Of times when kings and queens sipped wine from goblets gold 

And the brave would lead their ladies 

From out the room to arbours cool 

A time of valour, and legends born 

A time when honour meant much more to a man than life 

And the days knew only strife to tell right from wrong 

Through lance and sword 

Related 

23 Boy Band Slow Jams That Made You Believe In Love 

Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody video hits 1 billion views on YouTube 

NEW SONG: Blink-182 - 'Happy Days' Lyrics 

Why, why, can we never be sure till we die 

Or have killed for an answer 

Why, why, do we suffer each race to believe 

That no race has been grander 

It seems because through time and space 

Though names may change each face retains the mask it wore 

A dusty table 

Musty smells 

Tarnished silver lies discarded upon the floor 

Only feeble light descends through a film of grey 

That scars the panes 

Gone the carving 

And those who left their mark 

Gone the kings and queens now only the rats hold sway 

And the weak must die according to nature's law 

As old as they 

Why, why, can we never be sure till we die 

Or have killed for an answer 

Why, why, do we suffer each race to believe 

That no race has been grander 

It seems because through time and space 

Though names may change each face retains the mask it wore