Richard LaGravenese, Robin Williams - The Fisher King - The Story of the Fool and the Fisher King, Told in Central Park lyrics
[Richard LaGravenese, Robin Williams - The Fisher King - The Story of the Fool and the Fisher King, Told in Central Park lyrics]
It begins with the king as a boy
Having to spend the night alone in
The forest to prove his
Courage so he can become the
King now while he is
Spending the night alone
He's visited by a sacred vision out
Of the fire appears the
Holy grail, symbol of God's divine grace and
A voice said to the boy
'You shall be keeper of the grail
So that it may heal the
Hearts of men' But the boy
Was blinded by greater visions
Of a life filled with power and glory and
Beauty and in this state
Of radical amazement, he felt for a
Brief moment not like a boy
But invincible, like God, so
He reached into the fire to take the grail
And the grail vanished
Leaving him with his hand in the fire
To be terribly wounded now as
This boy grew older
His wound grew deeper until one day
Life for him lost
It's reason he had no faith in any man
Not even himself he couldn't love
Or feel loved he
Was sick with experience he began to die
One day
A Fool wandered into the castle and found the
King alone and being a
Fool, he was simple-minded
He didn't see a king he only saw a
Man alone and in pain and he
Asked the king: 'What ails you
Friend?' The king replied: 'I'm thirsty i
Need some water to cool
My throat' So the Fool took a cup from
Beside his bed, filled it with water
And handed it to
The king as the king began to drink
He realized
His wound was healed he looked at his hands
And there was the Holy Grail - that which he
Sought all of his life! He turned to
The Fool and said with amazement:
'How could you find
That which my brightest and
Bravest could not?'
And the Fool replied: 'I don't know i only
Knew that you were thirsty'
It's very beautiful, isn't it?
Having to spend the night alone in
The forest to prove his
Courage so he can become the
King now while he is
Spending the night alone
He's visited by a sacred vision out
Of the fire appears the
Holy grail, symbol of God's divine grace and
A voice said to the boy
'You shall be keeper of the grail
So that it may heal the
Hearts of men' But the boy
Was blinded by greater visions
Of a life filled with power and glory and
Beauty and in this state
Of radical amazement, he felt for a
Brief moment not like a boy
But invincible, like God, so
He reached into the fire to take the grail
And the grail vanished
Leaving him with his hand in the fire
To be terribly wounded now as
This boy grew older
His wound grew deeper until one day
Life for him lost
It's reason he had no faith in any man
Not even himself he couldn't love
Or feel loved he
Was sick with experience he began to die
One day
A Fool wandered into the castle and found the
King alone and being a
Fool, he was simple-minded
He didn't see a king he only saw a
Man alone and in pain and he
Asked the king: 'What ails you
Friend?' The king replied: 'I'm thirsty i
Need some water to cool
My throat' So the Fool took a cup from
Beside his bed, filled it with water
And handed it to
The king as the king began to drink
He realized
His wound was healed he looked at his hands
And there was the Holy Grail - that which he
Sought all of his life! He turned to
The Fool and said with amazement:
'How could you find
That which my brightest and
Bravest could not?'
And the Fool replied: 'I don't know i only
Knew that you were thirsty'
It's very beautiful, isn't it?