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I hear a sound, a sound above my head
Distant sound of thunder, moving out on the moor
Blackbirds flew in and to the cooling towers
I'll pack my bags
Thinking of one of those hours
With you, waiting for you
My god, it takes an ocean of trust
In the kingdom of rust
I long to feel some beauty in my heart
As I go searching, right to the start
The road back to Preston
Was jutted out in snow
As I went looking for that stolen heart
For you, waiting for you
My god, it takes an ocean of trust
Takes an effort it does
My god, it takes an ocean of trust
It's in the kingdom of rust
Oh in the kingdom of rust
I long to feel that wince in my heart
As I went looking
I couldn't stop
Now I'm waiting for you
oh yes it does
I know it takes an ocean of trust
In the kingdom of rust
Distant sound of thunder, moving out on the moor
Blackbirds flew in and to the cooling towers
I'll pack my bags
Thinking of one of those hours
With you, waiting for you
My god, it takes an ocean of trust
In the kingdom of rust
I long to feel some beauty in my heart
As I go searching, right to the start
The road back to Preston
Was jutted out in snow
As I went looking for that stolen heart
For you, waiting for you
My god, it takes an ocean of trust
Takes an effort it does
My god, it takes an ocean of trust
It's in the kingdom of rust
Oh in the kingdom of rust
I long to feel that wince in my heart
As I went looking
I couldn't stop
Now I'm waiting for you
oh yes it does
I know it takes an ocean of trust
In the kingdom of rust
Lyrics submitted by wednesday181
Track duration: 05:12
"Kingdom of Rust" as written by Jez Williams, Andy Williams, Jimi / Goodwin
Lyrics © EMI Music Publishing
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i think the song overall is about questioning his faith during a tragedy, whether it be loss of a loved one or a relationship or whatever.
my, god it takes an ocean of trust sounds like he's saying its impossible to put all his faith in someone,something, god, whoever while his world is crumbling around him (the kingdom of rust).
But at the end he's come to the realization that he just has to have faith(i know it takes an ocean of trust).
i say this because at the end of the video when he emptied the ashes and he was crying it seemed that he was happy.
so it all works out in the end, just have to have faith.
great song!
Is a new beginning, a raid on the inarticulate
With shabby equipment always deteriorating
In the general mess of imprecision of feeling,
Undisciplined squads of emotion. And what there is to conquer
By strength and submission, has already been discovered
Once or twice, or several times, by men whom one cannot hope
To emulate—but there is no competition—
There is only the fight to recover what has been lost
And found and lost again and again: and now, under conditions
That seem unpropitious. But perhaps neither gain nor loss.
For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business.
"My god
It takes an ocean of trust"
to me it sounds like
"My god
seeks an ocean of trust"
every time i hear it even after reading the lyrics
Someone updated the lyrics here to the producer's transcript of the song included in the liner notes. The lines should be "I packed my bags" and "I long to feel that wince in my heart" as that is how those two lines are sung live as well. "Fast" is not sung, and "winter" is incorrect.
The unintelligible part is sung "It's in the Kingdom of Rust" live, but it doesn't sound like that on the album cut. Honestly, I sounded it out as "Do you see Mom?", which would make some sense as the song was written for Jimi's recently deceased father.
Maybe a very slurred version..
Cant stop listening to the song though, great album. Saw them in Boston, awesome concert!