That penultimate (next-to-last) verse isn't "and they could put the sunshine pouring right down where you lay," which would be idiotic lyrics.
It's:
You'll see the day another way/And WAKE UP WITH/ the sunshine pouring right down where you lay.
Incidentally, I don't think the last line of the previous verse (although all the lyrics websites give it as such) is "feeling penniless and free," but rather "feeling less than free," which fits better with the whole theme of the song of two soon-to-be-ex-lovers feeling trapped in their relationship.
That said, this is one of ELP's best, and most unjustly overlooked, songs. Emerson's tension-building dual-synthesizer solo, which keeps ratcheting up the suspense before the final release and the reentry of the Hammond organ riff, has to be one of the great keyboard solos in rock history. And Palmer's drumming in 5/4 time is simply phenomenal.
That penultimate (next-to-last) verse isn't "and they could put the sunshine pouring right down where you lay," which would be idiotic lyrics.
It's:
You'll see the day another way/And WAKE UP WITH/ the sunshine pouring right down where you lay.
Incidentally, I don't think the last line of the previous verse (although all the lyrics websites give it as such) is "feeling penniless and free," but rather "feeling less than free," which fits better with the whole theme of the song of two soon-to-be-ex-lovers feeling trapped in their relationship.
That said, this is one of ELP's best, and most unjustly overlooked, songs. Emerson's tension-building dual-synthesizer solo, which keeps ratcheting up the suspense before the final release and the reentry of the Hammond organ riff, has to be one of the great keyboard solos in rock history. And Palmer's drumming in 5/4 time is simply phenomenal.