Portrait (He Knew) Lyrics

Lyric discussion by hersh 

Cover art for Portrait (He Knew) lyrics by Kansas

Actually, it was about some obscure Eastern mystic that Kerry Livgren became interested in during his search for truth and meaning. He tells the story plainly in his autobiography, "Seeds of Change". He later rewrote the lyrics, and rerecorded it after he realized the person he was searching for was Jesus.