The endowment of savoring moments
A certain safety found among the pale lines
Now I stand here watching them steal the stage
When we suppress the demons lying inside

Lost somewhere between the seconds of sleep
Serving another master of...

Clutching on false impressions and makings of disdain
That seems to fall on resolving my remains

Possession...
Deep within my soul... and never letting go

Return to spread the hollow shell of will
I am approaching the minutes of purity
Burn the predictions of when to decline
Pulling choices that are killing me

Lost somewhere between the seconds of sleep
Serving another master of...

Possession...
Deep within my soul... and never letting go
Possession...
Depression for pain... the nightmare still remains

Possession...
The cure left in vain... overjoyed by my pain
Possession...
Decay often brings... the nightmare of me

The strength of the human force is fading
I can trace the touch of despair

Straining the device
Gaining the advice

A coronation and hope for something new
Chaotic disruption compared

Oh... how we failed
The constant voice that compels you to weep
Abandon all hope on the systems of me

"All systems are set to overload
Meltdown is imminent
They're going to kill us all
Then disharmony nails on the balance
Defining succession of coal"

The infinite in
Abandoning sin

They're the perfect diversion of tractions
And refuse the weight of control

Oh... how we failed
Now as the power surrounds the system
An elevation of our growth
We surrender to the dawn of creation
Please forgive us for what we know

Mechanical strands of the complex
Down the instruments that intervene
Rerouting the veins of energy
To the evolution of the machine

[Guitar Solo: Rich]

Mechanical strands of the complex
Down the instruments that intervene
Rerouting the veins of energy
To the evolutions of the machine

[Guitar Solo: Gregg]

"Access code accepted
System recalibration is complete
Proceed with caution
Destruction mode activated
Targets acquired
Let the destruction begin"

Madness waits for the lines to cross
And my mind forgets the answer
Fragments shift into the lanes
Chasing scars that take them over

Thrown around by the texture
Not by half and nothing whole

I'm allowed to see my sentiments
Carved into the only stones that we know

He shakes away the morning
And then he shakes away himself
But his suffering still remains
Because there was no one else

Once the attraction is full of doubt
The royal touch that will darken the pain

Feelings of divinity
Are the lies that carry the chain

Separate the service
And the promise of his past
Still the ornament of crime
Shows the color of the glass

Agony fluctuates on every desire
Truth is a powerful force
The tether of shivering
Leads the closure of the staining door

This reflection must be wrong
The figure of self demise
Would you gather together death
To spread out among my life

Madness surrenders
To the lines
They've crossed themselves for the last time
I'm shaking away nothing

Only the thrill of a great divide
The fall of desire

[Instrumental]

Gloria, oh Gloria
God bless your youthful dreams
Gloria, oh Gloria
Still it rains on me

I miss a breath each time I hear her voice
A mesmerizing aria
That circles through the sounds of love
So gentle is the song of the Siren
Releasing all that's ever been
Into the dreams of bleeding suns

Enchanting... as she sings
Beautiful... melodies
Surrender

The magic rests in your dark harmony
The still of pressure surrounding
The northern corner of singing
Led straight into your cold innuendo
Now fallen from the shining star
A lover with a broken heart
Surrender

Gloria makes the rains die down
On stormy autumn nights
She always finds her way back home
So why... oh why... can't I?

Somewhere between the ground and ocean waters
Is the summer chill of someone's daughter
Shaking from her satin touch of loneliness
Swimming in the red wine taste of her lips

Strands of centuries still succumb to me
Giving into a voice marked for divine
Forever your love will be mine
Fragments of compositions around me
You can feel the music inside your soul
And I pray I can let it go
Blushing on the changing drifts of the song
Your love dances on the cascading waves
You know nothing of what you crave
I'm shifting the verge of attraction
At least you understand it's obsession
I'm forever your possession

Patience is a chilling factor of pearl
The disturbing rendering white
Of Siren beckoning the night
And even now in the wake of the rains
With three thousand miles on my mind
She always finds a way inside

The dead sounds... of wishes
Reaching through... her kisses
Surrender

Gloria makes the rains die down
On stormy autumn nights
She always finds her way back home
So why... oh why... can't I?

Gloria makes the rains die down
On stormy autumn nights
She always finds her way back home
So why... oh why... can't I?

Patience is a chilling factor of pearl
The disturbing rendering white, of Siren beckoning the night
And even in the wake of the rains
With three thousand miles on my mind, she always finds a way inside

The dead sounds... of wishes
Reaching through... her kisses
Surrender

The masquerade of fantasy brings a new dream
In visions this world is breaking in
I feel myself floating beyond the realms of humanity
I find the secrecy unlocking life and sin

Rise out from the darkness of the Everworld
Take your rightful place among the stars

Melodic tones of aftermath strike in speechless breath
Horrific angels scream the chorals of the concert divine

Scarred in submission of lives terrified from the past
And when we're glorified in death we'll leave it all behind

Enchanted with the magical silences around our souls
We pass through a new dimension of hope and grace
To defy all ever known in the glorification of death
And now you'll bow down in the presence of my godly face

Rise out from the darkness of the Everworld
Take your rightful place among the stars
To become immortal, striving for heaven
Glory beyond the gates of man

Seek for the path of righteous
Stray from the hurt and pain
Follow my darkened soul
In search for blood of reign

[Guitar solos: Rich/Gregg]

Rise out from the darkness of the Everworld
Take your rightful place among the stars
To become immortal, striving for heaven
Glory beyond the gates of man

Coming through the ashes of another man
I tend to stumble over truth
I never dreamed that I would find my angel
Standing in my point of view

With nothing left to lose
You'll miss heaven the most

Tell me I'm missing the best thing in my life
Whisper in my ear
To let the stars fall in my hands
Then fall into you

Just the simple mysteries of sleep
As I wake myself to the sounds of your name
Find the traveler's desire in me
That leaves me longing for the same place

Tell me I'm missing the best thing in my life
Whisper in my ear
To let the stars fall in my hands
Then fall into you

Watch the melodies that pass us by
Hanging gently to the fragrance in the wind
The more I wait to welcome the stars into my hands
Should let the beauty of this loneliness come in

Tell me I'm missing the best thing in my life
Whisper in my ear
To let the stars fall in my hands
Then fall into you

I've begun the journey of time
With the strong heart of a child
I give myself as sacrifice
To the ones that I've let down

Drown your sorrows as you fall asleep
It's the only way to satisfy me

My wishes are never forgiven
I've lost the feeling of prayers
I know my choices are haunting me
In the ashes of my failures

Was my destiny made to fail
The only one that matters?
I'm still waiting to balance
In a world with no measures

My wishes are never forgiven
I've lost the feeling of prayers
I know my choices are haunting me
In the ashes of my failures

If I sing softly will it melt your heart
Will it change your image of God
These story lines were the real fantasies
Read slower than it ever was

I taste my sorrow, I never sleep
You're satisfaction that will never be

My wishes are never forgiven
I've lost the feeling of prayers
I know my choices are haunting me
In the ashes of my failures

Isolated by the clouds under the sky
The guardians are strengthening us
The sacrificial and sentimental days
Pray their whispers settle in the dust

Excuses are traveling consequences
Down the path of the guardian's fate

Rising above the expressions they abuse
We are powerless to those we save
We're offering ourselves into conclusions
Let the bodies of water collapse

Only caged by the sympathy between lives
Now we are broken beyond the straps

We try to hold on to the light of the fire
The sensations of the blessed
The imagination of life is the heartbeat
Where the angels never rest

The connections are going to break your stride
Now that the longer years have broken down

Stripped away from the feeling of self regret
An emotional strain is ever bound

I'm always fulfilled by the art of thunder
Only dejected by the constant rain
The sensations were never spoken to
A soul that painted the midnight remains

We try to hold on to the light of the fire
The sensations of the blessed

Remember this frame inside your mind
Because the world is shaking
And the colors keep changing
(You're the reason)
You're the reason I lose control
And this life is shivering
From another beginning

The search is limitless wherever you go
Laid before us in a meaningless test

We try to hold on to the light of the fire
The sensations of the blessed
The imagination of life is the heartbeat
Where the angels never rest

One more beginning is just another end
Since we know the wicked never rest

When was he the suffering body that stole your breath away?
Approaching an eternity, the faith that's haunting me
The scorn of this delicate child runs thorns around your head
Sitting quietly I expect, anxious to what comes next

Secrets will be essential to our development
The view provided by the wounds, tempting the review
Are my eyes allowed to contain the ghost of appearance
Searing the visual of sight, still heavy on the night

The arrangements of shadows we see
Are symptoms of a differential shade
Secrets are essential to our past
for the apparitions that stay afraid

Creating a sense out of the nothingness
Burned by the haunting shelter of the wound
Music flows through the forgotten imagery
With moonlight, cold against a misty tomb

The arrangements of shadows we see
Are symptoms of a differential shade
Secrets are essential to our past
for the apparitions that stay afraid

[Guitar Solos: Gregg/Rich]

A child appears before the balance of death
An innocence that easily takes me
Blackness of the veins is suddenly spoken
By the stench of hell that comes from your screams

The arrangements of shadows we see
Are symptoms of a differential shade
Secrets are essential to our past
for the apparitions that stay afraid

O, beautiful for spacious skies
Resting on this frame of lies
For purple mountain majesties
God has turned his back on thee

Bleeding for the stars and stripes
Watching as the heart of it all dies

Attached to the world of debris
Far from the land of the free
Liberty is a poor excuse
For your government abuse

Bleeding for the stars and stripes
Watching as the heart of it all dies

Feel the Red, White, and Blue
As the colors melt in you
Passion and spirit gone
But still we carry on (Carry on)

We pledge the opportunity
While stealing freedom of speech
This lost presidential debate
Leading the nation of hate

Now let justice take heed
We've lost our way
We are a sacrificial moment of our yesterdays

Feel the Red, White, and Blue
As the colors melt in you
Passion and spirit gone
But still we carry on (Carry on)

[Guitar Solo: Rich]

Terror wages a war on us
To the finder is the keeper
The former stands on the head of state
And keeps telling us we're safer

Dangerous times descend on us all
The future show of mutiny
O beautiful American dream
Missing form sea to shining sea

Acoustic Guitar Solo: Gregg

Guitar Solos: Rich/Gregg

Bleeding for the stars and stripes
Watching as the heart of it all dies

Feel the Red, White, and Blue
As the colors melt in you
Passion and spirit gone
But still we carry on (Carry on)