I've seen the evil so many hands have done
I've seen the beauty of the earth and of the setting sun
And on my knees I've begged for battles to be won
But when we bleed no more, what do we become?

And when at last we breathe our final precious breath
I hope there's something more
What are we hoping for?
(What are we yearning for?)

Without a guiding hand we wander endlessly
Am I a fool to seek release from all that's killing me?
When time has passed for once held cetainties
A need remains: a refuge from your misery

And when at last we breathe our final precious breath
And when at last we're summoned unto death
Is there an open door?
Will there be any more?
What will remain from all these dying things we're living for?

I've seen the evil so many hands have done
I've seen the beauty of the earth and of the setting sun
And on my knees I've cried to you for battles to be won
Will you be standing there when the dying is done?

Do you hear me when I cry out?
Do you see me in my darkest hour?

And as I passed through the years
Joy become tainted with sorrow
So dark, the way
I could no longer follow
Where doubt and fear reside
Killing dreams, casting beauty aside
Can you reach me?
Through these walls that I hide behind

I could feel you in the stillness
And your morning lit my darkest hour

And I need you
Must I carry this weight forever?
Have I grieved you?
Have I severed my hope forever?

As we fall through the void of our broken dreams
Crying out to the only one left to hear
When the weight of our burdens, becomes too great
Can we lift up our eyes, I belive that it's not too late

And as we wish for hope that transcends the vanity of men
Deep down - inside, we yearn to begin again
Leave your fears behind
Cast your sorrow aside
Come close to me
As the walls fall away as the gates open wide

As I feel the warming sun upon the earth
I stand outside the gates of my birth
Wise men know th answers, see them raise their stones
i stand here alone

Inside of the city gates, they gather round
Too enthralled by their designs to hear the sound
Voices of the dispossessed; they cry for hope
But they cry alone

Where is the voice inside to comfort me?
I plead. I cry for you
I'm lost within the fields of emptiness
So blind, paralysed
Don't leave me here to die

We're lost within the fields of emptiness
So blind, paralysed
Have we been left to die?

I have seen the morning sun
aai have lived under the glow of life
Am I lost? A darker path I walk alone
Too weary to return; too weak to carry on

There must be a way to see you
I shy away as the hypocrites' whips crack
Their words, their wisdom, mean nothing to me anymore
My hope torn like rags on this beggar's back

They lead you up the hill as one accused of blasphemy
Observe you coldly, as they tie your body to the cross
And as you bleed they search their souls and find no guilt within
Self righteous killers- never knowing what they've lost

Still I want to stand before you
Still I'm locked within this cage
I want to see beyond their cities
To the place where only you remain

Still I falter when I run from you
I see an image of your pain
I want to see beyond their cities
To the place where only you remain
I see
Your pain
Look beyond their cities
To this place

I bleed I cry, I plead for you

Did you get a glimpse of how it's meant to be?
As a child in a perfect world, lost within your dreams
And did you wake one day to find you've lost it all?
Take refuge in your memories

Time keeps moving on
Yesterday is lost forever
Those precious dreams forgone
It leaves you cold inside

Now the hour has passed from us
Into silence

So is this how life's supposed to be?
Do you remember now, how you used to feel?
And do you weep alone and grieve for passing years?
Take refuge, my friend, in your memories

Time keeps moving on
Yesterday is lost forever
Those precious dreams forgone
Still we yearn for something more

The prison of lifeless apathy
Creeping slowly, endless entropy
This burden-our mortality
All our fears, all our vanity
Rise above this numbing agony
While there's something left to feel
No refuge in my memories
Today, tomorrow is everything

Today we make a path to walk upon
Tomorrow to wake, and then to journey on

For the hour is now upon us

Night falls swiftly upon this sullen earth
Nothing lasts
Tomorow all is gone
Tomorow all is one
Again
All around I see rebirth, decay
It cannot last
Tomorow all is gone
Tomorow all is one
Again

Nothing lasts
Tomorow all is gone

Time passed us slowly long ago
Within the woods and fields we roamed
Our joyful voices carried far away
To echo around the trees and stones
And in the end return us home
The glow of summer evenings falling on our way
But childhood ends, the wars begin
We chase our dreams-we break, we mend
Then wonder what became of yesterday
We make decisions through our pain
And bow our heads to run through flames
As revolution finds us once again

We know we each must walk - as all must walk
We each must walk alone
And we all must stand, blindly with our outstretched hands
To face this worls alone

Where is the life we longed for?
What happened to the dreams we dreamed together?
Where is the hope we longed for?
What happened to those dreams now lost forever?

All alone in mourning
Is there any more?
See the leaves are falling
Lost forevermore
As the fires are burning
Only ash remains
Today as always
Dust to dust again

Again

Take me away
Take me so far away
When I lie in the earth, I so loved to roam
As it takes to itself my broken form
I'm falling away
Falling so far away
As I sink ever deeper I cry to you
Lift me out of the depths of this sullen earth

Come now to me
From this hell you've seen
Lost to the sea
I have seen you grieve

Your tears have torn
Shot down in your wars
Weather the storm
I've lived through them all

The broken, the poor
Have been given more
They see the dawn
As their masters mourn

They bleed they fall
So few hear my call
I am the door
I would gather all

You hope one day to feel less of this confusion
To find that lasting peace is more than an illusion
But then you wake to face another revolution

And as the world keeps turning
You feel you're left behind

Is there another world beyond this cold existence
Can hope return to us despite our own resistance
I wish the light would come and filter through this distance

I hope one day to feel less of this confusion
To find that lasting peace is more than an illusion
But as I wake each day it is to revolution

In the glow of the autumn sun
We walk again in fallen leaves
And as I draw you near
I hear the sound of the bells from faraway
Carried on the breeze
Bringing with it all this yearning
To be at peace again

In the chill of the winter wind
I walk again in solitude
And as I bow my head
I hear the echoes of things long passed away
Carried on the air
Bringing with them all this yearning
To be at peace again

We see the sin before the saint
We see the curse before the blessing
We shake the little that remains
Until we are left with nothing

Look beyond the flesh, look beyond the mind

We see the freak before the person
We see the scars before the healing
We hear the lie before the reason
We crave the answer not it's meaning

We seek the judgement and not the understanding
We see the house and not the place we shared
We look past the story to the ending
We see the tears and not the soul you bared

Dying from the fear of death
Could this be my final breath
Hold my head up to the light
Darker now my fading sight
Carried on the turning tide
Further ever from your side
I have felt the longing grow
All my deeds lie wasted now
I am longing to be free
I am calling out to thee
But your voice is gone from me
Now your voice has gone from me

Shadows will fall soon on all we have loved
Leaving forever

We are swept away
Lost on oceans of time
Seems like some other heart beating

When you look back on all we have lost
As tears fall

Are we just swept away
Children running from time
Seems like some other heart beating

Whatever happened to mine?

On the mantelpiece stands a photograph
Soldier and his bride
One of many who had to leave
To march, to fight, to die

She will always remember you and the look in your eyes
One of many who had to leave

And they pushed you to the limit
Fighting man, a frightened child
And you saw her on the battlefield
The closing moments of your life

They will always remember you and the look in your eyes
One of many who had to leave

She is old now, she has lived long, and not a day goes by
Without a thought of you

An unspoken hope
To walk with you beyond the skies

Too soon, you slipped away
Those doors opened once again
My friend I miss you so
But you left something here below

Today, through meadows of our minds
We remember your dear life
Goodbye - and though we weep
Painless now you sleep

Gathered here
Each to relay
The love, words fail
We all try in our way
To bid farewell

Come now to me
From this hell you've seen
Lost to the sea
I have seen you grieve

Your tears have torn
Shot down in your wars
Weather the storm
I've lived through them all

They bleed they fall
So few hear my call
I am the door
I would gather all

Do you hear my call
I have lived through the storm
Shot down in all your wars
I have bled and given all