The clock works against you
Time keeper for the reaper
Eats away a life that I can never renew
Deeds you can never undo
You have learned to accept what you have become
You've created a costume, forever trapped inside
A disguise you can never remove
How long will you be able to
Remember who you are?

The father of time peers through your soul eternally
He's sitting and laughing at your attempted masquerade
Every midnight like clockwork
He will sing his haunting serenade
And will you be afraid?

The clock works against you
Time keeper for the reaper
Eats away a life that I can never renew
Deeds you can never undo
You have learned to accept what you have become
You've created a costume, forever trapped inside
A disguise you can never remove
How long will you be able to
Remember who you are?

Try as you may, there is no way to escape the clockwork
Try as you may, there is no way to escape the clockwork
Try as you may, there is no way to escape the clockwork
Try as you may, there is no way to escape the clockwork
My demise, and you won't survive

Isolated, trapped inside the capsule
I fear that i may now be on my own
My crew have perished, and i am alone

Orbiting beyond the atmosphere
My communications are down and the power is cut
I gaze back to the Earth
Wondering, will i be remembered?

All that i've seen will fade
All that i am will be buried
Deep beneath the sands of time
All that i have worked toward
Is destined to die inside my mind
Will they remember the voyager
Or will they forget?

Moments left and nothing to show
I was brought into this world cold and alone
It only makes sense that i should also die cold and alone
But i will not die within these confines
Reaching forth i release the hatch

I float away into nothingness
Gazing upon the blue planet
From a distance i can see its beauty

As ice obscures my view
I've reached the end of a journey
The end of the voyage

Orbiting beyond the atmosphere
My life support has been depleted
And i soon will die all alone
I gaze back to the Earth
Wondering, will i be remembered?

Will i be remembered?
Will i be forgotten?

From my dreams I'm torn
Awoken by the sound of screams
So I spring forth
Smoke covered the ceiling
Scorching my lungs
So I crawled along the floor

Leaving behind all I own
Only once realized I was safe
I also realized that I was alone
It was now too late
To go back in
I felt helpless as I watched my room burn
My companion did not make it outside the shelter
Hiding under my bed
I know in his final moments he was terrified
The moment that I realized I had failed him
Will forever haunt me

I had lost everything
But those things did not matter to me
Self-preservation
Became my priority

You never know how you'll think
Until the moment comes when you must decide
And weight the value of your life
Against their life
How will you decide?
I'm alive and alone
I put myself before the ones that I love
And now I'm standing in the cold on my own
I've gotten my wish

You never know how you'll think
Until the moment comes when you must decide
And weigh the value of your life
Against their life
How will you decide?
I'm alive and alone
I put myself before the ones that I love
And now I'm standing in the cold on my own
I've gotten my wish

I can see the faces of the dead inside the fire
Only for a moment and they hastily dissipate
A million messages all forced into my brain
A million voices screaming in pain

I had lost everything
But those things did not matter to me
Self-preservation
Became my priority

You never know how you'll think
Until the moment comes when you must decide
And weight the value of your life
Against their life
How will you decide?
How will you decide when the moment has arrived?
You never know how you'll think
Until the moment comes when you must decide
And weight the value of your life
Against their life
How will you decide?
How will you decide when the moment has arrived?

From my dreams I'm torn
Awoken by the sound of screams
So I spring forth
Forever haunted by the nightmares
Their souls screaming out to me
From in my sleep

Do they live on in the flame?
Or are the embodiments a creation of apophenia?

Wandering infinite dunes
Waiting for my body to be swallowed by the unforgiving force
Vanishing into wilderness
Never to be seen again

Yearning to bathe
In the waters of the oasis
And satiate my soul

Wandering infinite dunes
Waiting for my body to be swallowed by the unforgiving force
Vanishing into wilderness
Never to be seen again

Blinded by the sandstorms
I am slowly destroyed by the dust that I inhale
Bleeding from my nostrils
Paranoia overthrows my thoughts
Wary of the shadows that stems from my own two feet

They want to hate and they jump at the chance
To exile the innocent without remorse
Pointing the finger
So that they don't have to look at themselves in the mirror
They want to hate because it brings them together
And because it leaves them feeling secure
Some of those who i thought to be friends
I now know never really knew who I was

I return to solitude
And once again I contemplate
What my purpose is
Who is it for?
Or is it only for myself?
Will I ever be
Free of the need
To achieve contentment?
Will I ever find
Another state, a peace of mind?

I return to solitude
Where once again I contemplate
What my purpose is inside this burdensome reality
I return to solitude
Where once again I contemplate
What is my purpose?

They point the finger
So they don't have to look at themselves
Banding together deep inside their own hatred
They point the finger
So they don't have to look at themselves
Banding together deep inside their own hatred
Banding together deep inside their own hatred
Banding together deep inside their own hatred

It grows from deep within you
Unbeknownst, crawling deeper and deeper
This disease burrows into you
Though it never shows until the day comes
When the man in white gives you his diagnosis

Doomed to die
You thought you had time
How much longer will you need?
Doomed to die
When will you be the one?
You thought you had time
Accept that which you've become
How much, how much longer will you need?

The tempo of time is ever flowing
And with every second, it ticks away
De-accelerating your cognition
When you know your time is nigh
The diagnosis
The tempo of time is ever flowing
And with every second, it ticks away
De-accelerating your cognition
When you know your time is nigh
The diagnosis

The pendulum is swinging, forever it shall ring
The grandfather clock will always sing again

The end of an era, the coming of age
For you, time does not wait

Doomed to die
You thought you had time
How much longer will you need?
Doomed to die
When will you be the one?
You thought you had time
Accept that which you've become
How much, how much longer will you need?

I had been fighting the tide
And it has been far too long
While wave after wave
Thrashing on top of me
The harder I swam
The more tired I became
The light that shines bioluminescent sand
Grew dim as I drifted farther and farther away

"Is this how I go?"
I think to myself as the tide pulls me farther and farther away
Is this my last moment? Will I be seen again?
The tide has come for me
Pulling me down to the dark depths of the sea
Am I doomed to disappear into the ocean?

The tide has come (x2)

I had been fighting the tide
And it has been far too long
While wave after wave
Thrashing on top of me
The harder I swam
The more tired I became
The light that shines bioluminescent sand
Grew dim as I drifted farther and farther away

A day will come
Long after I have left the Earth
In which my name
Will never be spoken again
And only then
Am I truly dead

I float away
Into nothingness
Gazing upon
The realm I have transcended
Although I am not truly gone
Until the last time my name is ever spoken

I am not truly dead
Until they forget me

I am liberated
From the pain of living in a world
Governed by time
The clock is laughing
A constant reminder
Of my finite life

I am liberated
I am liberated

I am now free
From all that I feared
And all the pain
That I have endured throughout the voyage

I am free from all that I have feared

Goodbye to all the ones
That were there for me in life
I promise that I will meet you again
On the other side of the hill
Goodbye to all the ones
That remember me in death
I promise that I will meet you again
On the other side