FAUSTIAN SLIP LYRICS

1. The Dying

Ice is spoken
Bonds are broken
New found void where
Emptiness pours in

Mind to darkness
Heart to stone
Once a part of
Now alone

What God has joined
Man unfolds
'Til indifference do we part
To choke until cold

When all is done
And all is said
What once was living
Has become dead

2. Faustian Interlude

[Instrumental]

3. Plague Of Man

Darkness weighs down on this Earth
A doom that all can feel
It eats away at our souls
Though we pretend it isn't real

We feed our flesh amusements
To distract us from the fear
Out of sight means out of mind
We pretend we're happy here

Our hands plucked out our eyes
The same severed our ears
For the truth is so much sweeter
When you neither see nor hear

And yet there stands a lasting hope
A cry above the sky
"Return to me, my children
Your only hope is I"

"But I am whole, not broken"
Says the man "and all is well"
As the cancerous dark consumes him....
"I do not need your help"

4. Slipshadow

[Instrumental]

5. The Greatest Of These

Let us not forget
Let us understand
That cold hearts tend to create cold hands
And your black soul removed from the grave
Was grace given, so that others might be saved

Words without love
A clanging noise
Faith without love
Is null and void
Works without love
Remain empty
Sacrifice without love
Gains not a thing

6. The Dying [Acoustic Version]

Ice is spoken
Bonds are broken
New found void where
Emptiness pours in

Mind to darkness
Heart to stone
Once a part of
Now alone

What God has joined
Man unfolds
'Til indifference do we part
To choke until cold

When all is done
And all is said
What once was living
Has become dead

7. Tomorrow's Dream

[Bonus Track]
[originally by Black Sabbath]

Well, I'm leaving tomorrow at daybreak
Catch the fastest train around nine
Yes I'm leaving the sorrow and heartache
Before it takes me away from my mind

Send me love and I may let you see me
Send me hopes that can spin in my head
But if you really want me to answer
I can only let you know when I'm dead

When sadness fills my days
It's time to turn away
And let tomorrow's dreams
Become reality to me

So realize I'm much better without you
You're not the one and only thing in my heart
I'll just go back to pretending I'm living
But this time I'm gonna have the star part

[Original version written and performed by Black Sabbath]
[©1972 Black Sabbath]







FAUSTIAN SLIP LYRICS