THE 11TH HOUR LYRICS

1. We All Die Alone

[Ed:]
Close your eyes
And let me die
Just let me die
By your side

Dry your eyes
And let me slide
Just let me die
By your side

[Rogga:]
When our time has come
We all die alone
No comfort or salvation
We all die alone
All your pious intentions
Will not save your mortal soul
When we're called back to the earth
We all die alone

[Ed:]
Close your eyes
And let me die
Just let me die
By your side

Dry your eyes
And let me slide
Just let me die
By your side

[Rogga:]
When our time has come
We all die alone
No comfort or salvation
We all die alone
All your pious intentions
Will not save your mortal soul
When we're called back to the earth
We all die alone

[Ed:]
Death is calling...
Death is calling...

2. Rain On Me

[Ed:]
I wait for your return
As all my bridges burn
The storm that builds inside
Can't hold the turning tide
So rain on me

I'm washed up on the shore
Of grief forevermore
The tears that burn my eyes
As hope within me dies
Come rain on me

[Rogga:] Pray for deliverance
[Ed:] and swift return from beyond

[Rogga:] Trade my innocence
[Ed:] to retrieve your souls from the flames

Rain down your tears... on me

[Rogga:] Damn my solitude
[Ed:] without your presence all is void

[Rogga:] Died here as I stood
[Ed:] and watched the life drain from your eyes

Rain down your tears... on me

[Rogga:]
Drenched in cleansing rain I'm
poised upon the summit
As the raging sea pounds the rock below
The waves seem determined to
crush what's left of my spirit
If I sacrifice my body to the elements
Please salvage her soul

3. The Death Of Life

[Ed:]
He died befor her eyes
One brief moment of pain and
confusion, then silence
and he was gone
She cried a lonesome tear
As his body grew cold in her
arms she looked up at the fading
sun... he's gone

[Rogga:]
My eyes they look
but nothing do they see
You will be lost and
helpless without me
I'm bound an powerles
to intervene
This death is oblivious
to all my please

The'll take the house
and all that you own
Sell your possessions
and put you in a home
I'm left to agonize
under this marble stone
Steeped in compunction
for leaving you all alone

[Ed:]
These walls, the house he'd built
Now run down and derelict
nothing unchanged by the death
of life
Last fall as the leaves turned
brown
Her old heart couldn't cope
with the loss of all hope
and she passed away

4. Tears Of The Bereaved

[Ed:]
And so she finds herself alone
Dark thoughts by the grey tombstone
Far from the grieving crowd,
she sighs
"Prelude thine hour of misery"

[Rogga:]
Be reverent as the spirts mourn
The sadness of the ones forlorn
Their sorrow lingers, like brume
In deep bereavement, consumed

[Ed:]
She treads the gravel every day
To wipe the stone,
throw dead flowers away
Her pain is felt by all
in the ground
As it seeps into the soil
moribound

[Rogga:]
They come to shed their tears
For the loved ones buried here
Their woe is raw and deep
Sustains us while we sleep
Enduring wind and rain
To spill perpetual pain
Unspoken bond is forged
A million tears regorged
They come to revel in grief

To question their beliefs
Beneath the bones and dirt
We slither aroused in mirth

Now hollowed out inside
The mourners tears are cried
Another day has pased
The wailing ends at last
For now...

5. Reunion Illusion

[Ed+Rogga:]
There you lie
Dead and cold
Emty eyes
You've seen the void
Sick ward room
Your final breath
Air of doom
The scent of death

[Ed:]
And I believe
Once beyond we'll reunite
You'll see...

[Ed+Rogga:]
Feel the life
Flowing out of me
Calm inside
Serenity
Drift away
On my final breath
Black embrace
I welcome death

[Ed:]
Cause I believe
Once beyond we'll reunite
You'll see
I am unafraid to die
And flee
A world devoid of warmth or light
For me...

[Rogga:]
Horror, panic and fear
Grip my stone dead heart
You're not here
I stumble in the dark
A vast wave of souls
Lost and scared like me
How could I be so wrong?
I'll dwell in misery

[Ed:]
I searched ever corner of this rotten
place for you
I know now you never came this way

The river black that keeps me from
my love
I'll pay the boatman, he'll take me
across...
To you

[Rogga:]
As I drown I realise
I've been deceived
By the boatman's lies
As maelstroms rage
I am condemned
To never see
Your face again

6. Nothing But Pain

[Rogga:]
Loveless and lifeless
This world's no friend of mine
Joyless and colorless
Can't wait to leave it all behind

I chone on the bitterness
That eats me form inside
As I drown in the emptiness
I stare trough broken eyes
And take the pain

Hopeless defenseless
From the horror that
grows inside
Devouring relentless
Intestinal suicide

I reach for my medicine
Chemical peace of mind
Must be my punishment
I laugh when I realize
And take the pain

[Ed:]
Nothing but pain it is all that
will ever remain
There is no happy end I will die
feeling nothing but pain

My body's shutting down
My hands and feet ar bound
A fitting end for me
The pain wil set me free
Now I must feed

[Rogga:]
Feed my pain and
Feed my pain and
Feed my pain and
Feed my pain and die

7. Bury Me

[Ed:]
Bury me here in a grave
with no name
Bury me deeply to cover
my shame
The path I have chosen did blacken my soul
I long for the earth now to swallow me whole
My love...

[Rogga:]
Bury me here in a grave
with no stone
Bury me deeply to rot here alone
The pain I have caused,
the grief I did stir
Lay my remains down
Forever in this dirt
I'm home...

[Ed + Rogga:]
Bury me here in a grave
with no name
Bury me deeply to cover
my shame
The path I have chosen did blacken my soul
I long for the earth now to swallow me whole
My love...





THE 11TH HOUR LYRICS