WITHERFALL LYRICS

1. Portrait

There’s a portrait on the wall and it seems she’s smiling
A lady in black with red stains on her dress
Tied to a tree is a rope and it hangs longingly
Under the moon a procession of death

I can see her standing there, in a trance she calls to me
Underneath this moonlit starry night
Siren song takes me in, there is no saving me
Alone in this nightmare I walk into the light

I can hear her say
Come with me and I will show you what I have seen
Slowly ascending our way towards a dream, so steadily
“Shadows entwined around this dark heart of mine, it lies silently”

In between my trembling hands her neck slides gracefully
Rolling eyes no longer look so hard
I see she’s fading fast disappearing before me
Her life slips away under my grasp

Come with me and I will show you what I have seen
Slowly ascending our way towards a dream, so steadily
“Shadows entwined around this dark heart of mine, it lies silently”

2. What We Are Dying For

The Fields lined with pawns are prepped for harvest
Chaotic meadow of windblown waste spoils the order of the day
You can taste the scent of ether on the horizon
As the sun sets on what could be their final day

Struggling on with the wolf at the door
It’s the life we were born to
It’s “all we are fighting for”
Taking the high ground charge through and make way
There will be no depriving us
It’s “all we are fighting for, all we are dying for”

We charge through clouds of smoke headed for the tower
Still lines form across the steaming field of decay
Unopposed we make our way through the gates and enter
As the hard gravel path gives way to more forgiving clay!

Wandering the streets, through the city such a lonely place
We suffer on all alone so many faces around us
Is this what we are all in for?
This is what you are all in for...
Is this what we are all in for?
This is what you are all in for...

Now we take the crown of thorns from the throne of the oppressors
Never a moment of remorse crosses my mind as the body hits the ground...

Struggling on with the wolf at the door
It’s the life we were born to
It’s “all we are fighting for”
Taking the high ground charge through and make way
There will be no depriving us
It’s “all we are fighting for, all we are dying for”

3. Act II

[Instrumental]

4. Sacrifice

Struck down dealing out mercy and slaughter
Temptation what’s one more lost sheep in the flock?
Don’t waste your time on such trivial things as salvation
We sell candles to blind men take food from the mouths of the lot

Children... are you reading along?
Martyrs... sacrificed for a song!

No more time for the silver tonged liars
Temptation selling us more than you’ve got
Don’t turn around to see pasts that have been left behind us
No looking back, no forgiveness in hell, they will rot

I went to sleep in another world
Lost as I dreamed of our end
Seeing a fortune now lost to me
Then I wake up to find it was all in my head

Crosses fixed to frail men on an altar
Disgraceful images of paradise lost
What kind of spirit let’s children pass on so before them
May we leave them behind start anew let the past be forgot

Children... are you reading along?
Martyrs... sacrificed for a song!

I went to sleep in another world
Lost as I dreamed of our end
Seeing a fortune now lost to me
Then I wake up to find it was all in my head!

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Children... are you reading along?
Martyrs... sacrificed for a song
Children... are you reading along?
Martyrs... sacrificed for a song...

5. The Great Awakening

There was a time when it almost came true
When my fate was to be decided
I was left clinging to you
Holding the remains of my life
And it’s over now

The stage was set
No one really knew what to expect
Then silent eyes casted along a path headed to demise
So now we wait trained on the end
In this great debate
Short on time with no recourse
We cross the line into the end

Ah...
Ah...
Ah...

So now we wait
Held captive to a lie believed to the day
Those sins repaid
Now years have passed and lines left to betray
Suspended in time we’ve lost the will
The nerve to carry on
Short on time, now no remorse
We’ve crossed the line “this will be the end”

Ah...
Ah...
Ah...

I was caught sleeping for the great awakening
Eyes silent, shades dark
To be innocent
To pass on through...

6. End Of Time

In a corner hate can serve us well
It circles round us only time can tell
Lies die slowly
Now in the courtyard sounds a distant bell
It’s only there to warn us
Of some impending hell
I can see it...

Rise up from under the old world
And into another day on the wind we make our way...

Onward through history reeling from impotence
You wage your war from the pages of books
Leading the charge from the comfort of ignorance
The taking of innocent lives without firing a shot

Cradle of civilization your omnibus
Losing the battle and not winning the war
Staying the hand of the leper in all of us
You take up the sword of forgiveness with no remorse

So now that it’s done
We’ve come to the end of time
Let’s just let it die and fall from our eyes
They’ve poisoned the well, the promise of paradise a lie
We live our lives one step from the end... of time

Pushing past ignorance we take on our enemies
Breaking down walls that once kept out the damned
Leading the charge as they lay down in front of us
Leaving the sheep to kneel as we make our stand!

So now that it’s done
We’ve come to the end of time
Let’s just let it die and fall from our eyes
They’ve poisoned the well, the promise of paradise a lie
We live our lives one step from the end...

So now that it’s done
We’ve come to the end of time
Let’s just let it die and fall from our eyes
They’ve poisoned the well, the promise of paradise a lie
We live our lives one step from the end... of time!

In the garden lost in life’s frantic pace
The mystery defines us
Leaves without a trace
Lines of history
In the courtyard silence casts its spell
Leaves us to our memories ghosts and demons dwell
Someone save me...
‘Cause I’m not the person I once was
And into another life I expire...

7. Finale

[Instrumental]

8. Nobody Sleeps Here...

It isn’t the time now to tell her our plans
It isn’t our fault that this nightmare won’t end
At first it was like a dream
Now I’m only reminded of death

She was a shadow on the walls of my room
How quickly those same walls became my tomb
Oh how they welcomed me to sleep
Now I can only wait for the dawn and weep...
I wait for the dawn and weep

There is a dark man at the door
Waiting for me to step outside
Nobody sleeps here anymore
If only a dream would let me hide...

I’m lying anxious in the light of the moon
Though beyond the curtain some devil still looms
I wait here paralyzed with fear
And I wonder how much time I have left
I come to quickly there’s a knock on my door
So many dark memories flood back in once more
I wish for a way that I can run and hide
There’s only one way out but I just can’t go outside
I just can’t go outside

There is a dark man at the door
Waiting for me to step outside
Nobody sleeps here anymore
If only a dream would let me hide...

I see someone standing in the shadows
He won’t come into the light
Maybe I’ll go to him and see just what he has in store for me
It can’t be worse than another sleepless night...

Oh how I prayed for the end, this unbearable dream
Could no longer pretend, she was not
I went to sleep in another world
Lost in a dream not my own

Oh how I prayed for the end, this unbearable dream
Could no longer pretend, she was not as she seemed...

There is a dark man at the door
Waiting for me to step outside
Nobody sleeps here anymore
It was only a dream

There is a dark man at the door
Waiting for me to step outside
Nobody sleeps here anymore
It was only a dream

It was only a dream
But now... the Nightmare is gone...

9. The Long Walk Home (December)

Picking up the pieces

As I wander through the rain
We've made it through to the other side
now we're allowed to feel the pain

December looms before us and the nights grow cold and grey
And it wears the shroud of tragedy
Still it fails to hide it's shame

Casting off the shadows
That eclipse the morning rays
There's no way back from misery
Until you put the past away

If I could see behind your eyes what words do not betray
We would save us both a little time
And could cast aside these chains

But under your spell my will it just melts away
There's no way I can escape
I'm taken to another plane
As I wait for the night to fall
Dragged onward into the end
I submit to your embrace
Not sure if I will endure
The cold on this long walk home...

For the Long walk home...

Leaving all behind
We take the long way back
To a better time in another world
In a lost and distant past

I never thought that I
Ever write these words
Never thought that i'd
Write the final verse

Leaving all behind
Leaving all behind

Write the final verse...







WITHERFALL LYRICS