WOLVES AT THE GATE LYRICS

1. Asleep

Eyes wide in this reverie but it's all still dark as night
I'm falling fast asleep
Black tides of my misery coming down upon my sight
I drown into the deep
Is there but a ghost inside these bones?

Come now my darling! Come now beloved, My love it calls you!

Am I just a ghost inside these bones?
Walking as the dead; hearts made of stone
Nightmares of my darkest fears all around crippled with fright
I'm falling fast asleep

Come now my darling! Come now beloved, My love it calls you!
Come away my darling! Come now beloved, My love remains for you!

I'm lost, so long!
The spirit's willing, but the flesh is weak
I hear your song!
My fears are chilling so I dare not speak
For you my blood was spilled
But I made my bed in hell
In you I see no guilt
But you know how far I fell
Oh may it wake you from your sleep

Am I just a ghost inside these bones?
Walking as the dead; hearts made of stone
Hasten up my feet so I may fly
Wash me now my God or I will die

Black tides of my misery coming down upon my sight

Come now my darling! Come now beloved, my love it calls you!
Come away my darling! Come now beloved, My love remains for you!

I'm lost, so long!
The spirit's willing, but the flesh is weak
I hear your song!
My fears are chilling so I dare not speak
Though you know how far I fell
You've saved my soul from hell

2. Flickering Flame

Oh, I wanted to see a fire ablaze in my heart
A flame not full of smoke

I know your love is a fire
Why am I so cold?
My flesh it screams, "You're a liar!"
Those cries are so old
The smoke ascends, the embers dim
Just follow its trail
Help me I'm weak and so frail

I'm waiting for a reaction and the motions in between
I'm looking for You

Every night I watch and wait as my candle's burning out
Every night I scream and shout as my patience turns to doubt
Stay with me, my flickering flame
Stay with me, I know your name
Quit your fight, it's all in vain
When your flame takes flight, it lasts the pouring rain

I'm waiting, flame smoking, and fading out
I'm fading, withering, will I weather?
I'm waiting, sustain me, help me weather
I'm fading, flame smoking, flickering and fading out

Oh, I wanted to feel the fire before mine goes out
A flame so bright it blinds

I'm waiting for a reaction and the motions in between
I'm looking for you, right now

Stay with me flickering flame, I know you're name
Every night I'll watch and wait as my candle's burning out
Every night I'm filled with doubt I will cry to you and shout

3. War In The Time Of Peace

Marching alone where I don't belong
Tapping along in the dark before the dawn
Nothing is wrong, you're here
Abandon the sound of the captain's call
Grabbing my gear as I jump the wall before, before nightfall is here

I've crossed the line of the great divide
I heard your orders
I sneak past land mines
Watch them with each stride
I know the borders

Stumbled upon to the battleground
Search and look for the fight but a white flag's all I found
It's all I've found out here

I know, I know you said you've overcome
But I think it's time I joined the fight

Lay down your arms young one
I realize it's hard to see the war is won my son
You must see the war is won over and done

Caught in the snare of the rival's jaws
Digging in deep as it rears it's vicious claws
I guess my fight is here

What have I done? I'm trapped and all alone
I'm bleeding out and fading quick

Footsteps draw near (Could this be it?)
Is my death now here (Could this be it?)
Who's this that's come for me in this dying and desperate state?

Lay down your arms young one
I realize it's hard to see the war is won my son
You must see the war is won over and done
Over and done!
Done!

Rough hands are placed upon me
I'm far too weak to fight and break myself free

I was chasing apparitions
What's wrong with my volition?

Just as my body floated
I dread and fear what is this stranger's motives?
What have I done?

I opened up my eyes to see the stranger bore a dear old face
And water filled my eyes, it was my captain that I had disgraced
I turned to look away in shame
But in tender words you called my name
"See I bear the marks that fought the war!"

Lay down your arms young one
I realize it's hard to see the war is won my son
You must see the war is won over and done
Over and done!
Yeah!

4. Anathema

I'm lying barren in my own blood
It's drowning me like a rushing flood
A wave of crimson eclipse my eyes
No sign of pity here

My lips are silenced with blistering
The utter silence is deafening

Vultures fly above
They're calling out my name
The vipers watch below
Taunting my crippled frame
Desolate is love
Surely a curse and my name
The same, a plague is all I know

The lover I had claimed has sent me out here to die
Ashes for beauty and shame my ally
The lover I had claimed has left me here to die
The wings of death black out the sky

Isolated in deserted lands
Isolated in deserted lands
Suffocating under dirt and sand
Cursed, despised, I am anathema!
Cursed, despised, I am anathema!

Glory speak to me
Call upon my name
Tell my soul to live, to live

Grant to me the life only your hands can give
I take a breath as I try to shout
I go to scream but no words come out
No shred of solace I'm left to die
No sign of pity here

My lips are silenced with blistering
The utter silence is deafening

The lover that I had claimed has sent me out here to die
Ashes for beauty and shame my only ally
The lover that I had claimed has left me out here to die
Ashes for beauty and shame my only ally

Vultures fly above
They're calling out my name
The vipers watch below
Taunting my crippled frame
Desolate is love
Surely a curse and my name
The same – a plague is all I know

Oh rising sun, won't you dawn on me
Descend just like a dove
Oh rising sun hear this sullen plea
Hide me, hide me in your love

Glory speak to me
Call upon my name
Tell my soul to live, to live

Grant to me the life
Isolated in deserted lands
Isolated in deserted lands
Suffocating under dirt and sand
Cursed was I and surely left to die
But glory became my anathema

5. The Aftermath

Bold sounds rise upwards
Cold words thunder

Oh how I cried aloud
Though no one heard a sound
How I was locked and chained
But none could see me bound

For I spoke of peace
But I dreamt of war

Secrets have a voice
Screaming without breath
My heart speaks of its choice
Calling for my death

Mountains take flight, rain down from above
Shadows and night aren't dark enough
Rocks and hills, cover me!
Rocks and hills, hide me from your face!
Rocks and hills, hide me!

I claimed to be rich
Truly, I was poor

Secrets have a voice
Screaming without breath
My heart speaks of its choice
Calling for my death

Choosing my own path
Shrouded treachery
Ignore the aftermath, living carelessly
Tempting you to wrath with infidelity

So where's the fire? Where's the flood?
These guilty hands are covered in blood
Shouldn't I die, shouldn't I die, when your laws I deny?

Earth heeds not my cries
Mercy come or I die

You speak with your own voice
"Come be not afraid
Weep no more rejoice
Punishment is paid?"

I feared the one who bears all sin
Will you take me in father?
Cover me with your blood!
Cover me with your blood!
Cover me!

6. Fountain

There is a fountain filled with blood drawn from Emmanuel's veins
And sinners plunged beneath that flood lose all their guilty stains

Lose all their guilty stains
Lose all their guilty stains
Lose all their guilty stains
Lose all their guilty stains

The dying thief rejoiced to see that fountain in his day
And there have I, though vile as he, washed all my sins away
With all my guilty stains

Wash all my sins away
Wash all my sins away
Wash all my sins away
Wash all my sins away

Ever since by faith I saw the stream Your flowing wounds supplied
Redeeming love has been my theme and shall be till I die

7. Weary Ground

Keeping watch while the whole world sleeps (Listen close)
Feel the earth toss and turn and weep (Hear its voice)
A wearied ground opens up to roar (Hear it roar)
"How much longer will this pain endure?"

We're waiting for a better day
The shadows gone, all things pass away
Listen close and hear it say
"We're cursed and we're dying"

Hills shake and mountains quake (Mountains shaking)
Earth's fires have come awake
No words, but hear it speak (Hear it speaking)
As the deep calls to the deep

Beauty, beauty mixed with dread
Hanging by a thread

We're waiting for a better day
The shadows gone, all things pass away
Listen close and hear it say
"We're cursed and we're dying"

Skies wake, the heavens ache (Heavens aching)
Thunder and lightning break
O glory come, come like a thief (Like a thief)
Bring us relief from grief

Still on and on, we're waiting for the hour
On an on, our cries are growing louder

How long must darkness reign in a world so violent (So violent)
While we toss and turn in pain, in vain, and it's still so silent

Waiting, wait for what's ahead
These tattered rags will be shed

We're waiting for a better day
The shadows gone, all things pass away
Listen and hear it say
"We're cursed and we're dying"

Hills shake and mountains quaking
The earth's fires have now awaken
No words, but hear it speak
"We're cursed and we're dying"

"We're cursed and we're dying"
(We're cursed and we're dying)

8. Lowly

Prisoned am I to this shell of the dust
It speaks of only fiction that I could never trust
Captured alive in this sinful estate
Vexed am I to see I do the things that I hate
Rip out the framework leave no stone unturned
Until my heart forgets all that my flesh ever learned
Tear down the structure till nothing is left
God deliver me from this body of death

O wretched man, wretched man that I am
Lowly man, who can save such a wretch that I am?
Who can save such a man?
O wretched man, wretched man that I am
Lowly man, who can save such a wretch that I am?
Who can save such a man?

In light of this truth: "There is no good in me"
It causes all my soul to long for liberty
Be freed from my lies of death, spared from the shame
No more this sinner's breath forsaking your name

I will be free
I will be free
I will, I will be free

Freed from my lies of death, spared from the shame
No more this sinner's breath forsaking your name

Whoa, whoa, whoa
Whoa, whoa, whoa

O blessed man, blessed man that I am
Lowly man! You have saved such a wretch that I am
Blessed man that I am, lowly man!
You have saved such a man!

9. Broken Bones

Barely alive, but who'd believe it
I'm living clean, but my heart is defiled
Barely alive, but who'd believe it
I bear a heart of stone
Yeah

I look alive but the inside is something worse
Fooling all with the right deeds and nice words
I'm feeding lies and my heart doesn't feel the remorse
Fooling all with the rights deeds and nice words

Buried alive, but who could see it?
My heart is numb but I'm just in denial
Buried alive, but who could see it?
I wear a dead man's bones

Don't be nervous to face the truth that you're not fine, you never were
So don't be frightened to see the Light when you open up your eyes

Washed in the blood or just in the water?
Oh how white you have washed your tomb
Washed in the blood or just in the water?
Hiding death inside its womb

I look alive but the inside is something worse
Fooling all with the right deeds and nice words
Barely alive, but who'd believe it
I wear a dead man's bones

Don't be nervous to face the truth that you're not fine, you never were
So don't be frightened to see the Light when you open up your eyes

Washed in the blood or just in the water?
Oh how clean you have washed your tomb
Washed in the blood or just in the water?
Hiding death inside its womb

Don't be nervous to face the truth that you're not fine, you never were
So don't be frightened to see the Light when you open up your eyes

When you open up your eyes, you'll find that you're lost as hell
When you open up your eyes, don't fear you'll be fine

When your words touched my heart
(You opened up my eyes)
It ripped straight through my bones and tore my pride apart
I spoke not a word (And death inside me dies)
For the claims I had made were revealed to be absurd

When you opened up my eyes I was shaking and trembling
Then you told me to "Arise! Don't fear you'll be fine"

Don't be nervous to face the truth that you're not fine, you never were
So don't be frightened to see the Light when you open up your eyes

Now I'm alive, would you believe it?
My heart is clean though it was so defiled
Now I'm alive, would you believe it?
Inside these broken bones

10. Convalesce

I know who you are, you wanted to be perfect
In all that you were, but you bailed, you bailed
I know who you are, you wanted to be worth it
In all that you were, but you failed, you failed

Kill all the lights, you fear what's inside
Cover your eyes, I'm trying to run and to hide in shadows
Filling the void with just a veneer
Watching your steps and hoping that I don't come near
Don't follow

I know you thought, you thought you'd never need it
But you cannot hide behind all your claims, your claims
Guilt is now the anchor pulling, dragging your head under

Drowning deeper down below
Fear is just a false claim, vanity has locked the irons
Sinking faster, heart is hollow

Show me your sorrow my love
This burden is the millstone 'round your neck
Convalesce and I will bear, bear your shame

The voice of hell screams and roars
Of what has been done
Tens of thousands and countless more
Yet I'll remember not one
You know who I am, I wanted to be perfect
In all that I am, but I failed, I failed

Would you walk in darkness just to find a broken rebel?
Crippled legs won't find their way
Could you look upon my blackened soul
I've wrecked and ruined
How could see me without clean hands or a pure heart?

Show me your sorrow my love
This burden is the millstone 'round your neck
Convalesce and I will bear, bear your shame, every stain
Bear your shame, every stain

11. Chasing The Wind

You should send me away, I've been such a liar
With the strongest of words, but weakest desire

But look at me now, I'm reaching much higher
I'm trying so hard, but quickly I tire
(When will it be enough?)

So often I see your beauty surrounding me
(But find my way out)
What's wrong with my heart? This friction of bound and free
(That fills light with doubt)
When will it be enough to know just grace and stop chasing the wind?
(Stop chasing the wind)

I tried to be wise with foolish volition
(Working to earn my place)
Oh how I was bold, but ignored my condition
(Forgetting "all of grace")

I feel the push and the pulls as it all tears me apart
I'm tripping over my pride, what's wrong with my heart?
I feel the push and the pulls as it all tears me apart
I'm tripping over my pride, what's wrong with my heart?

When will it be enough to know just grace and stop chasing the wind?
(Oh how much I've sinned!)

So often I see the darkness that's found in me
(But clinch my eyes shut)
My guilt will agree, I drown in the deepest sea
(The deepest sea)

Yet how could this be? I've been such a liar
Who's got nothing to give and none you require

How could I forget? Your ways are much higher
(I couldn't afford mercy)
Declaring to me your love doesn't tire
(You must be everything)

You've taken my curse and all that I've squandered
(There's nothing that I could bring)
That despite all my flaws and how far I've wandered
(You've given everything!)

You're longing to show your mercy, mercy
My weakness reveals your beauty
You're longing to show your mercy, mercy
My weakness reveals your beauty

12. Hindsight

As I drift on the water, a voice calling to me had said
"Sail into the harbor, cast down your nets and follow Me"
First of all the chosen, I saw the raising of the dead
It must be my devotion, for I stood alone upon that sea

So I walked on the tempest, I saw the waves below my feet
It's clear I was the bravest, to meet the stranger on the deep

I am the rock on which to build this land
Got the keys to the kingdom, I'm at His right hand
I was the first among the chosen, the boldest in devotion
Walking out upon the ocean, what else could I need?

I'm well-versed in forgiveness, as many as seven times repeat
In service was I fearless; attack my king, my blade you'd reap

What else could I need?
What else could I need?

Haunting my reflection, a bitter thought comes to my mind
I made known my objection, about how you had come to die

You said my thoughts were of the devil's kind
I was opposed to your kingdom, and I should get behind
But you were talking like you're cursed, already laying in your deathbed
Maybe somehow you were mislead, may it never be!

You said I would fall away, before the rooster's crow would end
To my shame did I betray, deny you as my closest friend

I'm singing, heart is hardened
I'm sleeping in the garden
I'm swinging swords I'm guarding my kingdom and my stardom

Am I different than Judas? For I betrayed the kindest friend
I'm all out of excuses, with nothing to make my amends

O love! O love! O love!
You bottomless abyss!
O love! O love! O love!
You bottomless abyss!

How tender you had spoken, though I betrayed the kindest friend
Faithful in devotion, such love I cannot comprehend

Oh when you found me I was broken
From the words that I had spoken
But you were faithful in devotion
You remembered me!
You remembered me!

13. Grave Digger

I awoke, the ground was hard and barely broke
The air was filled with morning's smoke
The hours fly by so I work
There's bound to be wealth in this dirt
The heart of the earth holds the key
Where all my troubles will flee

So I dig, and I dig, and I dig
Cause I can't find another way, I'll dig

You say that you are dying to live
(But at this pace your life you'll give)
Death always gets the best of us
(And then abandons to the dust)
Your work and toil leave only room
(For coffins, graves, and deathly tombs)
Your work and toil leave only room
(For coffins, graves, and deathly tombs)

Dig, and you dig, and you dig, and you dig
And you must see my friend there's another way

I'll capture this life in my cold hands
I'll make it fulfill all my demands
I'll rip from the earth, the treasures it will bring
And crown myself as a conquering king

Tell me now what you have found
Digging in the earth's cold ground
Working with such vigor
It's all foul and bitter
Tell me now what you have found
Digging in the earth's cold ground
Working with such vigor
All I see a grave digger

So you spoke, and all that you said was a joke
On all of your words you will choke
You told me "I'm so very lost, and that I could have joy without cost"
So I'll dig, and I'll dig, and I'll dig, and I'll dig
Cause I don't really care what you say, I'll dig

A haunting voice demands and craves
(That in its depths a body lays)
I feel its cry inside my soul
("That I could never fill this hole")
My work and toil leave only room
(For coffins, graves, and deathly tombs)
My work and toil leave only room
(For coffins, graves, and deathly tombs)

My pride wrapped me tight and it laid me down to sleep
Telling me all that I build and find I keep
All that I made was a terrible cold grave
In death here I laid is there any way to save my soul?

Dig, and I dig, and I dig
Dig, and I dig, and I dig
Will my body fill this grave?

Tell me now what you have found
Digging in the earth's cold ground
Working with such vigor
It's all foul and bitter
Tell me now what you have found
Digging in the earth's cold ground
Working with such vigor
All I see a grave digger

How wondrous the sight that had caused these eyes to weep
All of my death and hell you would bear and reap
Though all that I made was a terrible cold grave
In death there you laid, for you took my place to save my soul
To save my soul
To save my soul
To save my soul







WOLVES AT THE GATE LYRICS