Now It’s finally time To leave this behind The cold years we spent Locked away from the light It’s finally time It’s finally right We’re finally free From the ravenous night Broken by the endless ocean Crashing cruelly on their shores Grinding pieces ever smaller dust to atoms to no more The million shattered pieces Scattered all across the fields Tell their stories to the passing feet From underneath their heels The voices crushed to gravel They begged to be recalled While so slowly they unravel Til they can’t be heard at all And soon no one remembers What the fragments had to say They don’t even glance downward As they’re passing on their way. Lost in the mirage And everything looks wrong The voices from outside Always tempting us along Deeper in the desert Ever further from our homes The voices gently urging us To ignore all the bones Wires crossed Electric shocks Signal lost Signal lost Voices on the other side All crying out in sharp surprise Garbled words Hardly heard Corners turned Corners turned Now there is no coming back They’ve wandered right off of the map On they walked Promised lots At no cost At no cost But they refused to pack a drop Of water in case they got lost Instead they We’re told a way To be saved To be saved A drink so sweet that blood grows thin and swiftly slips the poison in Silhouettes surround them on all sides Undulating closer all the time Sets of gnashing teeth in place of eyes Chewing on the shards of shattered lives Chewing on the shards of shattered lives Chewing on the shards of shattered lives Chewing on the shards of shattered lives On the wind it drifts Completely silently it slips Fading oh so faintly it could easily Be missed Like statues they remain Throughout the sunshine, snow, and rain Expressions all eroding From their face The shadows growing long again.

And here At the end Will the scars Ever mend Will the bars Ever bend And set us All free Will the dirt Wash away Will our knees Learn to pray Will we even Look back As we're Walking away And if we look back What will we see The gold setting sun Or the shadowy breach? The glistening eyes Of some sad feral beast Its eyes slipping shut As if falling asleep? Fog spreading slowly across The streets growing gradually lost The people alone Cannot find their way home Till the ferryman calls them across The river dividing their shores From the dark and the damned evermore But soon they forget Which side that they left With the slow steady stroke of the oars Now, just what did you expect You thought you could just reach The sweet sweet sweet honey Despite the buzzing bees But they sting sting sting your skin As soon as you reach in And now you aren't sure If the sweet even exists What have I done? There's no turning back now Went one step too far Down a darkened path that They'll never depart Echoes of the questions They never thought to ask Is it worth the danger Of never coming back? Echoes of the questions They never thought to ask Is it worth the danger Of never coming back? And here At the end Will the scars Ever mend

I know you I know you I know just what you are I know you I know you I know you won’t get far If I tell them what I know They’ll make you stop If I tell them what I know They’ll have enough Shattered mirror Full of eyes Staring from The silver spikes Cold but, None the less, alive Shattered mirror Full of eyes Inside the coliseum The lions circle round The people who’ve been chosen To entertain the crowd The lions are kept hungry The people broken down The audience around them Nearly foaming at the mouth The jellyfish drifts Boneless and sick Deep in the depths Where the darkness is thick Silently it slips Through the rippling abyss Colder than the cold And so so ravenous The shadows and the shades In the underworld parade The whistling of wind Passing gently through the graves A sorrowful chill Has blanketed the hills The voices of the past Are echoing here still When I find you When I catch you When I show you what I am Will it shake you Will it break you Will you finally understand? Sinking in the dirt Sinking in the dirt In the dark, in the dark To the centre of the Earth Further down below Further down below In the dark, in the dark Where we’re never meant to go When I find you When I catch you When I show you what I am Will it shake you Will it break you Will you finally understand? Into the unknown Into the unknown In the dark, in the dark Where we’re tumbling alone Are we really lost Are we really lost In the dark, in the dark Where the shadows never stop La La La La La

Down in the deep Far away from the light It’s darkest where it’s deepest Where the creatures can hide The pressure growing ever More intense as we plunge To the places that have never Felt the touch of the sun Hey Do you think you know what’s coming next Do you think you know what to expect Will it come as a complete surprise When you can’t even believe your eyes When you can’t even believe your eyes When you can’t even believe your eyes When you can’t even believe your eyes Holding on for dear life While our ears and our eyes Try their best to deny That as fast as we run It is never enough To escape for too long Wishes return from the stars Unanswered, falling apart Straight back into our hearts Now Open up your eyes See what you can see Remember to breathe Even if it seems Way beyond belief Or impossibly bleak Your legs growing so weak Just breathe, just breathe, just breathe I don't know I don't care I'm not going anywhere I'll stay here Where it's safe I'll make sure it stays this way I don't know And I don't care I'm not going anywhere I'll stay here Right where it's safe And I'll stay this way I'll stay this way. One day they wrote down All of our dreams Filled up the pages Fast by the ream Put them in pouches And sewed up the seams And dropped them all Into the burbling stream And then they floated out to sea Did we lie To our eyes Tell ourselves That we were blind To escape any trace Of the world We couldn’t face? Are we slipping Are we fading Away again Are we slipping Are we fading Away again Away Away Away Hear the echoes down below Not our words, only their ghosts, Until they grow too faint to know If they’re reflecting anymore Anymore Anymore Anymore See shapes moving all around Flashes of eyes and hungry mouths Wondering how we made it out Watching for signs of slowing down Down Down Down

Gazing on a new horizon Sliding into the unknown Leaving behind worlds unwinding Never sure of coming home Too late to turn away now Too late to turn back around Whether we’re lost or we’re found It’s too late to turn away now In between the seconds Split into a million pieces Pulled apart in all directions With no end The time we borrowed, slipping The familiar growing dimmer And the picture faintly ripping At the edge Don’t look Don’t breathe Don’t speak or you’ll get seen Don’t sleep Don’t dream Don’t wake up with a sharp scream Can you hear me in the dark Far away from where you are The thump thump thumping of your heart Crying out beyond the stars You weren’t there You wouldn’t hear What I might say And if you were You wouldn’t hear Me anyway You would find One so resigned To what must come That not one word Would then emerge Across their tongue The further in we go, the more Things start to look strangely malformed Nobody warned us it would be So hard for our eyes to believe Did you hear that sound? Did you turn around? Was there something there Or a distant howl From a source unseen With intents obscene? Or was it just your brain Playing tricks again? It doesn’t really matter If they tell the truth or lie The shadows grow hungrier As the day begins to die And when the night has swallowed Everything the eye can see The darkness sighs a happy sigh And then falls fast asleep Somewhere in the blackness Distant lights begin to shine Hinting at another life In very distant times And if we can hold out only A little longer still Perhaps we can recover What the shadows tried to kill Fell into a crack Split into the sky Trying to see into Into the other side Soon like somebody Completely hypnotized We’ve forgotten all about Any previous life Fell into a crack Split into the sky Trying to see into Into the other side Soon like somebody Completely hypnotized We’ve forgotten all about Any previous life How will we find our way home? How will we find our way home? How will we find our way home? How will we find our way home?

Night fell so early that day They had no time to prepare Shadows caught them in mid step Ignored their pain and despair Some became part of the dark Pulled in and broken apart Leaving a silence behind Lit by the shimmering stars The bones In their homes In their homes Darkened rooms No one knows No one knows No one comes or goes Comes or goes Just the bones Just the bones All alone The stars Through the bars Of the cage Seem far And impossibly Faint As if Just a trick Of their eyes Overwhelmed By the Infinite sky The wolves had slipped in With the meek No longer disguised Or discreet They walked among them On the street Unable to see More than meat Down there in the cold Down there in the cold Dreaming of the world They were unable to hold Down there in the cold Down there in the cold Remembering the secrets that They swore they never told Down there in the cold Down there in the cold Down there in the cold Wondering how long has passed Down there in the cold Down there in the cold Down there in the cold As endless nights unfold Did you try to escape Or did you simply embrace Things the way they are Even as they fell apart Did you believe the words That you so often heard Or did you just repeat Whatever was certain to please please please Down this other road Is there a place to go Far from all of the storms That have been ravaging our homes I just don’t know I just don’t know Down this other road Will we finally see A world we’ve never known And days of peace I just don’t know I just don’t know I just don’t know I just don’t know

Now while you’re sitting quietly Only seeing what you want Unaware of anything Except what’s already gone Then suddenly it’s crystal clear That something has gone so wrong That there is no turning back You just go on and on and on On and on On and on On and on On and on Woken in the night You see Nothing but the dark Of dreams You are still not sure if It’s real Or if you are still fast Asleep Feel them at your heels Like wolves drawing closer Jaws snapping right behind Is there some way out That you cannot yet see or Are you really lost this time? It’s too late to change anything now It’s too late to change anything now Quick sand pulling you down No way Of climbing back out Struggling Only pulls you further in You’re sinking You’re sinking You’re sinking You’re sinking There is nothing left to do There is nowhere left to go There is nothing left to say There is no other way There is no one left to call There is no other end in sight The hours fading from the day There is no other way And so it begins A change in the wind The entire world Shedding its skin Far off you hear The ringing of bells And what will come next It’s too soon to tell You wake up But the dream carries on And you don’t know If it’s been happening long You take a deep breath And you breathe out again And you wonder If it’s ever gonna end Into uncharted regions Unseen Horizons where dark secrets convene Trembling very slightly at the thought That there’s no turning back After the ticket has been bought Cold wind and the sun behind the clouds Strangely distant voices all around Where the road goes nobody Can tell If you will return it is a mystery as well It just goes On and on On and on On and on On and on

Time had stood still Left them waiting The cold and unfulfilled Slowly fading The dreams never dreamed Lost forever However they attempted To endeavor The clocks fully stopped All unneeded Cobwebs coating all things Without heeding The shadows trading places With their people Dragging them along Worn out and feeble Nothing that they promised Turned out true They didn’t do a thing They said they’d do And in the moment that You finally knew There was nothing left At all for you So you were left to fight For scraps and bones The shirt upon your back Was all you owned While they were whisked away To shores unknown Proud of all the wisdom They had shown There was so much more Left to say But the words were Locked away Like prisoners Inside a cell Eternally detained They waited as long As they could Time, like termites, In the wood Chewed the hours Down to dust Til nothing there Remained They said they wanted windows When they really wanted mirrors The world reflecting back In such a way that just felt clearer And any time they saw Anything that did not belong They shuddered with the fear That the whole world was going wrong They huddled into herds All united by the words Infecting their blood streams Like bacteria and germs Until they were too ill And only kept alive with pills And stories of the brave Who chose to die upon that hill The harder they worked On the gift The more they found Indifference No matter the gold Or the rarest of stones It was as if They didn’t exist The hope that they had Turned to rust And gutted machines Became husks Gears rotted away Leaving only the faint Memories of what They had been once The moon was surrounded By a rainbow halo They expected it to lead them All the way home Nobody could tell If it was the right way, though But now they were all Way too scared to say so Floating away In the sky The shape of those Left behind Raising their hand In goodbye As slowly they slipped Out of sight Is this the way we meant to go Will it be everything that we could hope Is it a mistake, how can we know Before it is too late to go back home Did we see the sky Did we see the stars Or did we Only imagine That we were here at all? Did we walk these fields Did we sing these songs Or did we Only imagine That we were here at all? Did we feel the warmth Of the golden sun Or did we Only imagine That we were here at all? Did we promise that We’d meet again Or did we Only imagine That we were here at all?

Sometimes a stone Is best left unturned The things underneath Are best left unseen But once you have looked They’re forever burned In the grey of your brain In the corners of dreams Some things should just Be left alone Run away home Run away home Some things should just Be left alone Run away home Run away home The door has opened No stopping now Unseen hands reach out Silent as the grave Cover up their mouths And carry them away No breath of air you could ever breathe (ooh) Nobody else you could ever be (aah) No angel’s wings you could ever see That would save you now That would save you now… That would save you. The only thing there Was the tiniest house It was there that they lived Far away from the town And just for a moment It was all that they hoped Free from the echoes Of yesterday’s ghosts The echoes bouncing off the hills Streaking madly through the air Cats upon the window sills Watching silently in pairs Until words became too faint For anyone to hear Free, at last, from all constraint They simply disappeared Why don’t the angels ever win? The best among them withering While crooked hearts, all festering, Sit high above the suffering. A giant wretched spider Sitting in a silken web (Sitting in a silken web) Dreaming about all the things It hasn’t eaten yet (That it hasn’t eaten yet) While all her hungry children Stay gathered at the edge (Children gathered at the edge) Wondering if they ever will have The chance to eat again (Have chance to eat again) Didn’t think it would happen so soon Trading the fields for a windowless room Waning in phases, along with the moon Making new dogs out of second hand wolves Carried on the wind Through the rising dawn Completely unaware Of how far they’ve gone Where will it end? (Where will it end?) Where will it end? (Where will it end?) Where will it end? (Where will it end?) Where will it end? Left for dead all alone Never getting home At least that is how it looks But no one really knows They will struggle til their last Cause it’s their only hope Of getting out alive And not fading to bones Run away as fast as you can Run away as fast as you can Don’t look back keep moving Keep running Run away as far as you can Run away as far as you can Don’t look back keep going Keep running Don’t look back keep going Don’t look back keep going Don’t look back keep going Keep running Keep running Run away don’t listen to them Run away don’t listen to them Don’t look back keep moving Keep running Run away as fast as you can Run away as fast as you can Don’t look back keep going Keep running Keep running Keep running Keep running Keep running Keep running

A long time ago They believed they had it all But it was lost So fast Abandoned in The past All because, at last, They got caught in the act And they could not Deny their knowledge of The crime The endless rolling waves They carry them away The long forgotten ones With neither homes nor graves And all the nights and days Seem pointlessly the same For the long forgotten ones With neither hopes nor names Broken into pieces Bloody, battered, bruised Tumbling in the darkness Frightened and confused Moonlight from the surface Slowly fades away Leaving just the blackness Of a place without a name This isn’t over There’s always a way back Rising again Like the plumes of a smoke stack Choking the sky With writhing grey columns As the people below Grow ever more solemn Shapes floating through The air Beware Beware Not even sure They’re there Beware Beware Beware Beware Beware Beware This has been a long time coming Rising to this moment like a mountain summit It’s too late, no point in running Planning for this moment like a fox so cunning What did they expect, that it all was over? Hiding from this moment like a four leaf clover Nothing ever ends, we only get older Waiting for this moment while the embers just smolder The road home Dark and slowly winding Filled with ghosts Always there reminding Of the past Stretching out behind them And all the things that are Missing from inside them You think you Can simply return And there won’t Be a price to pay? When there is Always a cost No matter What excuses you make. In recognition of theirs actions Debt will always be extracted Rest assured it always happens Regardless of distractions Or pious interactions Denials or retractions Or changes in the fashion By addition or subtraction There are rules There are rules There was just no time to hide From the fall From the fall It arrived just like the wind Took it all Took it all In the ruins left behind They recall They recall Some believed that they had it coming And thought they would all just take off running But this means war, no point in pretending That there is still any hope of mending Maybe not today and maybe not tomorrow But from now on all your time is borrowed Even if you don’t fully realize it now The hands on the clocks are winding down It’s all been said No time to waste The path ahead They can’t escape What they’ll find No one can say The path ahead Just winds away One day the road Will just lead away Under grey skies Or a perfect blue day Time doesn’t care That some disagree It’s simply the way That things have to be Don’t you dare ask why You will never know Don’t you dare ask why You will never know Once again We hear them ask Will they ever Return at last Time doesn’t care If it all disappears But it means so much To those left waiting here Waiting here Waiting here

Every day They open up their eyes And then they hope that they Will finally realize Before it slips away What it has really all been about anyway But no one really knows No one really knows What they will find Somewhere in the dark There’s an answer, though, Hidden in the places Where they seldom go Written across pages Made of skin and bone Unless it’s just illusions In some twisted show All these hours Spent in waiting For this moment Hopes just fading Until dreams were Almost forgotten But now your hardened heart Starts to soften The sun goes down And the moon comes up And the world will never ever Be the same as it was Yesterday is over Tomorrow has to come Glowing in the gold of the Returning of the sun Shadows turn from black To blue and fade away And slowly all the details Of the world retake their place And every little creature And every blade of grass Is coming into focus All fully formed at last And when the piece That has been missing all along Appears at last Like some sweet song Then suddenly Everything snaps right into place The solitude Simply erased Close your eyes And go to sleep The pillow warm Against your cheek And if you hear The window squeak Hide your head Beneath the sheets Careful not To make a sound Don’t even let A whisper out Don’t shiver, shake, Or turn around Or certainly You will be found One unexpected moment And everything is stolen Everything you wanted For so long One ravenous shadow Reaching up from below Everything that you know Is now gone Slipping through your fingers Right before your eyes Fading ever further Like a fast receding tide Long past the horizon Unceasingly it flees Until an empty ocean Is all that’s left to see No matter how far I will find you However long the Hours grow No matter what strange things start to brew No matter what cruel Winds will blow I’m coming I’m right behind you I’m coming I’m gonna find you This wicked plot That you’ve been caught in Does not mean that All hope is lost Don’t, for a moment, Feel forgotten You will never leave my thoughts