Fates Warning

Seven hours And a handful of doubt The candle burns quick now And time is running out I never asked for this Yet somehow here we are I never asked for this Now I can't live without Time moves Time heals Time slips Time steals Forty pages And a h...

So where do we begin And what else can we say? When the lines are all drawn What should we do today? 

Are you listening Am I here screaming? Drowning in a silent sea Or only dreaming? Drifting in and out His mind never rests Lying in shadows Replaying a thousand regrets Can you hear me Am I getting through? A million miles away Or here beside you?...

There's a cloud above us And there's a shadow on us And outside of us Hangs this shade of gray Rain falling Hours crawling All around this shade of gray There's a chill about us And there's a sadness with us And deep within us Lies this shade of gr...

Listen Only us breathing And the rain keeping time Dividing the silence In a distant thunder Listen Only hearts beating And the rain keeping time Measuring out the minutes And taking us under 

Stayed up late last night Lying here in bed Looking for words To say the things I left unsaid Wind at my window Whispers to me instead And I lie alone Writing letters in my head Where you are, I am Through nights that never end Where you are, I am...

Murdered in munich Crucified in rome Was killing time On the long road home Let nothing bleed into nothing And did nothing Let nothing bleed into nothing And did nothing at all Withered in winter Wished away the night Was out of mind While out of...

I know that I don't know you And you couldn't know me But time and space collided And here we are, here we are I know that you don't understand And I can't explain But circumstance conspired And here we are, here we are "the time is four nineteen..."...

Stare from the darkness Hear the silence call? Devise divisions, delay decisions, Watch the hours crawl and... Let nothing bleed into nothing And do nothing? Let nothing bleed into nothing And do nothing at all? Recite soliloquies To shadows on the...

Do you think that I, that I remember Do you think that I, that I recall When you were falling And I just watched it all? Do you think that I, that I remember Do you think that I, that I recall When you were breaking And I just let the pieces fall? Do...

This shade of gray This certain sadness This cold morning light And this silent madness It hangs in the air It hangs like a memory It hangs like a cloud It hangs on desperately Between dark and light Between was and be Between young and old Between...

We find ourselves in ruin And it's come too far, how? It's no use, Too much allowed and abused. Worlds apart, They're excused. When we've warned They're amused. We slip right by, and ignore This sable scene. We've lives to live, It's all for one you see. Why...

Twilight and I lie awake Afterglow is all around me I lie awake, in this light And I wonder where you are tonight Voices turn to silence Echoes never fade away Twilight and I lie awake Afterglow is all around me Voices turn to silence Echoes never...

Enter, young man Welcome Cast your dreams, I'll show you what to feel Walk but keep the road I've paved Know of nothing else I, the one to guide your mind I breed in stealth I'm your master, soon you'll see Shape your world what you'll be Follow me...

(Matheos) Start towards morning We leave the station Long long miles, ahead To an unknown destination Landscape in gray Meets a tired eye Like the years unnoticed It all just rushes by Falling, floating Feeling far removed and alone Dreaming, drif...

You tell me you love me And I wonder why The sun is overhead But I can't see past the clouds in my eye You show me what is real And I just pretend Another perfect day And I wonder how it all will end Another perfect day And I will hide away From all...

Ours is the cry of the helpless, told In the timeless truth of the written word. Trapped by the tempest of the blind Our muted calls can't be heard. Helpless as we stand Amidst the push of thoughtless hands. We are adrift without direction In a raging storm...

Dark and dampness lingers In body and in soul. Dead wall of stone I cry out For twenty years alone. Exanimate a penance Not fit for man nor beast. Innocent of mortal sin, Do hear me out at least. Man of strong mind and soul Deserves a second chance....

I've watched in silence, without seeing As a stranger within me grew. Detached and distanced from the day While youth's precious years flew. Chasing time through empty skies Of endless hours, Living for the future. Visions of brighter days to come Ke...

Down beneath my underlying thoughts There lurks a silent scream How can I breath when the weight Of words crash down on me? And I feel stranded I can't take it I'm wandering lost Don't make me comfort you Don't make me crawl inside your head Don't m...

Thousands of years, Before the dawn of history. Ancient races tears, Are flowing like a river to the sea. Where sacred river ran, White deer had roamed the land, Brilliant twilight in our dreams. Primitive child, Your unforgotten tribe calls to you. Descenda...

(Matheos/Alder) Lying on the flood, the world carries on Life does not wait for me Trying to pretend that I was Everything you believed Drowning in my own desire All your needs fail to inspire Miles of vacant years run through my mind Like headlight...

Has it been so long I can't remember what we last talked about My friend, forgive me Do you think of me as I think of you I owe my life to ... I hold on clutching to the hope that I'll be strong When it comes down to the wire I'll hold on to with every...

Isolation freezes my life, coldness grips my heart Trapped within a world, a world apart. Desolate am I, a tempest raging silently. Lost a barren adrift at sea. Catatonic state, it sharpens life's depressing edge The clamor draws me closer to the ledge As I g...

Morning desert sun horizon rise above the sands of time Mystic journey to Arcana travel starry spheres in trine Sands of the dunes dust of the bones Swallow the trace of creatures left behind Gods of the fire fall from the sky reaped All the fruit and plagued...

I saw you once again last night Through a sea of sullen faces Admiring eyes following The path that the spotlight traces Eye to eye And the miles still divide What was it you saw last night When you gave yourself to me Was it the thread of a common b...

Here I am looking out looking in My eyes are open my mind's closed tight I believe I know I need to let go And I know I'm wrong but I think I'm right So I shut you out And hear what I want to hear And hide in my opinions Afraid to face my fear Face the...

(Alder/Matheos) Take away the part of me That makes me feel that makes me see The things that I don't want to be At least I know that I can count on you A step ahead I step behind The things I fear, I've crossed the line Into a wrold where I feel blin...

Morrigan you come again Morgan La Fay, raven on my sill of frost far away from the sea of the setting sun Island of fire and albatross Taught so well magic merlin the wizard Maiden of beauty dressed in rainbow Come to me Damon girl daughter of saul queen of t...

(Matheos/Alder) There, in the silence of the night I see you shine Drifting down to me, drift down to me Is this how it's supposed to be? Will you stay, will you go? Again, this time, how far? Then you take, and you're gone No longer need to wait her...

See what there is to see The view from the rooftops is the same It seems there's no end And the lights below burn cold Thoughts of the past recede They fade into history, and now the rain begins Somehow everything seems right Colors flood into the nigh...

In a time long past tomorrow sleeping in the castle of the black. In the Leland hills are the monster tracks of a giant. The darn of autumn playing in the garden of the rising sun the children they run in the yard of the giant. If he awakens he will crush them...

These walls are stained, engraved with pain You will find them under shadows Casting shame Some it's all they'll ever know Angels of the fortunate sons come and go You may not Entities pass in the night Guardians and the Reaper fight The will to live...

I move in slow motion And the world Is no longer at my heels I wither and falter somehow I wither and fall silent now Sometimes I say too much Even when there is no one listening I wither and falter somehow I wither and fall silent now Hey, are you...

(Matheos/Alder/Jarzombek) My friend, it seems you've been Where you belong Take what you deserve, don't make it mine to carry now Take what you deserve, and never make a sound When words are walls I am the end I'll make them fall, I am Tearing walls...

We were born to brave cold weather Stormy seas in search of treasure Light you wield must blind another Doomed to run forevermore. How much more can I take? And how much more, 'till I break? Rain will pour again today Never-ending daze cascades Torn inside i...

(Matheos/Alder) Night is fallen above me, fallen And I cling to hope and fate Lingering passions calling Now it seems they cannot wait As I wander into the black Far beyond far, I'm never coming back Forgive me my darkness for living in light No more...

Have you stood at the edge of the world Where the sea and sky collide Looked out to a distant horizon And dreamed of drifting away Have you stood beneath a troubled sky And watched the dark clouds gathering Closed your eyes to the threatening tide And...

High priest, the man you look for Prays in the garden tonight, tonight. Conceived by immaculate conception, King Nazareen creator of light. Healing cripples, Gives sight to the blind, Transforms himself, He's not of our kind. I know this begot by a kiss, He kn...

(Matheos) Feel waters rise Sink down below Kneel and obey Breath deep the flow When the book is open wide Bow down and pray Salvation's what you need Kneel and obey Feel fires heat Fall to your knees Kneel and obey Swim burning seas When the b...

Never thought my time was coming Wasn't in my dreams Twice I visioned I was falling down, Down to the ground, I screamed out loud, Woke on a cloud. Never really a holy man even though I understand the father son and Holy Ghost He's the on that scares me most A...

Left here long ago Was passing through the years I was waiting for the day Chasing a distant star While the sun just slipped away Lost my way long ago Was running in circles I was drifting through the night Tracing a fading star Moving slowly out of...

(Matheos/Alder) Through the rain there is hope ahead Through the rain there will be a light for you You believed in those faded maps And now you find yourself lost and alone Close to you and yet miles away A lingering heart beats inside of you A quiet...

See the dark road that's ahead Lit by memories you knew Now the ghosts begin to follow Let it all come back to you Chase that moment Like stars our eyes have seen They slip away, just through your fingers Chase that moment The forgotten become known...

He was the sun of champion, A proud Olympian. Taught his boy all the tricks He'd ever need to win. The games were fierce as battle, Not for ordinary man. A man born of royal blood Must live by sword in hand. This one not so lucky, As he fell to his knees. Sudd...

There's a blind desire there's a drive There's a need to leave some lasting feat Something to hold, something to keep A monument to complete There's a written page there's a book There's a search for something to say Something to share, something to spe...

April thirtieth, the souls of the risen Are leading the way. The first of May. Black magic night, witches holiday, Their torches glow. Eternal evil, it summons The lords of hell, just once a year, Compel and beware the spell of the jackyl. Can't break t...

I remember the endless longing That called inside of me From fountains of expression Trying to break free. Nothing left to say When the walls give way. Still I can faintly recall The subtle purity Of youthful inspiration And insecurity. Nothing left to say...

(Matheos/Alder/Moore) See what you've done, holding your tongue Now tell me who's the delirious one So safe and warm o chloroform Keep us from coming around again Lets say the sun turns up again Lets say its the same one that's ever come No stars can...

Under the spotlight I feel our world becoming one Around me I feel Everything we are everything we see I'll take a part of you You take a part of me Knowing at a glance Where we all stand Searching for another chance To make us all one Above the st...

(Matheos/Alder/Aresti) So, we begin, a perfect launch a perfect wind Pictures pave the road ahead A winding way, a silent dread Then I see One thousand fires Like stars they fill my eyes One thousand fires Flames burning midnight skies Caution to wind, we p...

Young warrior to the drunken gallery slave Running with the wind running wayward knave I'm a vagabond with a maelstrom mind My blood has left me behind So go away leave me alone. If you look in my eyes you see only stone I won't let you in I can lock you out,...

Staring, silent, naked and cold Outside looking in Peeling away this fragile shell To face the fear within And the man in the mirror looks on As the cuts begin Outside looking in Getting over my fears and under my skin Tearing myself apart To feel wh...

Walking through a wasteland of words and memories Looking for the person I used to be Thoughts I don't recognize make me realize Times have changed and so have I And a familiar fear comes back to me Pale fire Dry land getting drier Nothing can grow In...

Just another face in the crowd Wandering towards obscurity Driven by the dull desires Of a worn out routine Stagnant in the suffocating silence Of emotional exile, A fugitive from freedom Surrenders to mediocrity. A helpless voice Starting to sink. You could...

I'm lying broken under jagged pieces Of burned out bridges Suffocating I can't breathe No direction I'm scattered in the breeze Living on memories Everywhere I look As far as I can see Broken promises, broken promises Pieces of me... I'm drowning,...

So you learn real hard, babe in the woods Fight for your keep cause Deep in the dark wolves rip at your Heart as you lie asleep. Endangered specie of the megahertz Follow the yellow brick road, your Asylum awaits you. Sign on the dotted line. Pirates of the u...

Look to sunrise man tell me what you see The eagle has flown underground abandoned You abonded me Fifty two falling stars are burning up the sky Blazing torch falls to the ocean bottom where Black predictions lie Have you faith in scripture visions of kings Re...

Her, with her loving eyes Her, with her open arms A shelter in the night As we drift into sleep A soothing voice singing River wide ocean deep Her, with her vacant eyes Her, with her withered arms A vague promise of rain Overhead storm clouds creep...

They laughed at their gods And fought them in vain So he turned his back on them And left them in pain Now here come the saints With their banners held high Each one of them martyrs Quite willing to die Wake the dead, the saints are in Hell Wake the...

Sometimes one photograph Can make the whole world fade You'll never be the same You'll never be the same While silent words were read The miles still divide You'll never be the same You'll never be the same Seven stars, destination Calling out my na...

By black we ride, or so they say Our need for reason, there greed is paid Powers rumble for spiritual sway Paths are laid then leaders stray It's right then left, witch way to turn Follow me or forever burn We evil blessed, bring your soul to sell All wish aw...

Talk, talk to me, tell me your secrets Speak, speak the words I need to hear Help to conquer this growing fear And when the winds of change come blowing through And all the things I thought I needed Go sailing out of view . . . Shelter, shelter me When...

Born to an air of apathy Indifference shapes a fragile mind. Questions formed at an early age Beg answers unasked Silent cries Behind curious eyes resides a child who cannot speak. Silent cries Years find a mind alone whose Questions flow too deep for word...

Stand right there man I can see right through you Make me understand The mind within my head Yeah, I am a simple human like you Yeah, I am a simple human too Speak what's on your mind A simple thought, a reason Some self righteous blind Deconstructi...

Feeling so strong I feel so inspired Like a man with all the words I could move the world If I weren't so tired So, so tired So, so tired So Feeling so proud I feel so admired Like a man on a stage I could play the part If I weren't so tired So...

Little soldier, plastic pistol Aiming for the head. Now you see me, now you don't. You missed me, you're dead. Laughing, hiding in the bushes, Scatter for your life. Little soldier tripped and fell, Get him with your knife. Electric eye is loaded, It shows th...

Some things burden me These thoughts cut deep Sometimes I feel Sometimes I see I won't close my eyes I won't look away We've chased our dreams We've had our way Stood here so long I've forgotten what I was even looking for Nothing changes It's all...

We wait for days The hours can't replace That moment of walking away There's none to blame But buildings still remain Their empty halls fading away And now I I can feel the rain Falling on me I can see the waters rising Undermining me I can feel...

Air currents grind, monotony. Image defined, static scene. Adherents bent opinionless Following scent of commoness. Fit the latest rage, Whatever stains the page. Then fears allayed, Of lonely shade. Wheels, they grind... industry. Insipid finds, out of key....

I had so much to say But no words to speak The feelings were strong But I was only weak So there we were again Tragic and absurd Choking on every line And every final word A few pages from an old diary A dusty shelf, an unread history All these wor...

Something in me I don't understand, a demand A threatening voice With a firm command A liar, a danger A killer, a stranger Yeah, I guess that's me I will extol you I will control you I will pick you up Just to let you down I will desire you I wil...

When the stars are right and you're alone Take a journey, lock the world tight Out of your mind. The hall beckons your presence, the doors Open wide you're to decide to turn back. Deep the bowels of this black abyss. Compelled I just can't resist it, take me...

Words of cunning Shinning stunning. Men of grandeur Blinding, numbing With winsome wiles in specious styles. Speeches etching, Rhyming, wrenching,. Men so shallow Stumble fetching For words that maze, to clear their daze. Calm in disarray. Sinking day by day...

A cry shivers the night, a voice in agony That shrieks above the trees. In a land where no one comes In a land where spirits dwell, Hear their fatal screams. The old man clutches his heart As he looks to the window, He knows his time has come. Woman st...

Where I come from, no one's home Twisted branches overgrown Skin deep roots over broken bone Dust and glass and the ghosts of home Knock at the door, no one's home Empty rooms and shadows flown Down these halls fading memories roam Hand and hand with t...

You confess a lot of things But you confess alone The absense of a person brings The burning question home The nights are long, they turn to days And sleep is not a friend The voices though you hear them sing Are only in your head And you have not be...

I search alone, dark the night, Deep the blackest forest, Down the devil's hopyard on my way from Salem I lit a fire Magical brimstone sparks ashes from the hazel wood Dancing with the banshee, fire rose up to the sky. The dead of night parts the sky, The Sal...

The more I try The more I feel I'm missing The more I run The more my feet keep slipping The more I think The more I tend to worry The more I look I see my thoughts before me And I dream of a strand As I struggle on the waves And I see the end of a...

We're walking within a shadow Where echoes of different times resound Looking for memories to relive In yesterdays that can't be found. Through different eyes We keep looking for what we lack. Changing minds Take us away, and you can't go back. And staring i...

Old man time, Wisdom and Rhyme Seeker of reason, reaper of time Born to a spell he walks the beaten path To hell, rusty shackles of time burden his mind Once on his side time turns to defy. In a flash of the lightning he's come and gone. The clock strikes the...

Bedroom mirrors do tell who's the fairest of them all Lime light silhouette transparent attic walls Dancing shadows cascade paper walls Wailing ghost guitars send in the clowns Painted plastic faces stealing mommies make up Masque the false gods with mannequi...

You've looked through eyes Under darkened skies Your world was standing still No one's going to take your soul away It's all your own But innocence was gone, it's gone No surrender, don't give up Never carry that white flag No surrender, now get up...

Was standing in the darkness I was watching over you And all the fears came drifting back With every little breath you drew Wished upon a falling star Cold and pale against the night And all the fears came drifting back To cloud the view and steal the l...

What lurks behind the minds of men, The switch is triggered once again. A silent rage makes the front page A work of art so neatly done homicide Cannot decide was it accident was it suicide She's just a face without a name never made It home. They found her c...