A Fine Day To Exit

For too long now There were secrets in my mind For too long now There were things I should have said In the darkness I was stumbling for the door To find a reason To find the time,the place,the hour Waiting for the winter sun And the cold light of day The misty ghosts of childhood fears The pressure is building And I can't stay away I throw myself into the sea Release the wave Let it wash over me To face the fear I once believed The tears of the dragon For you and for me Where I was I had wings that couldn't fly Where I was I had tears I couldn't cry My emotions Frozen in an icy lake I couldn't feel them Until the ice began to break I have no power over this You know I'm afraid The walls I built are crumbling The water is moving I'm slipping away I throw myself into the sea Release the wave Let it wash over me To face the fear I once believed The tears of the dragon For you and for me Slowly I awake Slowly I rise...

Here, in a church, a small boy is kneeling He prays to a God he does not know, he cannot feel All of his sins of childhood he will remember He will not cry, tears he will not cry Man of sorrows, I wont see your face Man of sorrows, you left without a trace A small boy wonders, what was it all about? Is your journey over - has it just begun? Vision of a new world from the ashes of the old do what thou wilt!, he screams from his cursed soul A tortured seer, a prophet of our emptiness Wondering why, wondering why... Man of sorrows, I wont see your face (I wont see your face) Man of sorrows, you left without a trace A small boy wonders, what was it all about? Is your journey over - has it just begun? A man of sorrows, racked With thoughts that dare not speak their name Trapped inside a body, made to feel only guilt and shame His anger all his life - i hate myself!, he cried do what thou wilt! do what thou wilt!, he cried Man of sorrows, I wont see your face (...