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Woods of Ypres - Woods V
Woods of Ypres - Woods V
4. Travelling Alone
When I look around you I understand why you believe
I see your evidence of God, all around me
You have so therefore you are But I have not.
You've seen the evidence of God in your life, but I have none.
When I was questioned, I shook my head and starred
I was traveling alone, and had nothing to declare
He asked how I knew for sure
And would I tell everyone I knew
If it would hurt to know the truth
I can be thankful to be alive but I despise this life.
in all my years, at best, have only learned just to survive.
But When I look around you I understand why you believe
I see your evidence of God, all around me
You have so therefore you are But I have not.
You've seen the evidence of God but I have not and I have none
(When he asked me,) I shook my head and laughed
I never had a taste for life
and I felt there was no turning back
Would I try to take away their hope?
Replace it with reality / and offer them reality
Exchange their joy with my bleak view
And leave them miserable like me?
I have searched and I have tried to find a place where I can be
I love my homeland dearly but never carved a place in society
But When I look around you I understand why you believe
I see your evidence of God, all around me
You have so therefore you are, but I have not
You are too rich for hate, and I am too poor to love.
When I asked him, he shook his head and stared
I see no evidence of God, in the men from the west
5. Adora Vivos
A moment of silence... but not one moment more
The dead are to be forgotten, we are here to be...adored
Look me, in the eyes, don't believe a word they say
For life is good, life is glory, though we live, one life only
Tell me, in real time, don't hesitate to profess
Love me, in the flesh, don't wait till death to sing my praise
A moment of silence... but not one moment more
The dead are to be forgotten, we are here to be adored
IN the bleak life and modern times, Under grey skies and electric light
Mortal men are living gods, More real than any God ever was
Adora Vivos - Our people are civilized... Love the living while they're still alive
Adora Vivos - Our people are civilized... we shouldn't worship the dead.
In The bleak life and modern times, Under grey skies and electric light
Where the living still walk the earth alone, more real than any God ever was
In bleak life, (We are realer than gods!) - More real than any God ever was
In modern times (we are realer than Gods!) - More real than any God ever was
Under grey skies and electric light, we the living still walk the earth alone
Where mortal men are living gods, more real than any God...ever was.
A moment of silence, (for the dead) but not one moment more
They've all gone to be forgotten, were still here, to be adored
Look me, in the face, and don't believe a word I say
This life is hard, this life is lonely, and we are here, for one night only
See the pain, in my eyes, the defeat, of my age
Feel the urgency of time, and don't wait till death to sing my praise
A moment of silence (for the dead), but not one moment more
The dead are to be forgotten, we are here to be adored
If you're waiting for tomorrow, save yourself for another day
But if you're living in the moment, don't wait (till death) to sing my praise
In The bleak life and modern times, Under grey skies and electric light
Mortal men are living Gods, More real than any God ever was
6. Silver
Come when you need me, leave me when you need to be free
Come when you want me, leave me when you need me to understand
Did you fall out of love, because you fell in love again?
Did you fall out of love, because you fell in love, with someone new?
When the new love, shined with all the promise of all I couldn't give to you.
And the new life offered all you wanted, and you had to choose
I helped to carry you, I took good care of you, I wanted us to continue
But I knew, that you would leave, when the time was right for you.
Life was a relay I passed it off to you. You ran away, and won the race
You never looked back, to see what happened to me, For I was only second place
When the new love, shined with all the promise of all I couldn't give to you.
And the new life offered all you wanted, and you were asked to choose.
We come together to share your sorrows - where you save yourself for someone else.
You keep your distance in times of hope, while I cry (for you) all by myself
When you're silver, you never come first, When you're silver, the truth always hurts.
I don't want unconditional love, Ill always need to be judged
I don't want a traditional love, Ill always need to be wanted/loved by someone else
When did the city make you so cold?
We share your sorrows but I dine alone...
When did the city make you so cold?
I cry alone - while you dine with someone else
When did the city make you so cold?
We cry together but I dine alone...
When did the city make you so cold?
We share your sorrows but I dine alone... I always dine alone...
11. Finality
When we have all gone, to the silence of eternity...
To first be forgotten, and lost in, the records of the earth
Could I still miss you, then, in the time and space after life
When no one is searching anymore, and where we are nowhere to be found
We didn't spend our life together
and I will miss you forever
The choice was mine, To long for a time, that will never come
Though we leave the world apart, I, still went peacefully, quietly,
with you, still, firmly... in my heart.
I will wait forever. I wait...