The Ritual

Say hello again, my friends
I've got to go
The ritual calls to me
Screams twist in harmony

Blinding lights reveal
Thoughts that should not be
The ritual calls to me
Silent insanity

You really thought you'd never
Be the one who bleeds
It's all so clear to me now
Why can't they see ?

Revelations breaking through
The truth distorts
Untimely accident
Your precious mind is lost

Try to regain again my friend
Your sanity
The ritual calls to me
Melodic agony

You really never thought you would never
Be the one who bleeds
It's all so clear to me now
Why they can't see ?

Fry away your mind
Walk behind the blind
Kill yourself killing time

Oooh, what'cha gonna do
When your life is sold
To a world so cold ?

Hey, what'cha gonna say
When you're on your way
On your darkest day ?

Hey
Darkest day

Say goodbye again, my friends
I'm coming home
The ritual calls to me
Distant reality

Unseen images expose
What I can't see
The ritual calls to me
Won't ever set me free

You really thought you'd never
Be the one who bleeds
It's all so clear to me now
Why can't you see ?
Fry away your mind
Walk behind the blind
Kill yourself killing time

Take a look, what do you see
Image in the mirror
Yesterday is yesteryear
You'll meet your maker
I know that time grows old
Can't stop the seasons
Shifting sands slip through your hands
Time is gone before it's begun...

Die
A little more
A little more for every day

Lord why
Oh tell me why
Do the seasons slowly grey ?

Days of blue just turn to grey
The picture slowly aging
Nothing left of the memory
Death will not forsake them
God-fearing people say
They are not afraid of dying
So why do they turn to faith
When faith has no meaning in life ?

Time worn
Worn time
Say good-bye to yesterday
After life
Life after
It's all the same

The Golden years bring out the pain
Death rolls in like the seasons change
You've lost all hope but still you pray....

Aging eyes that fail to see
The mirror has been shattered
Death's knocking on their door
A vision filled with laughter
I know that time grows old
Can't stop the seasons
And as the end draws near
The story's over before it's begun

Chorus

Trapped in a nightmare
Prisoners of warfare
Days gone become years
Of suffering...

Fight on but what's to gain ?
Misfortune leads to pain...

Fearless they won't die
Caged in they ask why

Cry out but don't cry
In agony...

Live on but what's to gain ?
Die slowly everyday
Misfortune leads to pain
Will they ever be saved
From agony
Agony
Agony ?

In silent suffering
It's never ending
They pray to end their
Misery...

Fight on but what's to gain ?
Die slowly everyday
Misfortune leads to pain
Will they ever be saved
From agony
Agony
Agony
Agony ?

Missing in action
Never forgotten
America the mighty
Set them free...

Fight on but what's to gain ?
Die slowly everyday
Misfortune leads to pain
Will they ever be saved
From agony
Agony
Agony
Agony ?

Here we go
The people show
Victims of tomorrow
The way it goes
It never shows
Emptiness or sorrow
There is nothing left inside
Nothing left to cry for
So I justify my crimes
Things that I must die for

So alone
Away it goes
The life that you have wasted
You never know
Where it might go
The sweet success you've tasted
Tasted by a bitter frown
Knowing I must die for
Can't confide, to all the lies
No one to inquire

As I wander, change os seasons
As I realize
That I'll soon be there

I'll let you know
The reapers show
Makes you beg or borrow
He comes to see
The tragedy
His fate he will not follow
Wearing your electric crown
The preacher starts to pray
Shiver as the lights go down
Heed these words I say

As I wander
Change of seasons
I can't ponder
I got my reasons
As I realize
I don't care
All I know is
That I'll soon be there

Now it's done
The time has come
The people stand in silence
Another dawn
Has come and gone
His fate has been decided
There is no one left inside
A brain without a mind
Traces of a bitter man
Are all that you will find

Chorus

Troubled dreams
Of a wandering nomad
Damned to be all by myself
I travelled far
Following bright stars
Through the endless desert sands
Staring off into the sky
Down on myself
Loneliness brings my demise
Oh, what a nightmare
Here we go
Leave me be
Why must I please them
When I can't even please myself ?
Deep in thoughts
But I still feel so
Lost in endless despair
Staring off into the sky
Down on myself
Loneliness brings my demise
Oh, what a nightmare
Here we go
As you soon realize
The night's so black I feel blind
Should I keep wandering on
On and on and on ?
There's just one thing you should know
No I can't take it no more
Two wrongs don't make it right
Right or wrong I can't take it
And in the end you will find
Find me a peace of mind
Forever lost
Severing my thoughts
From the dream I must seek
Time to end
This aggravation
The nomad spirit lives in me