Bitter Cold Reprisal

Tell me this was all a dream Another ghost in my machine Haunted by design Eroding over time And growing Was that just the setting sun The end is here, the day is done Ignoring all the signs Evil or divine or nothing Now take a breath and say it loud Without them who'd you be now Who'd break through the divide Take it all in stride While losing Turn your head and walk away Another nightmare, another day Without words, nothing's left to say But you'll let me down Please let me down Come right by moonlight Darkness by your side You'll never fall Call for salvation As you're slipping away Fading away Meanwhile I Hide in plain sight Visible to anyone Or anything Or anyone Drifting away Fading away From everyone Close your eyes and pray I'm gone The world's a bleak and bitter facade There's nothing left But you anticipate arrival Of your bitter cold reprisal Every day Bring me another life Another faith Another way And I wonder where you've been When your walls cave in Whoa, whoa Fly with the angels eternity's child Youth of the nation so reckless and wild Together we'll preach of our sins in denial The world's such a lowly place We've been killing the serpent with blood on our wings A chorus of demons for angels they sing And now we'll all sort through the horror We break with the chill of love's embrace Ah Spineless they stand as they're hiding their eyes They fear that tomorrow might be their demise A roundabout way of not rolling the dice In the grip of death's firm grasp They give all their money to fall for their king For worldly investment lust, fortune they bring So sorry we live all as followers sing But there's nothing to bring you back Gold is all you need Deciding your will for a life you will never lead Or is it all a dream Perhaps the world has fallen For all your clever schemes It seems