[Originally performed by Paradise Lost]



Why can t we hear

The time must come for us to leave here

Emotion has withered away

Our burnt out love has decayed



Obsessed to leave the earth

Tragedy has overrun since birth



Now our righteous fathers weep

As we greet eternal sleep

Are we born to pass away



Cry at all that remains

Chosen words fail to sustain

The wisdom of powers heard

In dismal thoughts seemingly absurd



Now as hope and glory dies

We ll scream at our demise

Are we lost forever more



Now our righteous fathers weep

we ll greet eternal sleep

Are we born to pass away