[m/l van Dyk]



Hiding in the theater, listening to Tom

Telling whitewashed lies about the China Pit

Whatever has happened, started when they opened it

And brought out the carvings from the deepest part



David leaves the others and falls asleep while praying

A vision of sister then appears to him

Sent by God to show him, the truth of what transpired

And what the few survivors have to do



The Chinese came, and were made slaves

Deep in the mine they broke through, to the

Pirin Moh, the home of Tak

The Heart of the Unformed



The red eye of Ini, where its evil lies

Smoke from it drove the men mad

And they murdered each other, except for two brothers

Who caused the cave-in as they escaped?



Blamed for the cave in, and hung by the town

But Tak is one of them and swears his revenge

A hundred years later, the mine is reopened

And the madness begins again



Bodies wear out, but the souls must survive

Evil and good are eternal

The path of the truth is much crueler than lies

But it sacrifices us in the end



Mary hears a voice, and goes to seek it out

She thinks that she hears Ellen Carver somewhere near

But Ellen's rotting body is the vessel now for Tak

Who captures her and takes her back to the mine

David explains the truth to the others

Tak from the well of souls, another dimension

Took Collie's body, the evil awakened

And now the must destroy this affront to God



Bodies wear out, but the souls must survive

Evil and good are eternal

The path of the truth is much crueler than lies

But it sacrifices us in the end



Johnny now recalls, what really happened in Nam

Tak was in the Vietcong that planned the bomb

Could have warned the others were he less concerned with stealth

But he sprinted from the building and only saved himself



Deep inside the author knows

The boy is right and their path is clear

He finds a God he never knew

Closes his eyes and prays



Bodies wear out, but the souls must survive

Evil and good are eternal

The path of the truth is much crueler than lies

But it sacrifices us in the end



Bodies wear out, but the souls must survive

Evil and good are eternal

The path of the truth is much crueler than lies

But it sacrifices us in the end