[Words by Steven Sagala, Music by Steve Stell and Joe DeGroot.]



[Lead: Stell]



The illusion in us all - a social parasite

Manipulating circumstance or a judgment stigmatized?

The inner revolution, the ruins of the heart

These are tales of bitterness let me take you to the start



I feel it coming down

And waiting at my door

My God so far away

Does he need me anymore?



We travel in this rapid form

Unable to fulfill our dreams

The fleeting thoughts of yesteryear

Impossible for you to breed



Songs of a shattered lifetime - modern day dramatics

Another contradiction is rising through the conflicts

Nothing lasts forever

Nothing stays the same

We are magnificent material exposed to decay



At the farthest reaches of my sight

You're not there



Where are you now?

As I cry for my reprieve

Where are you now?

As I become who I am supposed to be



Tear my heart

Ease my pain

Further below us yet so up high

This paradise will never survive



The wrath of mankind means nothing here

The hands of the liar will seal my fate

I am burning alive



As the angels weep, the prophet decrees

"Withered wings shall befall the kings"



[Lead: Stell]

[Lead: DeGroot]



The illusion in us all - a social parasite

Manipulating circumstance or a judgment stigmatized?

The inner revolution, the ruins of the heart

These are tales of bitterness let me take you to the start



I feel it coming down

And waiting at my door

My God so far away

Does he need me anymore?

We travel in this rapid form

Unable to fulfill our dreams

The fleeting thoughts of yesteryear

Impossible for you to breed