1. TIES THAT BIND

Look back to another time
You can't read between the lines
In the misery of truth
From the shackles you are tied
The image starts to clear
The pain it starts to sear
These memories are with us
'til death takes its hold
With youth we start off strong
With time we fade away
The past it passes by
The future is at hand
To squander what you had
like sand flows through our hands
The clock is ticking faster
than you think

And the night has gone away
This crimson mask it stays
I see them in your eyes
and scream

In the night I see the light
Wings of death reign from the sky
You can't hold on to the ties that bind
All alone you feel your soul
Fly away without control
You can't hold on to the ties that bind

Take the path to seal your fate
Your whole life has taken shape
Moments left as the hour nears
The clock deafening us all
You don't want to disappear
Your own mind is what you fear
The emptiness of madness
Look and see
Regretting what you've done
But there's no time to repent
Reflections of the man
With eyes filled with scorn
'Fore the flesh it turns to ash
'Fore your one remaining gasp
The memory remains but
for how long?

And the night has gone away
This crimson mask it stays
I see them in your eyes
and scream

In the night I see the light
Wings of death rain from the sky
You can't hold on to the ties that bind
All alone you feel your soul
Fly away without control
You can't hold on to the ties that bind


2. THE FEAR OF THE BEYOND

You're lying trapped, is this a dream?
Gasping for breath, the end it seems

And as the fight goes on
A terror of what lies beyond
You struggle just to stay alive

You sense the day it turns to night
The end of the tunnel is the light

The fight it rages on
The terror of what lies beyond
A struggle, you don't want to slip away
And as the end draws near
The emptiness of death brings fear
And all that's left to do is drift away

You feel your life it fades
The light at the end you feel it's safe
It's time for you to slip away
And as the end draws near
The emptiness of death brings fear
And all that's left to do is drift away