Through the suffering, we fight, no end in sight Until we see the light, no end in sight The age of the old vision has passed away, the birth of a new way This is confrontation Struggle and pain of this life remains (Through the suffering, we fight) No

You always were the better part of me Open your eyes See through the pain Remember how we used to be Before you let it go Without you I'm half the man I used to be 'Cause all of our wrongs can't be made right Won't you let it go

I am paralyzed A heart that feels no pain Addicted to the game Breaking beneath the strain The anger, the pressure You're choking down your words again Feel the nerves set in Unspoken frustration They see right through you

It may seem at last day passing mean nothing But the sun that set cause only pain Violence in words like slashes wound deeply Love is not when you feel only pain Her touch poison flows through my veins No more I denounce all your childish games Whispers

It's here, it's near I see it all so clear Tonight your flight will take you higher You live a life of fear Tonight's the night that will inspire Can he comfort thee Through the darkness and the pain? Will you be there once again Disciples of Babylon?

Can't you see I'm wrapped in cellophane Watch the blood pump through my veins Electricity floods my brain Can't hide the pain, can't hide the pain When you're wrapped in cellophane Look at me, I'm such a basket case Delivered to you wrapped in cellophane

I'm falling Can't breathe anymore These scars need to heal I see the sun begin to rise And I'm wounded I've seen the world from painted eyes That I'm crying through I watch the darkness hit the tides And confide in hold on The ocean has opened Caress the

That's why you're feeling so I was there through the ages Chained slaves to their cages I have seen you eat your own I'm the cycle of pain Of a thousand year old reign I'm suicide and salvation The omen to nations

In my shoes, just to see What it'd be like, to be me I'll be you, let's trade shoes Just to see what I'd be like to Feel your pain, you feel mine Go inside each other's mind Just to see what we find Look at shit through each other's eyes But don't let

Disarm the lies that follow you Will the truth soon see you through? Disarm the pain that's burning through A river runs through the path you walk Got to find a way to carry on through this Ghosts from the past like a noose around your throat A constant