A Prelude To Tragedy - Never

Song: Never
Artist: A Prelude To Tragedy (formerly known as Esucarys)
Album: Shadows Of The Past
Track Number: 8
Country of Origin: United States

Lyrics:

Through freedom’s eyes,
how the world looks strange
Nobody’s waiting, but I have so much to give
To no one, forever, my love? No Never
Now a second chance at a wasted life
A wandering prisoner,
but this cell will be my own
A home, forever, freedom? No Never

Rise up!
With the morning light, the chains are gone
Rise up!
Now with arms unbound, embrace the dawn!

They sent me away thirty long years ago
A fatherless child, she never knew my face
No never, my child, alone forever
A lonely town, here I stake my claim
Now these walls I build are all I have to give her
My child, forever, a father, no never

Rise up!
‘Til the ivory columns reach the sky
Rise up!
To the heavens now I give my life

Now the decades are all behind us
This man’s youth misplaced by time
But the price of freedom’s so dearly paid
and the absent promises are unmade
Once I thought that I should stay

Never judge the eye of a painter,
tell him how his colors blend
Never forsake the words of a poet,
tell him what his message sends
Never tempt the willful stoic,
passion makes the sole man die
Leave the wedded man to his virtues,
pain’s the price for blinded eyes

My father died on the day I was born
He left me alone to watch my mother die

Give me just this dance tonight,
leave the truth in the trembling dark
Let me hear your breathing soften,
this moment blend two worlds apart
Speak to me in subtle movements,
shades of mood and whispered tunes
Say no words, preserve the quiet,
the end can only come too soon!

And with my last breath I can only pray
That she’ll never forget me
Find a way to forgive me

Never be blinded by the lies that have changed me
Never be haunted by her father’s misfortune
Through dying eyes, now the world is still
The light is fading, so quickly now
And the nightmares are all behind me
With these hands

© 2007 Esucarys Records