The distant sound of mercy ringing in my eyes.
Far from the ma**es fades away.
Closed my eyes and waited for the pain to pa**,
Recalled a little story heard today...
Yeah, I'm feeling trapped,
So locked away,
Caught in a downward spiral...
In, into the black,
I won't be back,
Yeah I'll be here a while...
Don't need to see, your face.
Don't need to hear a word you say,
Don't need to know, your name,
Or why you're here...
Shadows of the past appear in front of me.
Into the ma**es disappear.
The sound of silence ringing for a greater good,
To this point I can't beleive my ears...
Yeah, coming unwrapped,
Starting to fray.
Walking the final mile...
In, into the black,
I won't back,
Choose to be here a while...
Then I saw your face,
And I heard the words you said.
Then I recalled your name,
And why I'm here...
When I look into your eyes an' saw how much you cried,
An' I had a revelation.
The pain wouldn't pa**, the scars they would last,
Into God's creation.
Blessed secrets holding me...
Then we all closed our eyes, an' laid down and sighed:
Live young die free!
A distant chime of mercy ringing one last time.
Into the ma**es turns to clay...
Molded into what is now, the greater good
To close the story yesterday...
Don't need to see your face,
Don't need to hear a word you say.
Don't need to know your name,
Or why you're here...
Then a child of a liar put his hands into the fire,
Called it discontention.
And a man with the word repeated what he heard,
Led to ma** confusion.
Blessed secrets, agony...
Then the child closed his eyes and laid down and died.
Live young die free.