Chasing the Figure, Forcing the Dream

from In Memory of Me by Betray The Emissary

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Ceded into the misled hands of the architects
Trusted with your design, the blueprints of this mortal coil forged

A dream is dead, a life’s been tied
A walk across a burning end
All that seemed bestowed, taken from the eyes of man
A united walk along lonely shores
Gazed upon heavens glare, we were told to meet you there

Trapped in the hells of heaven
Forced to forget, what’s in your heart

Ceded to the mouths, desirous, voracious at the sight
Of your search for truth, they beckon you, they offer only substitutes
Until an end, that only speaks of truth.
The flesh, a shell for the most malevolent of souls

Endlessly we wait, led by fear.
Forgotten fathers of sincerity
Wasted by the only curse
A voice to lead this uneasy body

We’re all chasing the vaguest of figures
Forcing our deified dreams

Dark days will dawn on a world abandoned.
Left to guide the greatest of failures,
While heaven watches weary,
And hell waits eagerly.

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from In Memory of Me, released March 28, 2008

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