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Rapid ascension, brought to fruition

At the expense of the lifeblood

On which we live and which we die

Omit today in delusion of tomorrow

While the dawns beyond seem too distant

To be worth our time

Paving the way on roads we cannot sustain

While we await their imminent collapse

Fading denial

It feels as though I have observed

Beyond the smoke and through the mirrors

To what's beyond, while yet we stand

Impeded by the resonance

Of tenacious, and ever-growing, white noise

Still, I wait for you

Forever beneath your tainted dreams

Praying for the day that you return

So we may then both heal together

Lead astray by sirens most unorthodox

Calling out to us by seductive melodies

Songs of gold and strengths incomprehensible

That entice us too close to the sun

Guitar Solo: Richard

Now as we step upon the stage

To raise the curtain to begin

The penultimate episodes

In a tale of disarray

Echoing cries fall denied

By they who would die

With their heads still in the sand

Still, I wait for you

Forever beneath your tainted dreams

Praying for the day that you return

So we may then both heal together