A mighty obsession A pitiful passion I used to croon in a choir Now I dance with the rascals Promises the Earth But rooted in oblivion The glorious lamp of Heaven Being forced to extinction Your longevity in my heart Now appear as a handicap I can't function no more The butterflies are long gone Now there's a crow picking on my brain And I have seen it all before My first taste of prison Beneath the cold hands of illusion The wine you so treasure Has aged into something vicious Oh, hideous... Your longevity in my heart Now appear as a handicap I can't function no more The butterflies are long gone Now there's a crow picking on my brain And I have seen it all before Like old flames in the fire Doing their last dance Soon they will flicker no more Soon the wind will blow And dance us out of this common room we call Love Your longevity in my heart Now appear as a handicap I can't function no more The butterflies are long gone Now there's a crow picking on my brain And I have seen it all before Longevity...