We build these thorns round our heads And we hold on tight to our kingdoms Deep in solitude we do confide And now apathy becomes our god Endless nights that lead to endless mornings Filled with words from poets of the fall Even though the water gave its warning We were blind to heed the call A cry for mercy from the bottom of a burning, bleeding heart And who would know this, where we turn to in a time we yearn for change A cry for freedom from the cruelty of this world we're sinking in And who will tell us where the hell we go from here We live estranged from our brothers Because all is mine and mine is all Now the battle rages on and will go on forever Until there's nothing more to die and there is nowhere else to go Darkest skies that lead to darker mornings And there's no one there to stop the fall Who can see the light in years of scorning Who erased the writings hammered on the wall A cry for mercy from the bottom of a burning, bleeding heart And who would know this, where we turn to in a time we yearn for change A cry for freedom from the cruelty of this world we're sinking in And who will tell us where the hell we go from here I can't recall those words that lead to nothing These times when we feel small In tears the answers flow Moments wasted in anticipation of a brighter future that will never dawn Still it echoes in me, loud as can be The only truth that Alone we stand and fall Cause no one heard the call