Hardened by life Colder than time What's been seen still haunts What's heard still frightens Last gasp of desperation Truth be told to face expiration Your will was shaken Your ways betrayed them Beyond what's promised to all You'll never want to see Behind the blackest tears You'll never want to know what's Behind the blackest tears Behind the blackest tears Nothing lives, nothing loves Behind the blackest tears All secrets are abandoned Drifting through It echoes into her Eyes sting as she peers into the past Tracing steps, through horrors revealed Standing before the altar as the victims kneel You'll never want to see Behind the blackest tears You never want to know what's Behind the blackest tears Last gasp of desperation Truth be told to face expiration Your will was shaken Your ways betrayed them Beyond what's promised to all No one should ever see what's Behind the blackest tears