there is a light at the edge of the sea that keeps on beckoning me the glow is not hard to miss when washed up against the abyss in the darkness it waits for man to unseal its gate only the eyes are to blame for what s read by a candle s flame i swear that i ll take the grey skies in stride just please keep the black from my side blood of a shadow s heart can never flow in the dark close your eyes and you ll always stay here nothing to hide from or fear so bring me the shield not the sword but bring me nothing i ve adored just bring me the means to preserve one body and i will ask for nothing more await no fate too late too late so bring me the shield not the sword bring me a coward s last reward cause if you grant me the power to fight this battle i will keep begging you for more we have harnessed the idea in our minds that the sky beyond the wood must be divine but wherever we tread our roots shall be planted and the trees will grow in little time stars of the frozen night don t guide my way don t aid in my plight let me for once adjust my eyes and let the days roll by hide while you can they will see you those with the wounds in their flesh they ll say hope is worth the mess don t make a sound they will hear you and bring down the fire from above that cruel flame they ll light it and they ll call it love maybe you ll find the strength after all maybe we re not destined for the fall but all i ever saw deep in the mirror of your eyes was a candle lit just to fight the cold and a child born to forget the old but i swore to you i wouldn t live that way let the pieces fall where they may light at the edge of the sea has taken control of me i grasp for all that i wish as it hovers above the abyss i know now that i ll never be void of desire until i ve destroyed both the compass and the map so there will be no way to turn back to places where freedom prevails where even darkness can fail i ve come to see that i don t want that choice take all i have take my voice sleep at the edge of the earth far from the spring of life s rebirth maybe you ll find the strength after all maybe we re not destined for the fall but all i ever saw deep in the mirror of your eyes was a candle lit just to fight the cold and a child born to forget the old but i swore to you i wouldn t live that way let the pieces fall where they may after the years spent in here i m still not in the clear the realization draws near that all we will ever know is fear