to struggle on in sweet decay or to hunger til you re blind and the ones you love and the ones you hate oh they are never far behind oh but to sacrifice the little girls to leave their bones behind cause the more you take well the more you lose and you will never know peace of mind hard to find paradise before it s lost i will try to find paradise before it s lost i will try to be the tree that bears the fruit oh to scratch until you bleed but for all the lies and the broken vows there was a shallow truth beneath oh and the merry pair that lead the wisp in the cavalcade of peace and your own kin that now carry you will they speak ill of your release hard to find paradise before it s lost i will try to find paradise before it s lost i will try