Fade Away
[The past sings]
Left here all alone
Farewell to all I've known
Nothing left but memories of me
Draw my final breath
Close my eyes in death
Hold my hand, help me say goodbye
[Tom sings]
Goodbye to you my friend
I'll stay here till the end
No regrets, all is well
Fade away
Was it ever real
I don't know
Life keeps speeding on
It won't slow
Where I'm going now
You cannot go
[The Future sings]
Just keep rewinding
Nothing ever changes
You can't fast forward
That's not how we arranged it
Why not hit 'play' now
Then wait and see what happens
There's someone ahead
Who's waited forever
[Tom sings]
Were you just a dream
So very real it seemed
All I am, I have given you
Fade away
Shadows of the past are lurking
I try to fight them
But it's not working
Rest a while and then just fade away
[Time sings]
You dreamed of splendors left behind
Those memories exist but to remind
Elusive glimpses of the past
Slip through your fingers, they never last
It's a cheat to lift them high
They will betray you by and by
If you could truly travel back
You'd still not find the things you lack
The glories that you seem to recall
Were not glory after all
Only the things through which it shone
The true desire you've not yet known
Let the blinding light of truth point you home
[Chronos Deliverer sings]
I'll rip out the secret
Hidden deep within you
The one that hurts so much
To name it would kill you
The secret which pierces
Sweet and with sorrow
Must be an echo
A dream of tomorrow
The scent of flowers
That we've never found
Echoes of songs though
We heard not a sound
Memories of lovers
That we never knew
It wasn't the past
It wasn't the past
That's been calling to you
I will speak truth to the heart of man
The songs of his youth he can understand and
I will speak truth to the heart of man
It has echoed through time since time began and
I will speak truth to the heart of man
From age to age only truth still stands and
I will speak truth to the heart of man
The gulf between future and past it spans and
I will speak truth to the heart of man...
