Pain, strain and desperation
Pleading to get out
Wandering, no destination
Nowhere to go but where i've been before

Fate, hate and final submission
Crowding in my head
Fighting, no recognition
In the rage of life sweet silence is no more

The music of my heart beats slowly
In a symphony of ageless lines unread
The rhythm of the world is out of time again
But the beat goes on, the music never ends

Levity and incandescence
A momentary escape
Draining my vital essence
I gave so much to you, and now you're gone

Incense and burning buildings
Light the strangled night
My shallow grave filled in
With memories of loves lost and enemies won

The music of my heart beats slowly
In a symphony of ageless lines unread
The rhythm of the world is out of time again
But the beat goes on, the music never ends

The black nocturnal world turns slowly
In an eternal serenade of silent lies
The hole in the world bleeds the midnight away
And the beat goes on as the body dies

The beat goes on as the fading daylight hides