In this darkness that i lay depression heavy in its wake How my body aches to leave I sing its final eulogy Sons I love you evermore and though the road beckons once more I see the damage that i've done and search for redemption But i am just a broken man a soul comes out to understand How the madness shatters me upon the stage on bended knee I scream aloud to skies above, that answer mute, bereft of love I struggle not to fall from grace I sing the hymns of my disgrace
We build cathedrals to our pain, establish monuments to obtain. Freedom from all of the scars and the sins, lest we drown in the darkness within.
History's forgotten chords a strum in vain to please the lord But he has never answered me my faith has weened eternally An empty man to pass along, the woes of all religions wrong And now the shadow veil falls, heed the clarion call So pray to music build a shrine, worship in these desperate times Fill your heart with every note, cherish it and cast afloat 'Cause God is in these clef and tone Salvation is found alone, haunted by its melody, music it will set you free
We build cathedrals to our pain, establish monuments to obtain. Freedom from all of the scars and the sins, lest we drown in the darkness within.