As the sun at night

And the stars in the day

The emptiness that surrounds me

Is truly amazing

A vision destroyed

Like the sound of a whisper

Descending in the distant darkness

Retreating from the grasp

Of the hands that burn the world

In the pale light of the daybreak

I change again to stone

Thrust so deeply into the dirt

That I can never be surfaced

Like a shipwreck fallen far beneath

Into the trenches of the deep

Dreams, like memories

Lose their taste over time

And the bitterness quickly becomes

All you can remember

So, fear not, for after the pain subsides

It will be like you never dreamt at all

I have no way to survive

Or place to belong while staying alive

Mysteries sealed in cages of steel

Clattering far above where vision has failed

Living is the chaos of existence

Dismantling itself, instant by instant

There is no uncertainty or fear within

For living is what creates it

Confessing from behind a mask

Insincerity spilling out over the edges

Where the mystery of being hangs

Snakes from the mouths of the withered and aged

Like a flame broken into embers:

A once unbearable heat has faded away

When the light goes out

The darkness is deeper

Than if it had never shone

As the light goes out

In this cavern, so dark

I hope to remain

Like a flame broken into embers:

A once unbearable heat has faded away

[Guitar Solo: Michael Stancel]

[Bridge]

Shapeless is the mold I'm encased in

Chased by a wraith in a hundred

Places I fear

This dream I once held dear is disappearing

The picture of a world of gray is getting clear

So many differences, interpretations taking place

The dream I once held dear is fading away

[Guitar Solo: Greg Burgess]

[Guitar Solo: Michael Stancel]

Now drifted so far into the distance

This ship of Theseus is sinking

[Outro]

Living is the chaos of existence

Dismantling itself, instant by instant

Living is the chaos of existence

Dismantling itself, instant by instant

There is no uncertainty or fear within

For living is what creates it