Cemetery Gates

By Pantera

On Cowboys from Hell

Released on July 24, 1990

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[Intro]

Reverend, reverend, is this some conspiracy?

Crucified for no sins, an image beneath me

Lost within my plans for life, it all seems so unreal

I'm a man cut in half in this world, left in my misery


[Instrumental Break]


[Verse 1]

The reverend, he turned to me without a tear in his eyes

Nothin' new for him to see, I didn't ask him why

I will remember the love our souls had sworn to make

Now I watch the falling rain, all my mind can see now is your

Well, I guess you took my youth and gave it all away

Like the birth of a newfound joy, this love would end in rage

And when she died, I couldn't cry the pride within my soul

You left me incomplete, all alone, as the memories now unfold


[Chorus]

Believe the word

I will unlock my door

And pass the cemetery gates


[Verse 2]

Sometimes when I'm alone, I wonder aloud

If you're watching over me, some place far abound

I must reverse my life, I can't live in the past

Then set my soul free, belong to me at last

Through all those complex years, I thought I was alone

I didn't care to look around and make this world my own

And when she died, I should've cried and spared myself some pain

You left me incomplete, all alone, as the memories still remain


[Chorus]

The way we were

The chance to save my soul

And my concern is now in vain

Believe the word

I will unlock my door

And pass the cemetery gates


[Guitar Solo]


[Chorus]

The way we were

The chance to save my soul

And my concern is now in vain

Believe the word

I will unlock my door

And pass the cemetery


[Outro]

Gates

Gates

Gates