[Verse 1]

In the arms of recreation

In the presence of defeat

What is hanging in the balance

An alliance incomplete

[Chorus]

A nightmare serving many masters

The unreality that should not be

Now holding me against the power of endurance

Where time and tide wait for no man

The immortality that could not be

Now under lock and key

[Verse 2]

Once the wheel has come full circle

Transformation will take aim

Massing up on the horizon

To a new dawn laying claim

[Refrain]

To break a journey

To stop the blood

To quench a fire

To stand the flood

[Chorus]

A nightmare serving many masters

The unreality that should not be

Now holding me against the power of endurance

Where time and tide wait for no man

The immortality that could not be

Now under lock and key

[Post-Chorus]

Chain of thought

Never letting go

Will not clear away until it's gone

Set ablaze

Ever and again

Sun and shadow are at daggers drawn

[Guitar Solo: Stefanović/Gardberg/Stefanović/Gardberg]

[Chorus]

A nightmare serving many masters

The unreality that should not be

Now holding me against the power of endurance

Where time and tide wait for no man

The immortality that could not be

Now under lock and key

[Post-Chorus]

Chain of thought

Never letting go

Will not clear away until it's gone

Set ablaze

Ever and again

Sun and shadow are at daggers drawn

[Instrumental Outro]