Single Phial

歌詞

I have walked the earth so many times before your birth Today is only yesterday's tomorrow And as a Gardner in Eden it was I who sowed the seed then I've come to reclaim this life you borrow Singing "Ring a Ring o' Rosies" for your final lullaby Have you any prayers to make before you wave your last goodbye? I bring "A Pocket full o' Posies", lay a wreath to ease my guilt As the lights go out forever not one drop of blood was spilt As yet unwritten history Once more I'll stride the lightning road Identity of mystery My burden is Pandora's load Traversing endless centuries Disguised behind Death's lipless smile I hide that my intention is To pour this single phial I'd have rather seen your face almost any other place Still here we meet, always the way in this profession And as I gaze into your eyes I see the glimmer within dies From the moment I first make my dark confession How could I swear I would be there for you until your dying day Certain in the knowledge that it's not that far away? So you leave me sitting here bewildered as a new-dead ghost While I try to justify destroying that which I love most As yet unwritten history Once more I'll stride the lightning road Identity of mystery My burden is Pandora's load Traversing endless centuries Disguised behind Death's lipless smile I hide that my intention is To pour this single phial I lock the door I pour the single phial The dark millennium is ending Final daze of the decayed And a reign of tears is falling It's the Judgement Eve parade Though I wash my hands a thousand times Still the guilt remains She stole my heart, I took her life And yet I never knew her name As yet unwritten history Once more I'll stride the lightning road Identity of mystery My burden is Pandora's load Traversing endless centuries Disguised behind Death's lipless smile I hide that my intention is To pour this single phial Out with a whimper, not with a bang And they all gathered round while the church bells rang Singing "Bring out your dead", they'll stretch for miles To be borne to their graves in single files As yet unwritten history Once more I'll stride the lightning road Identity of mystery My burden is Pandora's load Traversing endless centuries Disguised behind Death's lipless smile I hide that my intention is To pour this single phial