Shadow of Madness

Waiting at dawn for the war to begin And I’m watching the clock tick slow For the good times are over and my freedom’s eroding, It’s a battle that drags me low A sideshow to nowhere that circles forever It eats me away inside Like the longest days, of finding a reason When the lock and the key collide To see the birds singing in the morning madness The sunshine lights their way But all I want is what I can’t have And my happiness turns grey I’m down in the valley of a vinyl spiral A hollow that’s deep in the ground Spinning around until the music is over, I’m trapped in the silence now I stare out the window at the whispering willows And wonder about the sound Of the Earth when it’s falling through the empty spaces And when will it run aground So I crawl through the haze Until the daylight is over And I find myself again To make new resolutions And change my emotions, For the better times ahead Alone in the darkness my mind starts to wander Until I forget who I am Then the stranger inside me tries to remember When the insanity began And all I dream of and all I hope for Is a way to end the war Before it’s too late and my will surrenders To the light of another dawn And so I’m losing my mind In the shadow of madness So I crawl through the haze Until the daylight is over And I find myself again To make new resolutions And change my emotions, For the better times ahead Alone in the darkness my mind starts to wander Until I forget who I am Then the stranger inside me tries to remember When the insanity began And all I dream of and all I hope for Is a way to end the war Before it’s too late and my will surrenders To the light of another dawn And for all my forgiveness I'm faced with the sadness That I’m losing my mind In the shadow of madness [Heavy breakdown] The shadow of madness In the ancient void That swallows us whole Our lives destroyed