Gone are the days that’ve passed us by
No one to retrieve a tear we’ve already cried
Try as we might, scars never heal
Forever is trapped in jaws of steel

Caged behind bars of doubt
From within the body watches the soul without
Captured by his own hand
Time holds fast to its hourglass of sand

Food for the soul is dipped with a dirty spoon
A spider emerges from a black cocoon
The viper lies in a crib where the baby sleeps
I heard a curdling cry no mind conceives

Can you see from the mountain tops now?
How we’ve come so far, where one step is so far down
A prince sets on a throne without a crown
Behind his eyes are skeletons walking around

Craddled between the arms of loving her
The mind is concealed from the thoughts that were
While the wounds drip drops of blood
Seeping through the cracks where once was love