My Own Prison

A court is in session a verdict is in,
No appeal on the docket today just my own sin,
The walls are cold and pale the cage made of steel,
Screams fill the room alone I drop and kneel.

Silence now the sound my breath the only motion around,
Demons cluttering around my face showing no emotion,
Shackled by my sentence expecting no return,
Here there is no penance as my skin begins to burn.

So I held my head up high,
Hiding hate that burns inside,
Which only fuels their selfish pride,
We're all held captive out from the sun,
A sun that shines on only some,
We the meek are all in one.

I hear a thunder in the distance see a vision of a cross,
I feel the pain that was given on that sad day of loss,
A lion roars in the darkness only He holds the key,
A light to free me from my burden and grant me life eternally.

Should've been dead on a Sunday morning banging my head,
No time for mourning ain't got no time,
Should've been dead on a Sunday morning banging my head,
No time for mourning ain't got no time.

So I held my head up high,
Hiding hate that burns inside,
Which only fuels their selfish pride,
We're all held captive out from the sun,
A sun that shines on only some,
We the meek are all in one.

I cry out to God seeking only His decision,
Gabriel stands and confirms I've created my own prison,
I cry out to God seeking only His decision,
Gabriel stands and confirms I've created my own prison.

So I held my head up high,
Hiding hate that burns inside,
Which only fuels their selfish pride,
We're all held captive out from the sun,
A sun that shines on only some,
We the meek are all in one.

So I held my head up high,
Hiding hate that burns inside,
Which only fuels their selfish pride.

I created...
We're all held captive out from the sun,
I created...
I created...
A sun that shines on only some,
I created...
I created...
We the meek are all in one,
I created my own prison.

Should've been dead on a Sunday morning banging my head,
No time for mourning ain't got no time.

Ode

Hang me watch awhile let me see you smile as I die,
Take me as my body burns let me see you yearn while I cry.

One step on your own and you walk all over me?
One head in the clouds you won't let go you're too proud,
One light to the blind and they see?
And you walk all over me!
One touch on the head we believe?

Adore me as I drift away let me hear you say I'm fine,
You cry as my body dies all that you despised is gone away.

One step on your own and you walk all over me?
One head in the clouds you won't let go you're too proud,
One light to the blind and they see?
And you walk all over me!
One touch on the head we believe?

We believe!

One step on your own and you walk all over me?
One head in the clouds you won't let go you're too proud,
One light to the blind and they see?
And you walk all over me!
One touch on the head we believe?

Cemetery Gates

Reverend!
Reverend is this some conspiracy?
Crucified for known sins put an end beneath me?
Lost within my plans for life it all seems so unreal,
Gonna make my heart and head feel as one left alone is unreal!

Reverend he turned to me without a tear in his eye,
Nothing 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 new found joy this love would in rage,
And when she died I couldn't cry to part within my soul,
You left me incomplete all alone as the memories now unfold.

Believe the word!
I will unlock my door,
And pass the cemetery gates.

Sometimes when I'm alone I wonder now,
If you're looking down on me from some place far around,
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 now remain.

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.

The way we were,
The chance to save my soul,
Now my concern is now in vain.

Believe the word!
I will unlock my door,
And pass the cemetery gates.