Lyrics

I) RUN AWAY

Do we really know
Why we were so afraid to say the words that meant the most
Do we understand
Why we turned and ran away when the fight got out of hand
Do we know what we were fighting for
Do we know what we’ll be living for
After the war

Can you hear the cry
Screaming through the dark and the dust as a love begins to die
Can you taste the pain
The bitter sweetness of memories as they start to fade away
Was it real or not, I can’t be sure
There’s nothing left of who I was before
After the war

Run away, run away from me
Far away from all the fighting and hostility
There's nothing left for you to say to me
In a war of words there was no chance of victory
I know I’m not the man I used to be
But I never meant to make myself the enemy
So run away, run away from me
Run away, you’ll be okay

Lying in the dust
Dwelling on mistakes I made as my body turns to rust
Crawling through the dirt
Sinking deep in the mud below as I hang on to the hurt
I’m not afraid to see how far I’ll fall
I should have known my feelings were too raw
After the war

So run away, run away from me
Far away from all the fighting and hostility
There's nothing left for you to say to me
In a war of words there was no chance of victory
I know I’m not the man I used to be
But I never meant to make myself the enemy
So run away, run away from me
Run away, I’ll be okay


II) THE BELLS

Instrumental


III) SUNRISE AND SIRENS

Beams of sunrise burst between the city spires
Shadows flee for shelter out of the line of fire
Dawn is breaking as they heed the deadly warning
The world is slowly waking up to a brighter morning

But the night before
Took a heavy toll
Wandering the streets
I don’t see a single soul

They’re hiding in their houses, alone with the shadows
Locked in lonely bunkers keeping out the afterglow
Barricading the windows that we broke by casting stones
Picking up the pieces of this world we called our home

Can you hear the sirens
The war is over
Can you hear the bells
The war is over

Waves of sunlight break upon her fractured tower
They part the cloudy seas at the crest of the golden hour
The Keepers flee the scene as the rays of light expose her
But Empress hides inside though she knows the war is over
The war is over
The war is over …


IV) SORROW IN THE SILENCE

Instrumental


V) THE SOUND OF HOME

Friend or foe? You were never sure
Are you still keeping score
From your lonely throne
When you’re left alone
It’s the sound of home
That chills you to the bones

So with my heavy load
I take to the road
With my shadow by my side
Leaving footprints in the dirt
Echoes of the hurt
The hurt that we left behind
That we left behind


VI) WITH ME

Run away, run away with me
Far away from all the fighting and hostility
There’s so much you want to say to me
And I know I owe you more than my apology
I know I’m not the man I used to be
But I never meant to make myself the enemy
So run away, run away with me
Run away, we’ll be okay