From Broken Vessels - Orphaned Land

Unto this world I was born — innocence scorned

Oaths were broken and pain bestowed — innocence mourned

Trust betrayed, smiles were faked

Desire turned hate, faces of loved ones are long decayed

Alone in this world, alone and so cold

Shiver in rain, my story unfolds

A broken vessel, endless pieces of me Friends are now foes, those who betray

Love’s labour’s lost, a true passion play

Forked tongues drip with lies

Serpents hold me down, I cannot fly

The dark within my eyes

Saint I’m not

Pure in mind and thought

Masks I wear

In this stage we share

Will we ever bare

These fears and hopes within one and all?

Cracks they show

In the mirrors of my soul

When I break

Why do they all forsake?

Is life but a mistake?

Why do they smile when I fall apart?

Go!

Pick your self up,

You are the end, now the chapter is done

Cry as you might to the gods you adore

They hear you not, as they never before