Epiphany

(tran-do)

The silence (in khmer)

Don't go

Does it have to be this way?

Can't we have just one more chance?

Those who know

They will not say

Must this be the final…

Dance in our lives?

As time just moves on

Yesterday's years

Are too quickly gone

All visions fade

As worlds fall apart

Decisions are made

But there in this dark now

There in this dark now

Somewhere on this night

A life is out there

And can someone tell me how

Here on this night

So far away

Bits of starlight

Fall where they may

I never wanted to go

I never wanted to stay

I never wanted to be afraid

But still

Childhood sees what childhood will

But nothing ever stays the same

I fear the night

I fear the dark

I need this light

That distant spark

I know that…

Somewhere

Someone's looking to deceive and

Somewhere

Young men die and children bleed and

Somewhere

Some have too much while others need and

Somewhere

Someone's looking to believe and…

Somewhere

Somewhere

Somewhere

Somewhere

And the night and the dark

And the hopes and the dreams

As we all play our parts

While ignoring the screams

So we lie to ourselves

And we just carry on

Never stop, never turn

Don't admit what is …

Gone in to this twisted story

All these things so clear before me

Every path we've ever taken

Can't admit we were mistaken

In this night

Of my devising

Never live

And never dying

Each escape

I've never taken

Never dream

And never waken…

Somewhere

Someone's looking to deceive and

Somewhere

Young men die and children bleed and

Somewhere

Some have too much while others need and

Somewhere

Someone's looking to believe and…

(tran-do sees himself as a snake oil salesman selling the same lies that he was sold in a carnival barker's voice.)

Come one come all

Welcome to the world's greatest entertainment since the fall of rome

Life, death

Victims, voyeurs

The best of society

The lowest of plebeians

And to keep it all in extremely interesting, today's patrons

Could very easily be tomorrow's entertainment

All compliments of the ultimate showman fate

All that's missing is the coliseum

(tran-do turns away from the apparition of himself as a snake oil salesman, and once more looks into the abyss.)

Did you ever walk up

To the edge of a cliff

Stare into the abyss

As your mind wonders if

You should take one more step

Further into that night

Well your mind says you won't

But your heart says you might

Would you fall through the dark

Feel the wind in your hair

Would you embrace the ground

And end your life right there

Or would god reach his hand

And that moment you fly

Or if he chanced to blink

And then, that moment you die

You die

You die

You die ...

Stare into the dark

As the abyss keeps calling

Try to take a step

But then the mind keeps stalling

Can a single question

Just go on forever

As a single thought goes on

It's now or never

Stare into the dark

As the abyss keeps calling

Try to take a step

But then the mind keeps stalling

Can a single question

Just go on forever

As a single thought goes on

It's now or never

Never really took much

Never really had to

Only had a small crush

Problem was that it grew

Never really took much

Never really had to

Only had a small crush

Problem was that it grew

Be who you are

What you were

What they see

From eternity's view

Tell me

Which one is me

Can you…

Be who you are

What you were

What they see

From eternity's view

Tell me

Which one is me

On this night

Keep me close

On this night

Breathe my air

On this night

Hold me tight

Feel my heart

Beating there

On this night

Keep me close

On this night

Breathe my air

On this night

Hold me tight

Feel my heart

Beating there

On this night

Keep me close

On this night

Breathe my air

On this night

Hold me tight

Feel my heart

Beating there…

Did you ever walk up

To the edge of a cliff

Stare into the abyss

As your mind wonders if

You should take one more step

Further into that night

Well your mind says you won't

But then this all is your life

Your life

Your life

This all is your life

Your life

Your life

This all is your life

Your life

Your life

This all is your life

Your life

Your life

This all is your…

Is your life

Is your life

Is your life

Is your...life