[Verse one] In a hole in the desert, a man he did lie With tubes in his arms and a soldier nearby. For they said that his breath could summon the winds From the depths of the chaos they poured into him [Verse two] [Momentum building] From his drug fuelled ambition the dreams they did come But the face that he looked for was not to be one [Urgency building] So they told him to focus, to channel his will From the veils of Oblivion they used him to kill. [Leading into verse three] They would help him they said, to love her once more [Highly emotional] And they twisted his thoughts into weapons of war. [Instrumental break painting the horrors of war] [Verse three] [Intensity lowering a little] Through the end times he wandered, untouched by it all Not giving a damn that the real world could fall [Into minor key] [Sinister atmosphere building] While around him the hive in eternity sat A last plague of saviours all coddled and fat [Bridge] Was this what they wanted, a God that was blind If they'd paid for his fears do you think they would mind. [Lead into chorus] [Chorus] [Increased tempo and intensity] Then he saw the Paincloud.... Powered by all No Sinner too big, no favour too small And while he looked for a phantom that didn't exist The lords of the earth, they hid in the mist And they laughed.. and they laughed.. and they laughed.. [Middle eight solo and reprieve] [Verse four] [Lower intensity with contemplative mood that starts to build throughout the verse] When he woke up one night screaming her name She appeared from the darkness, as though he were to blame For he pushed her to be, from the lies they had told And now she would help his fury unfold [Bridge] [Tension building] As they turned up the fire his skin he did shed For he no longer needed this shell of the dead So he joined her in ether, in spirit they fought And he rewrote the world on a sigh he had caught. [Chorus] He gave them the Paincloud...... Through blood they all saw They were caught in the rains of their wizarding wars.... For the good of all creatures he cut off their tongues So they could not take evil nor speak for their sons. [Epilogue and outro]
