The Nonchalance of the Angel (v2.1)

[Verse 1] The desert lands stretch wide and endless before me, Hunger and thirst become my only companions. I call to you, I call for you, my voice raw and exhausted; Yet no answer comes at all, not at all. Howls screech from across the great dunes, coming ever closer. My foot deep in the sand, I am unable to move. [Refrain] I reach for your hand but find only emptiness. Where are you? Where are you? [Verse 2] I walk the shores of all the oceans, Loneliness and longing become my only companions. I wish for you, I cry out for you, my voice raw and exhausted; Yet no answer comes at all, not at all. The tides trip me and beat against my body, And I am pained by the thousand tiny cuts. [Refrain] I reach for your hand but find only emptiness. Where are you? Where are you? [Verse 3] I climb the highest mountains, Sorrow and separation become my only companions. The chill chokes the life from my breath, And I tumble down its heights for you, for you. [Refrain] I reach for your hand but find only emptiness. Where are you? Where are you? [Bridge] The life leaves me; The sparkle in my eyes dims; The warmth in my heart cools. Left behind to walk among the soulless, I carry only the cold fire of hell, but do you even care? Where are you? Where are you? [Outro] The whisper of his name (whisper his name) Must reach into the wild untamed (the wild untamed); After the fire consumes you (consumes you), Then your wish will come through (through, through).