Cracks of Stone

I've counted centuries in the cracks of stone Watched empires rise and die alone The moon still whispers my forgotten name But every night feels exactly the same I've danced through shadows, worn a thousand faces Left my footprints in abandoned places Yet every heartbeat I steal away Reminds me of the life I threw away Pre-Chorus The stars call me their faithful son But I'm so tired of what I've become Chorus Let me feel the cold again Let me grow old again Trade all these endless nights For one brief spark of mortal light Let me watch the seasons fade Let me lie where I was made I'd give eternity away Just to see one last sunrise Verse 2 The lovers I held are dust and rain Their voices echo inside my veins I keep their memories like sacred scars A graveyard stretching beyond the stars No throne of darkness, no crown of bone Can fill the silence of being alone What's immortality worth to me When every soul I love is set free? Pre-Chorus The dawn waits just beyond the hill And for the first time, I want it still Chorus Let me feel the cold again Let me grow old again Trade all these endless nights For one brief spark of mortal light Let me watch the seasons fade Let me lie where I was made I'd give eternity away Just to see one last sunrise Bridge If heaven's gates are closed to me And nothing waits beyond the sea Then let me vanish with the day Like morning mist that drifts away No more castles made of grief No more hunger, no more teeth Just a man beneath the sun At peace when all is said and done Final Chorus Let me feel the cold again Let me grow old again Hold a trembling hand in mine And watch the fading of our time Let the daylight take my name Let it wash away the pain I'd give eternity away Just to see one last sunrise Outro The night releases its hold on me The sky is burning gold for me After all these endless years I greet the dawn without my fear... One last sunrise.