[verse 1] I'm running from the shadows From bitter tragedy I'm driving off the storm crows They're overtaking me I need a place of solace To burn up some despair My heart cannot take all this My mind, it needs repair [chorus] The soft deception Of bliss within Is just perception It's paper thin We're built to suffer The Founder's Gift Silence, the buffer That seals the rift Give me a moment While I restore The ebbing zeal that I had before Life's struggles linger Through debt and wealth So point the finger At Fate itself [verse 2] I'm fighting off the darkness And existential dread My conscience is not markless It's not just in my head They say that love is boundless The music in one's veins [But] anxiety's quite soundless Depression takes the reins [bridge] Haunted by sorrow, I yearn to be free Doubts are persistent; they won't let me be Outcasts and exiles, they join my accord Lost souls and rebels, they shuffle aboard Millions with anguish that cuts to the bone Suffer together, but each one alone Bracing for torment, they look to the dawn Seeking the courage to keep moving on [verse 3] The sunset on the coastline The mountains in the fall The comfort there is most fine It gets me past the wall My youth is still upon me Prime vigor at its source [But] the only thing that I see Is Death upon his horse [chorus] The soft deception Of bliss within Is just perception It's paper thin We're built to suffer The Founder's Gift Silence, the buffer That seals the rift Give me a moment While I restore The ebbing zeal that I had before Life's struggles linger Through debt and wealth So point the finger At Fate itself
