The Shadow As It Falls

The city is a morgue, as I look into the night Each one is his own lord, governed by a flashing light No graceful compensation, where he broken hearts adorn Utopia the nation, where all new souls must be born a candle wick is burning, sending fire it's own way You even may be learning, in the mire day by day and who am I, the victim, who must stop death when it calls Or banned by the restriction, of the shadow as it falls The desert is a sea, made of sand like heat's own toy no open arms are reaching, where the laughter comes to end the hour's for beseeching; Go wherever fate will send An opera of the future, put itself onto the stage the mind in need of nurture, sometimes cries in mournful rage And who am I, the dreamer, being backed against the walls now the ray becomes a streamer, and the shadow as it falls The island is a loner, needing nothing but the breeze and I am but a roamer, seeing promise in the trees No heaven in the distance, at the top of the floating clouds Thinking of the word "Resistance". how I feel between the crowds A windmill gently turning, on and on forever more for paradise I'm yearning, and the time comes to explore Hear the echo's bouncing vision, in the deepness of the halls I must make the last decision with the shadow as it falls