I watched the rise and the fall of the common man
I lived to see all the steps walked back
I watched the walls all crash down crumbling
Just to be rebuilt while we slept
Awake to search in the oceans wide and deep[?]
We promise peace but the peace won't last
cause now we forge new blades so nervously
Waiting for this harmony to pass
I stand guard and roam
Like a sentinel
I see it all
I've been awake too long
Wish there something that could close my eyes
To all that I see
Awake too long, it would be easier to fall asleep
We fell in love, but the love kept running out
We followed roads, but the roads all end
We live to learn, and learn to live without falling from the ladders we ascend
I've seen the eyes of the widows, left behind
I've seen the child of a fallen man
And never once did our leaders apologize, for battles they began
I can't look away, or pretend not to see
And so I say:
I've been awake too long
Wish there something that could close my eyes
To all that I see
Awake too long, it would be easier to fall asleep, asleep
Maybe I would dream, if I could sleep
Maybe I'd see what this could be
Instead of what it is
And is there bliss in ignorance?
Is this our demise we can't prevent?
Should we fall asleep?
I've been awake too long
I've been awake too long
I've been awake too long
I've been awake too long
And like constant visions we are
Falling in eternal flames
A surgery, blades in an open heart[?]
But through it all, every single cut, I've been awake
I lived to see all the steps walked back
I watched the walls all crash down crumbling
Just to be rebuilt while we slept
Awake to search in the oceans wide and deep[?]
We promise peace but the peace won't last
cause now we forge new blades so nervously
Waiting for this harmony to pass
I stand guard and roam
Like a sentinel
I see it all
I've been awake too long
Wish there something that could close my eyes
To all that I see
Awake too long, it would be easier to fall asleep
We fell in love, but the love kept running out
We followed roads, but the roads all end
We live to learn, and learn to live without falling from the ladders we ascend
I've seen the eyes of the widows, left behind
I've seen the child of a fallen man
And never once did our leaders apologize, for battles they began
I can't look away, or pretend not to see
And so I say:
I've been awake too long
Wish there something that could close my eyes
To all that I see
Awake too long, it would be easier to fall asleep, asleep
Maybe I would dream, if I could sleep
Maybe I'd see what this could be
Instead of what it is
And is there bliss in ignorance?
Is this our demise we can't prevent?
Should we fall asleep?
I've been awake too long
I've been awake too long
I've been awake too long
I've been awake too long
And like constant visions we are
Falling in eternal flames
A surgery, blades in an open heart[?]
But through it all, every single cut, I've been awake