Darkness Within

Here in this darkness that I lay
Depression heavy in its way
And how my body aches to leave
To sing its final eulogy

My sons, I love you evermore
And though the road beckons once more
I see the damage that I've done
In search for redemption

But I'm just a broken man
Whose soul cries out to understand
How the madness shatters me
Upon the stage on bended knee

I scream out loud at skies above
That answer mute, bereft in love
I struggle not to fall from grace
Or sing the hymns of my disgrace

We build cathedrals to our pain
Establish monuments to attain
Freedom from all of the scars and the sins
Lest we drown in the darkness within

Misery's forgotten chords
I strum in vain to please the Lord
But He has never answered me
Faith has waned eternally

In empty men who pass along
The woes of all religion's wrong
Now the shadowed veil it falls
Heed the clarion call

So pray to music, build a shrine
Worship in these desperate times
Fill your heart with every note
Cherish it and cast afloat

'Cause God is in these clef and tone
Salvation is found alone
Haunted by its melody
Music, it will set you free (let it set you free)

We build cathedrals to our pain
Establish monuments to attain
Freedom from all of the scars and the sins
Lest we drown in the darkness within

Whoa-oh, whoa-oh
Whoa-oh-oh-oh (music save me)
Music, my savior (save me)
Music, my savior (save me)
Music, my savior (save me)
Music, my savior (save me)

We build cathedrals to our pain
Establish monuments to attain
Freedom from all of the scars and the sins
Lest we drown in the darkness within

We build cathedrals to our pain (oh-oh, oh-oh)
Establish monuments to attain (oh-oh, oh-oh)
Freedom from all of the scars and the sins (oh-oh, oh-oh)
Lest we drown in the darkness within (oh-oh, oh-oh)