Madman's Overture

(album: The Weight Of The World - 2004)

I never was a man of wonder, nothing special in my life
Pedestrian of common streets, an angel in disguise
A childhood spent as any other, any other child
[?] would bring a great divide
And now these worlds collide, and now these worlds collide

And now that many years have passed, these dreams intensify
No tools I use, no crystal ball yet I'm still mystified
Those sleepless nights by candlelight, in a room without a view
A voice I could not hear, it told me, "Write it down you fool"
It spoke to me of many things no language can explain
I grabbed my crucifix left hanging by it's golden chain
Never in my wildest dreams, conceive of what I heard
I filled the well with ink and began writing every word in the night

I've seen the mountains crumbling, the masses running scared
I wrote it down to warn you all but you laughed and no one cared
You wrote it down in riddles, no one could understand
I'll lead you to your padded room, you prophet-crazy man

Please hear me and heed every word that I've said
If you kill me you'll be the one's who'll be dead, dead and gone
You dead and gone...

Your locks and your bars, will hide all my scars, but you'll never leave this place
Not til you open your eyes and your ears, can you make sense of the things that you fear?
And all that you've heard, it sounds so absurd, I'll never speak again
Not til you open your eyes and your ears, this world shall pass away

Withdrawn from reality, I stare into space, little did they know I held the answers to their fate
I didn't write in riddles, now you must understand, someday you, oh never mind, I'm just a crazy man

Please hear me and heed every word that I've said
If you kill me you'll be the one's who'll be dead, dead and gone

They say I'm just a madman, am I just a madman, I feel I'm just a madman...