eighteen visions - apathy for a dying world lyrics

[music: s. drover, g. drover]
[lyrics: s. drover]

closing my eyes from a cynical world left behind
memories gone without a trace
emotional burnout - time spinning out of control
diseases and wars from predictions of past
taking fruition - how long can this last??
making my solace - erasing the pain as i fly

i'll equipped to comprehend
modern day madness - can't fight to defend
my head tilted towards graying skies
scriptures - now ponder as those passing by
what does this mean? a part of the grand scheme?
i seek the answers - is the message all to clear?
the world is sifting through a gradual demise
the pain it brings to me - i focus through
it helps me to remain

leaving the pain as i drift so far away
masking my grief - i now seek a better place

why do we have this pain?
why do we need to hate?
what do we have to gain?

i open my eyes - not to find a guilt or remorse
finding my way - now to face the imminent storm....

why do we have this pain?
why do we have to hate?
why can't we all create?
unification - to be as one

a beaming light penetrates the blackened sky
angelic vision - i shudder to believe
you seek the truth - inquisition with no answers
to take my hand - reveals the answers you have never found

you choose to follow - the grand exit with no return
the warm light's invitation - glows upon my face
my hand extended - to rid myself this pain and anguish
rising above the clouds - i turn to give the world - final embrace

the final embrace

what does this mean? a part of the grand scheme
i seeked the answers - now the message - all too clear
the world is sifting through a gradual demise
my life has come to pass - with apathy i glide towards the sky: