Departed Souls

Another harvest of the year
Echoing through time
Shaping the waves of the biosphere
With the cold wind's sigh

Departed souls ascending
Paradise awaits
Fearless reach to the unseen
Hand of fate

Departed souls descending
Villainy unmasked
Begging for oblivion
Hell at last, yeah!

And they shine on inside
How their shadows divine

Masters and charlatans leave
Imploring in vain
Just what will they take from me?
Or what will I gain?

Departed souls ascending
Paradise awaits
Fearless reach to the unseen
Hands of fate

Departed souls descending
Villainy unmasked
Begging for oblivion
Hell at last, yeah

And they shine on inside
How their shadows divine
Once more

Gift or a curse?
Absolute the manus dei
And what of life?
When the future aches to blot the past

Can there be more heroes
Born great as the dead?
When the fiends outbreed the true
Laughing in the end

Are their lessons knowledge
Consumed by vanity?
On the shoulders of the grand
Who will stand and lead?
Who will lead us on?
Who will lead us on?
Oh, yeah

And they shine on inside
How their shadows divine