Lyrical Rearrangement

"I look around, my room is filled with candles
Each one a story but they end the same
I'll hide away in here, the law will never find me
The walls will tell the story of my pain"

"No final outcome here
Only pain and fear
It's followed us both all our lives
There's one thing left to see
Will it be him or me?
There's one more candle left to light"

"Sweet lady of pain
Always alone
Blind, you search for the truth
I see myself in you, parallel lives
Winding at light-speed through time"

"There's no direction to my stare
No more flame burning in my heart anymore
Quiet, I keep it to myself
Until the sun sets slowly
I hear your voice in the evening rain calling
Nothing will keep us apart
No more lies and fear
There's no end to our story"

 "No chance for contact
There's no raison d'etre
My only hope is one day I'll forget
The pain of knowing what can never be
With or without love, it's all the same to me"

"Empty room, today
And here I sit
Chalk outline upon the wall
I remember tracing it
A thousand times, the night she died.
Why? (Why?)
There's no sleep today, I can't pretend
When all my dreams are crimes
I can't stand facing them
Now who will come
To wash away my sins?"

"All alone now
Except for the memories
Of what we had and what we knew
Every time I try to leave it behind me
I see something that reminds me of you"

"How many times must I live this tragedy
How many more lies will they tell me
All I want is the same as everyone
Why am I here, and for how long?"

Just one of my favorite albums--a clip here, a verse there.  None of the above is my own--just my pieced-together, altered version--creating a slightly different story.  But it is one that she would appreciate, one that she would recognize.

 

This past June, I saw Geoff Tate and Queensryche perform Operation: Mindcrime at The Palace Theater in Greensburg, PA.  Perhaps one of the most entrancing and powerful shows that I have ever seen; it far exceeded my expectations--which were undeniably high.  Of course, it is a story that I have loved since the days when she still walked by my side.

 

 

All Queensryche lyrics from their 1988 album: "Operation: Mindcrime."