The Clouding Lyrics - Iced Earth

As I awake I have no memory of this 

Who I am, where I'm from, why do I exist? 

This strange beauty surrounds me 

But where I am confounds me 

I see others who appear the same as me 

A look of loss in their eyes, adrift aimlessly 

What's the point? What does it all mean? 

Who am I? Show me a purpose please 

Take this sense of wonder 

Make it go away 

Please tell me I am not alone and lost here 

That there is something that's made me feel this way 

Take this sense of sadness 

Make it go away 

Please give me something that's familiar 

A friendly touch, a memorable embrace 

I try to speak but empty eyes stare back at me 

Twisted tongues segregate, factions are forming 

I'll stay with those that resemble me 

To survive this harsh reality 

As the days pass most have gone their own way 

Nomadic tribes discover life 

On a world that seems so strange 

But still I want answers 

What's the point? What does all this mean? 

Take this sense of wonder 

Make it go away 

Please tell me I am not alone and lost here 

That there is something that's made me feel this way 

Take this sense of sadness 

Make it go away 

Please give me something that's familiar 

A friendly touch, a memorable embrace 

Lies, the human core is lies 

We wiped their minds, cleaned the slate 

The Clouding did divide 

Fate, we sealed human fate 

Now they're ours throughout all time 

To manipulate 

Never trust in the motives of man 

They failed to evolve in Mother Nature's plan 

And though they seem safe 

In this early clouded state 

The nature of their heresy 

Has proven quite innate 

Pain, mankind will know pain 

For their crimes on our kind 

They'll never be the same 

Death, they will know death 

Suffering for centuries 

At war with every breath 

Never trust in the motives of man 

They failed to evolve in Mother Nature's plan 

And though they seem safe 

In this early clouded state 

The nature of their heresy 

Has proven quite innate