[K. Vanderhoof / R. Munroe]. . With banner high they ride to glory, a new beginning to an age-old story. Spreading fear with hateful eyes, then into the night they ride.
[K. Vanderhoof / K. Arrington / R. Munroe]. . You're caught in a vice by your own device, torment and pressure, a way of life. You felt the stardom and tasted the fruit, you claw your way back.
[K. Vanderhoof / K. Arrington / J. Reynolds / R. Munroe]. . Vacant eyes, a portrait of pain, every time I look at the world. Tell me why, we cannot bring change, we've flown to high on borrowed wings.
[K. Vanderhoof / R. Munroe]. . Lost, lost in a maze, can't rearrange, my mind is unclear. Fade, fade into black, but not fade away. Who should I turn to, where should I go, six feet too deep in the ground.
[K. Vanderhoof / R. Munroe]. . Straight into a vicious wind, this is where it all begins. You bare your soul one last time, laying everything on the line.
[K. Vanderhoof / R. Munroe]. . You've got to live for the moment, you've got to go for the throat. You're given only one chance and you know that life's too short.
[K. Vanderhoof / R. Munroe]. . And when the strings are pulled again, the puppets dance like mortal men. Who carved in stone our future and our past. Shall we read the blood stained pages and take counsel with the sages.
[K. Vanderhoof / R. Munroe]. . Dreams of the dark embracing me, these thoughts I can't control. Searching for light to set me free, from my troubled soul.
[K. Vanderhoof / R.Munroe]. . Cleaning up the wreckage of the past, how many more times. Will we have to pass the test. Their eyes have been upon our every move, they're waiting for us.