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A revamped version of "Am I Alive" from the "Descent Into Madness" album.
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faint echoes of times gone by shift the balance
tipping what used to be so stable
I have lost that which I trusted in most.
all hope, it seems, has withered away like a flower in the midst of a winter storm
faint echoes of times gone by and the stirrings of
something greater than myself linger in my soul
I am no longer alone.
I feel something groaning, bloating my skin.
It's no longer safe to be me.
faint echoes of times gone by stir something deep within
and the moorings I had now shift and sag and slip away
they slip away
it all just slips away
A slow of the pulse,
a thickening of the blood,
I am becoming that which I fear
This heart's last beat radiates out into the night
as I fall through the floor into reality once more.
Am I still alive?
Am I still breathing?
Can you hear my heart beating?
Am I alive, or am I just existing for a little while?
Am I alive?
Hatred consumes me, third degree burns
blisters pop as I boil inside
my stomach churns as it all falls away
head is spinning, what is becoming of this man
I once thought I was
as the last shard shatters
I keep falling into this custom-made hell
deeper and deeper into this new reality
all of my being, my very essence
it's all being taken away
and I am no more
I and the core,
we become one
falling no more, I am gone
The corruption is complete.
That which I had locked away
rises up from the surface.
The corruption is complete.
Am I still alive?
Can you hear my heart still beating?
Am I alive, or am I just existing for a little while?
Locked away,
I cry out for revolution
banging at the walls of my cell
no one can hear my cries
The horror is here to stay
my attempts to take back control
fall on deaf ears
sinking into this custom-made hell
I know I am here to stay
One, two, three, four,
I am dying once more.
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