Alesana - Tilting The Hourglass Lyrics

You take my breathe away...

but I'll never taste your lips

as fate keeps me locked away

I must close my eyes to see your face

emptiness has darkened my eyes

as I hopelessly beg for my life to end

...tell me why...

my iron eyes tell the tale

heroes always pay in their blood

I can be only this

I see the fear growing in their lost eyes

my purpose is so clear...I am the ax

I am the ax and this is why I must not fear the end

and when I'm gone will you forget me?

pen wears its steady course across the page

resigned to it's designs to take the hive

emptiness has darkened my eyes

as I hopelessly beg for my life to end

...tell me why...

I wish I could make you see, I wish I could make you see through the pain

through the end, I wish I could make you see the greater purpose that I have to serve...

no one else will fight...no-one else will fight...so I must

my iron eyes tell the tale

heroes always pay in their blood

I can be only this

...I am the ax...

fear has been lost to faith

the darkened night has come before the end

of which we must prevail

amidst the pitch of steel we shall arise

I will destroy all those who oppose me

my iron eyes tell the tale

heroes always pay in their blood

I can be only this

I see the fear growing in there...