Beside the Silence lyrics

There are times to wait There are times to move Reflection like a blade Cuts the room in two After silence After dark The curtains rise And the lights restart Everything again The stage, the dust, the flame Gathering the pieces Of the days that made my name Old shoes on my feet Too tight to walk the same I wipe away the years But the dirt still knows my shape Whatever shape love wears Whatever mask it keeps The fool, the harlequin Still rots beneath the seams Oh, hope Poisoned seed Parasite of everything That moves beneath the Sun We crave the light But sleep inside the dark Afraid of what we'll see When truth reveals its heart We close our eyes To what we always knew It waits beside the silence In the corner of the room In the end it never comes The thing we swore would save Life becomes a promise Shining over an open grave We lie to what we are For everything that could have been Holding false excuses Like a prayer beneath the skin We knew it all along But chose another view The truth was always watching From the edges of the room When the lights go out And the pillow starts to speak We press our ears against it So we never hear it breathe We crave the light But sleep inside the dark Afraid of what we'll see When truth reveals its heart We close our eyes To what we always knew It waits beside the silence In the corner of the room Opening eyes Is meant for the few But seeing is rarer Than wanting the truth We see what we want And call it belief Addicted to habits That sharpen our teeth (Open the gate) Open your eyes If you can Face what remains If you dare No more disguise No more escape The truth is a child In a playground of chaos We crave the light But sleep inside the dark Afraid of what we'll see When truth reveals its heart We close our eyes To what we always knew It waits beside the silence In the corner of the room In the end It makes no difference The truth is here Powerfully real Playing like a child In a playground Of chaos and love