Absence lyrics

If I'm the tone where is my sound? Where is the melody That takes my notes into account? Where are my verses to be found? Remaining unsung - Remaining unheard and aground If I'm the light, where is my flash? A fragile glimmer glew Ablaze and burning to the ash Where is the flame that I adore? Remaining unlit Within the gloom forevermore Am I me - where is my willing? Am I real - where is my dreaming? Am I free - where is my dreaming? Am I dead - where is my dying? If I'm the word, where is my sense? Where have the meanings gone That frame confusion into tense And save my phrases from pretense? Remaining unread - Remaining lacking in substance Venomed by this narrow fear Where are the voices That channel every idea? Whose promises are insincere Who'll bury me inside This worthless shell that I revere? Absence - I thirst for life Absence - all my longing Absence - an acquired waste I'm nothing more than yearning