The Cave lyrics

The colors run together From horrors written on the walls Sleeping with one eye open Living with one eye closed Strangers pass like years Tortured and twisted Seeking what was lost there on that day Swallowed whole by the mouth of the cave Days mean nothing in this place They come and test the will These nights are screaming sonorous They're rushing, yet still A man that's so far gone Scorched by time, living life always shielding his eyes And now he's all alone Shadows of yesterday, flashes of tomorrow What did we lose that day? Swallowed whole by the cave Where have the days all gone? Where have the days all gone? No candle to the ages, but for the things they built I know only too well the sight of this place It's vile contours, it's twisted figurines Have never seen the light of day Rotting alone inside the cave Scrolls of terrible truths But the winds tell a different story They whisper of false forms And a dead hope not worth seeking I saw a distant world on his shoulders Through the stars in his eyes, their light blinds yet gives sight Never knowing where the days are headed Or where the days have gone A man that's so far gone Scorched by time, living life always shielding his eyes And now he's all alone Shadows of yesterday, flashes of tomorrow What did we lose that day? Swallowed whole by the cave Where have the days all gone? Where have the days all gone?