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Epitaph Lyrics by Fates Warning

The Spectre Within

1985

[Intro]
Ahhh
Ahhh
Ahhh
Ahhh

[Verse 1]
Isolation freezes my life, coldness grips my heart
Trapped within a world, a world apart
Desolate am I, a tempest raging silently
Lost a barren adrift at sea
Yeah, yeah!
Yeah, yeah!
Yeah, yeah!
Yeah!

[Verse 2]
Catatonic state, it sharpens life's depressing edge
The clamor draws me closer to the ledge
As I gaze upon this burning world I curse this life
A life through which I'm hurled

[Verse 3]
Lies, lies upon this side and that
Truthless violence deception mourned by the wise
Thousands of voices drowning out his own
In a popular torrent of lies upon lies
Turn to stone
Yeah!

[Verse 4]
So intense the pain that has crawled
From the bleeding corpse of pleasure
That feeds the worm the writhes
Inside my brain
In the deep of night it stirs again
In the heart of the sleeper
From the crack of dawn I wake to curse
The rising of the sun
Every life is built on hope
Now my dreams have surely passed
Inner voices haunt my numbered days
Darkness calls me with her laughs, ohh

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]
Torn between life and death
Inertia fills my soul
No will to be nor pride to care
The reapers take your toll
Strangers cast a menacing glance as
Existence I defy
Shatter their dreamlike world
I'm not afraid to die

[Instrumental Break]
Ahh!
Yeah!

[Chorus]
Torn between life and death
Inertia fills my soul
No will to be nor pride to care
The reaper takes your toll
Strangers cast a menacing glance as
Existence I defy
Shatter their dreamlike world
I'm not afraid to die
Not afraid to die!

[Instrumental Break]

[Bridge]
Omen bird soars the desert land
To the castle of idolence
There lies the shadow of a man
See the colored flowers and marble towers
They fade to brown
Like the unknown inscribed in stone
He's abandoned, abandoned flesh and bones
He's lost in silence, swallowed in vastness
Drowned in the depths of a meaningless past

[Outro]
Ohhh! Ohhh!
Ohhh!
Ohhh! Ohhh!
Woahhh, ohh!
Ohhh! Ohhh!
Ohh! Ohhh!
Ohh! Ohhh!
Ohhh! Ohhh!
Ohh! Ohhh!
Ohh! Ohhh!
Ohhh! Ohhh!
Ohh! Ohhh!...

About “Epitaph” by Fates Warning

Read the complete lyrics to "Epitaph" by Fates Warning from the album "The Spectre Within" in 1985. On Lyrks you can follow along with the full text, explore the artist's discography, and discover related songs. The track is often categorized under Progressive Metal, Metal, Rock.

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"Epitaph" appears on "The Spectre Within" in 1985.

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