so we are prisoners
that life has built
chained to our miseries
all that pain we have felt
when there is no hope
when we don't feel love
when we don't know
how to be happy or cope
when the blazing stars fall down
from the brilliant sky above
so we are monsters
love and hurt has created
wearing masks of darkness
realizing our earthly fate
when sadness grips us
by the bloody throat
when feelings drag us
so far down
we can't see light
through all the dark
I can't help but wonder
about those seeds
desperation has sown
if we were angels
if goodness and love
filled our hearts
perhaps this life
would be a happy dream
instead of all these nightmares
that tear us apart
if we weren't prisoners
of our own making
if we could see the light
if it were only love
we were taking
along the road
of this difficult journey
perhaps we'd always see
what was right
perhaps eternal good
would accompany us
soar with us
on this eternal flight
that day we fall down and die
when our souls have departed
when friends and lovers
have said their final goodbye
that moment of mortal death
when we finally see
all the love and light
finally break our prison chains
shake this earthly pain off  
find ourselves rising up
where we find hope
and truly fly

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