I carried my torch without the flame
Never said I wanted to be in the game
If I soared all the skies above
How long could I fly without love?
Found myself holding with open arms
Thought the talisman was real, not just a charm
A piece of gold could never control
The things I'd seen that left me old...

My days pass by and my nights are hell
Can't go to sleep when sleep won't help
The skies roar with impending doom
No hope the journey will end too soon
Wedded to a stranger, unknown and dark
Never let another have possession of my heart
Seeing the love you don't know at all
Only watch you cry and smile when you fall...

I left a home to which I didn't belong
Like an actor without a play or a singer without song
In the entire world I would search all shores
For a flame of desire, a love that was never born
A dreamer, another thought that is no use
Too much to keep and never enough to lose
A light without dark and a day without night
Take away the sad imagination,
Like a pair of wings never knowing flight

Searching for a king who has never been born
Left them to ramble while they search in scorn
A mountain of dreams and a world of love
No one ever told me they'd had enough
Standing against the wind while the sun has gone
Trying to follow a path that leads me off alone
While the light directs me to go another way
All I can do is follow while I'm going astray...

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