Forget the past, flee the present
There's no future when the night can't end
Regret the past, shun the present
There's no future when the night can't end

Pictures of what never was, words never quite said
Memoirs of false yesterdays, aborted dream not had
Wind is calling savagely in a fractured song
Weight of heaven crushes down
Through the parting clouds
Shadows of the fading past, it's better not to know
Pray for rain or black skies
Anything but the sun
Only darkness can quell the tear of dawn

Memories are flooding back
Drowning reason like so many rats

Tragedies are roaring past,
Devouring reason like so many rats

A fiery glow breaks the curve of the earth
Prayers fell again on deafened ears
All those things that never were,
All those things that can never be
Guilt is just a step behind