Driven mad with suffering We blindly cling to life We remember only pain We choose illusions Pale shadows on the wall We've always known the truth and turned away Avidya-denied Nirvana Avidya-shackled here in Samsarra Arrogant in ignorance We've lost our way Empty words led the sheep astray Hostage to hatred We refuse to liberate We have forgotten we are one Tortured by existence Still afraid to let it end Familiarity breeds contempt Self- Inflicted The constant pain of life These hollow shells we try to leave behind Avidya-denied Nirvana Avidya-shackled here in Samsarra And we cling to this form Still we hunger for flesh We are condemned to be born Again and again and again This brief existence An Echo in the well A re-occuring dream of lonliness Harboring attatchments These chains that bind us here The pain never quites us feel complete Conquored and punished Enjoyed and destroyed Still desire brings us back again Self- Inflicted The wheel turns again Until we learn the noble truth of pain Avidya-denied Nirvana Avidya-shackled here in Samsarra And we cling to this form Still we hunger for flesh We are condemned to be born Again and again and again Illusion seperates On a path of inner peace Serenity is waiting in the void Self-Inflicted This chain of countless lives Show me the way to another good world