Ballad (Bells Of Eternity, Part Two)

and the bodies of the children, testify against the night. we cover the graves, mechanical slaves, never dividing wrong from right. leaving the ghosts of eternity to sweep these dusty floors. by the fire of our own desires, waiting for the knock upon the door. and battered hands never reaching, bridges we never crossed. too drunk with fear to name our tears, too blind to count the loss. only the few who dared to bleed, who made the human sacrifice... will wear the wings of freedom's dreams, when the truth defeats the lie. we take the plunge of consequence, cursed by the die that's cast. the future written by choice discretions, the past is still the past. by Jesus's tomb, or Allah's shrine, prayers burn throughout the night. but only the caring of the daring can restore the blind man's sight!