The Long Road Home - Ajalon

[00:00.0]The Long Road Home - Ajalon
[04:32.33002]Beneath the face of an august moon
[04:39.39]Encircled by a gang of angry clouds
[04:47.9]Down the corridor of a silver beam motes of dust wander aimlessly
[05:01.91]I startle them away with a wave of my hand
[05:09.18]They scatter along my unfinished thoughts
[05:15.67]So it's come to this
[05:30.15]I gave all I had to attain this world
[05:38.93]I have gained nothing but sorrow
[05:45.65]Here I wait as the storm clouds gather
[05:51.49]For my road to end for what more can there be
[05:58.61]Surely there is no way for me to turn around and start again
[06:09.04]Or is there
[06:44.43]Can it be there is another way
[06:50.22]A guide to take me to another chance
[06:56.88]If I called his name would he rescue me
[07:04.01]From this fairy tale minus happy ending
[07:13.48]Could it be that this savior would draw close to even me take my hand and take me home
[07:42.21]I used believe that I was meant for greatness
[07:48.32]Now I understand that greatness was not for me
[07:56.14]I don't think there's a man alive who even knows my name
[08:03.0]Lets face it I'm destined for mediocrity
[08:10.88]Sometimes I think about the way things might have been
[08:17.11]And the words of a young man to naive to see
[08:24.56]It's all right I can handle it I'm in control
[08:46.38]Now I lie awake in bed afraid of tomorrow
[08:53.42]And I'm amazed they haven't carted me away
[09:01.55]My friends never believed that I would get this far
[09:07.7]But me I'm more surprised that I had the nerve to stay
[09:14.46]And now I'm hanging on to a broken limb
[09:18.71]And it's a long way down
[09:22.68]And a betting man wouldn't give me one more day
[09:29.69]But it's all right I can handle it I'm in control
[10:00.41]Meaningless all is meaningless
[10:46.67]Thunder bellows for attention like an angry father
[10:52.65]Lightning pops staccato flashbulbs blinding sleepless eyes
[10:58.89]The wind howls a requiem for the unseen
[11:02.27]Unceremonious passage of innocence
[11:05.54]Gone forever in deep unechoed sighs
[11:11.37]I stand before the son of man I cannot hide my tears of shame
[11:17.88]I wait for him to turn away but to my surprise he calls my name
[11:24.26]Do you think you've been alone I have walked your every step
[11:30.15]I understand the pain you feel I carried it down angry streets
[11:37.2]Child look upon my hands and my feet
[11:42.79]The wound in my side and the stripes on my back
[11:49.12]All of these that you see I gladly bore
[11:54.8]That through my suffering you may live
[12:00.54]He strokes my cheek with nail scared hands
[12:03.58]And the truth in his eyes cuts to my bone
[12:07.26]I did this all for you my chat that you may never walk alone
[12:13.48]With voice now firm he calls to me
[12:16.54]Follow me and leave your past
[12:19.71]The time has come for you to choose to live redeemed of die enslaved
[12:26.16]I look into the eyes of god and slain in spirit fall to my knees
[12:31.32]I cry to my lord forgive my sin I cannot bare to live this way
[12:38.28]I lift my eyes to meet a gaze that heals me to this very day
[12:44.59]Lord I choose to follow you
[13:02.97]Free from this madness my old life is sent to the dust
[13:09.77]Gone is the ruin I dwelt in for all of these years
[13:16.62]Free from this prison I start on a voyage of trust
[13:23.52]No more the victim of hollow deception and fear
[13:30.23]I fly among loved ones in ten thousand years of romance
[13:37.08]We wait as a bride to be wed to the lord of the dance
[13:44.32]Now comes our champion in royal array
[13:47.45]In promised return he is come here to take us away
[15:24.36]I have stood at the edge of destruction looked into the chasm
[15:31.17]I saw my face among those who would not believe
[15:37.44]Somehow and I don't know why but my eyes were opened
[15:44.88]I was shown the truth and given a heart to receive
[15:52.02]The one who has called all the stars to assemble and set them in place
[15:59.27]Has come to me and I'm sure I was awake when I saw his face
[16:06.49]He has taken my hand and set my feet upon the long road home