Solitary Ground (2.0 Version) - Epica

Living at different places Evading into various spaces My compass has broken I'm losing the way An ongoing madness has led me astray My past breathes down my neck And it seems now that all I can do is Go back to beginnings when all lay ahead A fading illusion now plagues me instead In me, there's still a place that fulfills me A sanctity here that I call home I run to, when winter descends If I try, can I find solid ground? I follow elusive paths Oh, it seems they've been written in stone And the door to a new life is closing so fast Burning the bridges will not bring me back In me, there's still a place that fulfills me A sanctity here that I call home I run to, when winter descends If I try, can I find solid ground? In me, there's still a place that fulfills me A sanctity here that I call home I run to, when winter descends If I try, can I find solid ground? I know that in me, there's still a place that fulfills me A sanctity here that I call home I run to, when winter descends If I try, can I find solid ground? Or am I just wasting time?

He seemed no different from the rest Just a healthy normal boy His mama always did her best And he was daddy's pride and joy He learned to walk and talk on time But never cared much to be held And steadily he would decline Into his solitary shell As a boy he was considered somewhat odd Kept to himself most of the time He would daydream in and out of his own world But in every other way he was fine He's a Monday morning lunatic Disturbed from time to time Lost within himself in his solitary shell A temporary catatonic madman on occasion When will he break out of his solitary shell He struggled to get through his day He was helplessly behind He poured himself onto the page Writing for hours at a time As a man he was a danger to himself Fearful and sad most of the time He was drifting in and out of sanity But in every other way he was fine He's a Monday morning lunatic Disturbed from time to time Lost within himself in his solitary shell A momentary maniac with casual delusions When will he be let out of his solitary shell

I think I'd be better off alone Without you, without you, without you, without you I don't mind when I sleep all alone Without you, without you, without you, without you I think I'd be better off alone Without you, without you, without you, without you I don't mind when I sleep all alone Without you, without you, without you, without you I think I found the antidote I think I found another road I think I found some fucking hope, nope (Nope) I think I'm tryna find a way To rid of all these darker days But my mind's trapped inside a maze So I'll run so far from these shadows (From the shadows) Makeshift but my heart's still fragile (Heart's still fragile) I'd drown but the water's too shallow (Water's too shallow) My heads still caught in the gallows (Caught in the gallows) Your kiss is my remedy (Remedy) I fall to the ground so desperately (Desperately) Baby, I know that you're mad at me (Mad at me) Filling all the voids like cavities (Cavities) I think I'd be better off alone Without you, without you, without you, without you I don't mind when I sleep all alone Without you, without you, without you, without you I think I'd be better off alone Without you, without you, without you, without you I don't mind when I sleep all alone Without you, without you, without you, without you I guess this feeling lasts forever (Lasts forever) I guess we'll never be together (Be together) You're colder than I can remember But the ice is melting quickly I'm still wishing that you'd miss me (That you'd miss me) But you're gone and I never could replace you (Never could replace you) Mistraced new face but it ain't you (But it ain't you) Rebuilding the forts that I made you (Forts that I made you) No love but my hearts tryna breakthrough My chest 'cause its caving in (Caving in) I dwell in a cell in a realm of sin (Realm of sin) Six shots to the face of rum and gin (Rum and gin) I'm dead in the head so I guess you win (Guess you win) I think I'd be better off alone Without you, without you, without you, without you I don't mind when I sleep all alone Without you, without you, without you, without you I think I'd be better off alone (Better off alone, better off alone) I don't mind when I sleep all alone (I sleep all alone) Without you, without you

Quaestio nostra est aeterna Ultima requies fons vitae Sed eam ut novam ducemus We will never know all possibilities to predict what is to come And so we have illusions to think freely Once we had been Rich from within Did not try to reach What we couldn't achieve Because once we had been Able to win From the need to succeed We need to be innocent to live the life we've lived for so long We need to be blind enough to live the life we live right now Who possesses your time also possesses your mind Once we had been Rich from within Did not try to reach What we couldn't achieve Because once we had been Able to win From the need to succeed We need to be innocent to live the life we've lived for so long We need to be deaf enough to live the life we live right now Reach out, touch infinity Life is just a memory Time is not the entity Like it used to be The Divine Conspiracy Opens up reality Time is not the entity Like it claims to be Once we had been Rich from within Did not try to reach What we couldn't achieve Because once we had been Able to win From the need to succeed We need to be innocent to live the life we've lived for so long We need to be insensitive to live and so ignore it all Who possesses your time also possesses your mind Who possesses your time (Mislead us all, we are not in control) Also possesses your mind (There is no trace that will lead to this place) Reach out, touch infinity Life is just a memory Time is not the entity Like it used to be The Divine Conspiracy Opens up reality Time is not the entity Like it claims to be Desperately we all Clutch at the last straw We stumble and fall Countdown to die out To heal it all We will never reach our capacities, no more We cannot expand our boundaries Once we had been Rich from within Did not try to reach What we couldn't achieve Because once we had been Able to win From the need to succeed We need to be innocent to live the life we've lived for so long We need to be insensitive to breathe so we can take it all for granted Reach out, touch infinity Life is just a memory Time is not the entity Like it used to be The Divine Conspiracy Opens up reality Time is not the entity Like it claims to be

(Visum commutamus Nihil certum Qui observat, visi Pars est The quantum enigma) All your laws and the assumptions Leave them all behind There's no grounds for them right here where time can't go If we can't move on and keep all leaning on the past We will regret We can't get what we wish for (New perceptions keep us inspired The quantum enigma) All the shadows and illusions We tend to believe Are creations of our own deceiving mind If we can't let go and keep chasing satisfying needs We will not get How to forget our sapience (New perceptions keep us inspired Ingenuity is required) (When we will look around and see We will affect the energy When we observe by any means We will create reality We will not find if we don't seek We will not know if we don't peek We cannot do if we don't be Facing our deadlock now This is our quantum enigma) We'll ignite the fire That burns under the rain All that we desire Is to find our source again The meaning of life All the dreamscapes and inventions We tend to believe Are creations of our own deceiving mind If we can't let go and keep chasing satisfying needs We will forget How to retrieve true wisdom (New perceptions keep us inspired Ingenuity is required The quantum enigma) (When we will look around and see We will affect the energy When we observe by any means We will create reality We will not find if we don't seek We will not know if we don't peek We cannot do if we don't be Facing our deadlock now This is our quantum enigma) - Without a voice the soul is invisible in time and space – (Omne est vigor Sentimus eum Sicit concretum Vigor concrescit Observatione Vita est mare Infinitarum facultatum Si quae emergant opperiens Quod inspicimus Adipiscemur) Each new discovery That we acclaim Brings us much closer To reach our aim So we will finally see All of the universe Exists by being observed Expanding every day As we reach further Let's take this chance to carry on We will unravel mysteries And take the challenge as it comes We will exceed our boundaries Let's use this chance to end this strife Obliterate anomalies Reveal the myths surrounding life We will decipher secrecies (New perceptions keep us inspired Ingenuity is required The quantum enigma) (When we will look around and see We will affect the energy When we observe by any means We will create reality We will not find if we don't seek We will not know if we don't peek We cannot do if we don't be Facing our deadlock now This is our quantum enigma) (We cannot find if we do not seek With our confined capacity Reveal all mysteries) (Quantum enigma)

We're blind and eager Avarice will set us back to blank Those who wager all will have to name a reason If you can't let go, you will end up empty handed If you can't control, you'll live your life in vain Who decides about my time to come? Who is able to break through the circle of life and doom? Don't look back Keep on track to break the curse Take the chance Design your universe We can't undo what we have done So show us now what we've become Confront us with our viciousness And our weakness We can't evade our destiny So show responsibility For we all surely have a sense Of our consciousness To take for taking's sake Will leave a path of loss and strain And endless breaking of faith can warrant acts of treason If you can't let go, you will end up empty handed If you can't control, you'll live your life in vain Who decides about what's true or false? Who is able to sift through the treasures from the flukes? Don't look back Keep on track to break the curse Take the chance Design your universe We can't undo what we have done So show us now what we've become Confront us with our viciousness And our weakness We can't evade our destiny So show responsibility For we all surely have a sense Of our consciousness The time has come, we have to see That total wisdom is in reach The time has come to color in the lines We must identify the signs So many people are full of hate While love and light are in their reach So many people will harm themselves But life can be so beautiful So many people will idolize While their own success is in their reach Don't forget you're able to Design your own universe Find your balance, sink into rumination Ipsum te reperies Potire mundorum Potire omnis mundi Break the... We can't undo what we have done So show us now what we've become Confront us with our viciousness And our weakness We can't evade our destiny So show responsibility For we all surely have a sense Of our consciousness Can't undo Show us now Confront us We're the weakness Can't evade Show us how We have our sense

Along the way I find myself To be confined within me No place for any other's mind to interfere To grasp the meaning of it all To overcome my limits And dance away from any void and empty tones Just tell me why Just tell me how I can survive this time Believe yourselves and look away From all that's right within you Leave all your worries at the door And drift away I've tried to peer into the core But could not storm the sorrow My hollow heart has bled me dry, left me to stray Another time Without a trace Condemned me now Send me to hell For I'm already failing Intertwine the lines That swim beneath the dark Realize the pain we live in Demonize the need we reel in In my memories I'll dig deep enough to know Centuries of dreams unending Another me that yielded tears when someone had betrayed No time to ever go to waste It's not that complicated You're free to live your life at ease No more restraints No heed for shadows on your way That try to steal your laughter Your light will drive them all away Be confident Will I refrain? Can I repent? Will you be there? Erase the page For I'm alone and ailing Intertwine the lines That swim beneath the dark Realize the pain we live in Demonize the need we reel in In my memories I'll dig deep enough to know Centuries of dreams unending Another me that yielded tears when someone had betrayed So This is my life And it can't break me down Go I will decide Who can come in And heal my disease Burn it In flames Kill it And maim Why can't you see that you need to be freed Intertwine the lines Beneath the dark Every bit of pain we're feeling Every other solemn life In the memories you will find somehow There used to be a dream unending No more need to be alone Intertwine the lines That swim beneath the dark Realize the pain we live in Demonize the need we reel in In my memories I'll dig deep enough to know Centuries of dreams unending Another me that yielded tears when someone had betrayed Someone had betrayed

Can't move an inch But for the act to Leave fingerprints Freedom farewell Look in the lens Answer the questions Are you a threat? Nec plus ultra After all the grabbing, it's time to bite the dust Leave behind the breaches of my trust Cleaning up the mess is up to us Non plus ultra Now that all hands are tied We're panic stricken Wealth out of sight Demolition, the damaged pride The price of ambition Nec plus ultra The current system leads to profit seeking deeds Leave behind the traces of our blood Now the course for change is up to us Non plus ultra Access is now denied We're panic stricken Wealth out of sight Intuition, forgotten guide The price of suppression Terre eos vi Augearis Perde eos vi Nobis imperium Can't move an inch But for the act to Leave fingerprints Freedom farewell Look in the lens Answer the questions Will you behave as required? When we think the end is here With nearly all faith gone There is hope along the way And there a new age dawns None are more hopelessly enslaved than those Who falsely believe that they are free Nobis victoria Non plus ultra When we think the end is here And our faith will disappear Chasing our addictions we're stunting our growth Once we get rid of this ballast we'll be able to Restore the balance and distribute our wealth