In This Master's Tale - Soilwork

I live with the last of the silence

I gave away all my hope

I managed to turn my laughter

Into a wall made of stone

I left on a foggy morning

I reached my goal at night

Fires burning and hollow eyes

We have all made our silent goodbyes

In this heartless, meaningless shelter

Below the fields of our spirited past

Cold as ice and with wings of disaster

We’ll make sure that our moment will last

We all knew it was a calling

And we thought we’d escaped the rain

Growing closer to our dark fate

In this master’s tale

Water’s rising as we desperately reach out for the sun

Deal is broken and our souls have now moved on

If you ever cared for what you had, it’s already gone

Leave it all behind, pick up the pieces and run

One flew from the other side, got caught in the cold

My son, this is war, come and join the fold

Don’t you ever look back, put it all to rest

Take your chances but that burden won’t ever leave your chest

'Cause I see nothing but a deadly sign

Our shallow hearts in a well of wine

Setting our minds straight

Time to open the gates

We are the dead, short days ago

We’ve lived, felt dawn, saw sunsets glow

We are the keepers of the wisdom below

Neither enemies, friends or ghosts

Take up our quarrel with the foe

To you from failing hands we throw

The torch be yours to hold it high

If you break faith with us who die

In this heartless, meaningless shelter

Below the fields of our spirited past

Cold as ice and with wings of disaster

We’ll make sure that our moment will last

We all knew it was a calling

And we thought we’d escaped the rain

Growing closer to our dark fate

In this master’s tale

Water’s rising as we desperately reach out for the sun

Deal is broken and our souls have now moved on

If you ever cared for what you had, it’s already gone

Leave it all behind, pick up the pieces and run

One flew from the other side, got caught in the cold

My son, this is war, come and join the fold

Don’t you ever look back, put it all to rest

Take your chances but that burden won’t ever leave your chest

'Cause I see nothing but a deadly sign

Our shallow hearts in a well of wine

Setting our minds straight

Time to open the gates

Time to open the gates