Beyond the Gates Try seeing from another angle Try walking in my shoes I gave you my devotion I put my faith in you Like sheep led to the slaughter I kneel in adoration With a pale grin of jester I face my condemnation Neither angels with fallen wings Nor sacred apes of God My promised land is wasted Paradise lost The lavish years of glamour Ephemeral splendor With pomp and circumstance En route to decadence Chasing the trails of glory A long and winding road Behind the lost horizon Thy kingdom come At the dawn of a scarlet Sun Darkness fades and shadows run Facing the weeping God Beyond the gates A lifespan full of sorrow Down the road of misery A dead end, a shorthand story Engraved on a headstone