lives they would not be able to afford to be buried as one of the blessed dead. Would they be resigned to their eternal fate, or live their lives with
Wish it all away; it's all the same to you Living eternally is all you wish to do And if I said that you'll come down You'll remain... And if I said
can call mine? For years I have waded through bland mediocrity, watched my hopes sink in a mire of negation. Yet why pay the cost for a paradise lost
of the mind Embrace the gifts before you Paradise is underfoot Eternity is within Lost sight of the bounty before us Boundless resource of pleasure and plenty Living
war - we can't go on like this anymore living like fools - chaos will rule this eternal paradise Is this the end of all we know - Innocence lost so
set free In paradise I'm lost within Breathing, begin, I'm living Hours turn to days, at times I feel one I'm drowning in what seems, embraced eternally
like this anymore living like fools - chaos will rule this eternal paradise Is this the end of all we know - Innocence lost so long ago Woven in dreams
Naked bodies fuck Fornicate on christian altar Living in eternal lust Sodomites and blasphemers Sinning sex, bestial rape! Sadomatic rites, Agony and pain, paradise lost
time For one must die to rest in peace I tried to put my mind at ease I never thought my suffering would last for all eternity The soul lives on beyond
bodies looking for their paradise But the truth is no longer fantasy in this world I am the only man to be. [Chorus:] I AM LOST, I WAS NEVER CREATED I AM LOST
- (original live version - from the "subconscious" cd) [recorded live at the limelight, ny, march 4, 1993, with james labrie on ] [vocals. this is the
Heaven send - touch of death Takes from you - living breath Thunder crashes - flames of fire Lost in hell - no escape The loosers of the granted
live is not enough; we know there's something more A place that frightens most, what lies beyond the door Still searching for the truth, the paradise before Have we lost
rivers down my cheek Turning cold and hard as ice Crumbling into the sea of lies Running in circles, screaming in vain Eternal suffering, eternal pain Forever lost
call mine? For years I have waded Through bland mediocrity, Watched my hopes sink In a mire of negation. Yet why pay the cost for a Paradise lost
seemed like the long lost paradise. But after 200 years I began to feel restless and hollow. Thoughts of the creator came up in me, but anyhow, I have lost
let you live for all eternity. The other only stops wither and stretches life from some years. [BRIDGE:] Deep in the planet the Terium waits. To spend a life last for eternity
Sodom, an unholy place Angels searched for a few Souls who'd yet to fall from grace To save them from the doom Paradise of pleasures lost Herein the future