Forsaken (The Aftermath) - Within Temptation

Silently to silence fall In the fields of futile war Toys of death are spitting lead Where boys that were our soldiers bled War horse and war machine Curse the name of liberty Marching on as if they should Mix in the dirt our brothers' blood In the mud and rain What are we fighting for? Is it worth the pain? Is it worth dying for? Who will take the blame? Why did they make a war? Questions that come again Should we be fighting at all? Once a ploughman hitched his team Here he sowed his little dream Bodies, arms and legs are strewn Where mustard gas and barbwire bloom Each moment's like a year I've nothing left inside for tears Comrades dead or dying lie I'm left alone asking, why? In the mud and rain What are we fighting for? Is it worth the pain? Is it worth dying for? Who will take the blame? Why did they make a war? Questions that come again Should we be fighting at all? After the war Left feeling no one has won After the war What does a soldier become? After the war Left feeling no one has won After the war What does a soldier become? What is it all when the battles are done? After the war I mean no one has won I'm just a soldier After the war Left feeling no one has won After the war What does a soldier become? After the war Left feeling no one has won After the war What does a soldier become? Ohh, ohh Ohh, ohh Ohh, ohh

I had you on my mind In visions more refined The further back in time Some friends of friend's estate Home for the holidays The smell of conifer and mulled wine Seducer's calculus I feigned an accident Reached out and grazed your neck My god it's been so long I see you're moving on You're right, we're not dead yet We find an empty room More catching up to do And what is one more regret When I ask you what you want you flash a guarded look You taunt me with your eyes As you parse over the aftermath But in times like these my silver tongue Returns to me undying love I pine Until you give it up And turn out the light Then the morning takes The love away Leaving only ashtrays And broken bottles How I long to shake My own shoulder blades When I rise before you wake To avoid the trouble And when I leave you will owe me nothing When I leave it will all mean nothing

(Have you ever felt the need) Have you ever felt the need (To see more than you can see?) To see more than you can see? (Look into uncertainty) Look into uncertainty (Reflections of treachery) Reflections of treachery (Would you leave the world behind?) Would you leave the world behind? (Endless life is here to find) Endless life is here to find (I can interest you in lies) I can interest you in lies (Sell your soul for all it buys) Sell your soul for all it buys Play with your insanity Shatter your reality Pulsing in your blood (I can satisfy your greed) I can satisfy your greed (For now all your debts are free) For now all your debts are free (I have all eternity) I have all eternity (To quench all the death I breed) To quench all the death I breed (Recreate the rules of play) Recreate the rules of play (From now things are done my way) From now things are done my way (None have ever won my game) None have ever won my game (Crucified them all in flames) Crucified them all in flames Play with your insanity Shatter your reality Pulsing in your blood Have you ever danced with the Devil? His temptation ever summoned you? Ever penned your name in blood? Let possession slowly swallow you When you stand under full moonlight, the attraction mesmerizes you Have you ever wondered why? It seems that evil you're attracted to Reach out to my hand Step back in time's sand Genetic wasteland Far beyond death (Sell your soul for all it buys)

It's time for me to be on my way I know I've got business to conduct And I've got places to go But I can't help looking at her sleeping instead Another morning I'll have trouble climbing out of this bed Because - she's such a temptation It's driving me crazy And it's my fascination That's making me act this way And I know what all my friends say They're afraid that I'm losing my touch But she's such a temptation I look so tired cause I don't get much sleep And I've got too many commitments that are too hard to keep And I try to be rational And I try to be wise But it all gets blown to pieces When I look in her eyes Because - she's such a temptation And nothing can save me And my only salvation Is tearing myself away And I know what all of my friends say There's a danger in wanting too much But she's such a temptation I should be leaving But I can't cut loose I have my reasons for resistance But I have no excuse And I lose my composure I could use some restraint I never claimed to be a hero And I never said I was a saint She's such a temptation It's driving me crazy And it's my fascination That's making me act this way And I can just hear all my friends say Better watch out, you're losing your touch But she's such a temptation Yes she is She's such a temptation Yes she is Yes she is She's such a temptation