Lyrics The Clouding - Iced Earth

The Clouding

As I awake, I have no memory of this
Who I am, where I’m from
Why do I exist?
This strange beauty surrounds me
But where I am, confounds me
I see others
Who appear the same as me
A look of loss in their eyes
Adrift aimlessly
What’s the point?
What does it all mean?
Who am I?
Show me a purpose please
Take this sense of wonder
Make it go away
Please tell me I am not
Alone and lost here
That there is something
That’s made me feel this way
Take this sense of sadness
Make it go away
Please give me something
That’s familiar
A friendly touch, a memorable embrace
I try to speak
But empty eyes stare back at me
Twisted tongues segregate
Factions are forming
I’ll stay with those that resemble me
To survive this harsh reality
As the days pass, most have gone their own way
Nomadic tribes discover life
On a world that feels so strange
But still I want answers
What’s the point?
What does all this mean?
Take this sense of wonder
Make it go away
Please tell me I am not
Alone and lost here
That there is something
That’s made me feel this way
Take this sense of sadness
Make it go away
Please give me something
That’s familiar
A friendly touch, a memorable embrace
Lies, the human core is lies
We wiped their minds, cleaned the slate
The clouding did divide
Fate, we sealed human fate
Now, they’re ours throughout all time
To manipulate
Never trust in the motives of man
They failed to evolve
In mother Nature’s plan
And though they seem safe
In this early clouded state
The nature of their heresy
Has proven quite innate
Pain, mankind will know pain
For their crimes on our kind
They’ll never be the same
Death, they will know death
Suffering for centuries
At war with every breath
Never trust in the motives of man
They failed to evolve
In mother Nature’s plan
And though they seem safe
In this early clouded state
The nature of their heresy
Has proven quite innate