
Date of issue: 07.09.2017
Record label: Nuclear Blast
Song language: English
The Man Who Saw Through Time |
Someone told him he could see the future |
From this moment to the end |
If he found a place from where to view it |
With a heart to comprehend |
But every time he tries it feels about as wise |
As jumping into space |
Held down by a force |
He knows he has no access to that place |
A filter he can’t erase |
Yet he doesn’t see the harm in knowing |
All the things he has in store |
Curiosity now overflowing |
Off he sets to find the door |
And everything he knew and everything he thought |
Were ripples on the tide |
For right out of the blue |
He came upon the doorway open wide |
So softly he stepped inside |
It was a long enthralling night |
Fascination filled his sight |
As he gazed on all that’s still to come |
Many things should not be seen |
Unless they choose to be |
Or you find the place to view them from |
And now his eyes were open wide |
How he cried at all the pain |
How he glowed at his success |
He watched his life unfolding |
How he hid from all the shame |
How he laughed when he was blessed |
His lows and highs beholding |
But now he knew too much |
The man who saw through time |
So happy with his lot |
He relaxed and soon forgot |
All the struggles that would take him there |
Now the future that he saw |
Was darker than before |
So he went and found the door again |
And now his eyes were open wide |
How he cried at all he saw |
How he grieved for his success |
He watched his life unfolding |
Now his life brought only shame |
Now unsure if he was blessed |
More lows than highs beholding |
For now he knew too much |
The man who saw through time |
All the things he thought he’d done |
All the things he would become |
All the things he dreamt and loved |
Were ripples on the tide |
All the things he thought he’d done |
All the things he would become |
All the things he dreamt and loved |
Were ripples on the tide |
Back at home he made a bold decision |
Working harder than before |
To obliterate that second vision |
And find the other one he saw |
And every time it hurt or felt a little worse |
The more he fought the tide |
So maybe he’ll fulfill |
Greater stories still |
The man who saw through time |
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Supermassive Black Hole | 2010 |
Mission Profile | 2012 |
Coda | 2012 |
Small Dark Lines | 2017 |
Ashes | 2012 |
Staring At the Sun | 2012 |
Sheltering Sky | 2012 |
The Shire, Pt. 2 | 2017 |
Light and Space | 2012 |
Return of the Thought Police | 2012 |
Divinity | 2012 |
Pilot In The Sky Of Dreams | 2007 |
Long Way Home | 2012 |
Colophon | 2012 |
Flags And Footprints | 2012 |
That's Why We Came | 2012 |
The Destruction Of Words | 2012 |
The Shire, Pt. 1 | 2017 |