Anomalous ii: ghost of asylum

Time will remain the mechanical God
Push forward never looking back to see behind
For it cannot change this empty life
Here within these halls we can atone but I prefer to be alone
With the ghost of asylum

Open these gates of conscience though we cannot see outside
A fear will suppress but we are alive
Though we have virtues of a different kind. I hide
A shadow waits within this fortress of insane
Taunting me, it feeds the doubt
I might not make it out

Time will remain the mechanical God
Push forward never looking back to see behind
For it cannot change this empty life
Here within these halls we can atone but I prefer to be alone
With the ghost of asylum

We won't become a slave to a faceless master
We don't want the questions, we want the answer
Never giving in, never caving in, we won't die
But are we getting out alive?
I will not fail or be drowned by your betrayal

I will escape from the chains of repression
I will not take a life of anger and suppression

I break out of the cage that
You've built around my soul
Intent to stay alone I
Conquer the fear that I'm sold
We are longing
To find the day
Through the darkness we can
Find our way

Shelter me
Find this lifeline stretched beyond the dark
I give myself to feel alive
We are beyond salvation now. Take my life
We've splintered far beyond repair
We lost all hope to return to a life that gave us mercy

Time will remain the mechanical God
Push forward never looking back to see behind
For it cannot change this empty life
Here within these halls we can atone but I prefer to be alone
With the ghost of asylum