the stage

Avenged Sevenfold

So I arrived, naked and cold
A welcomed change from the abeyance
Of a ghost town catacomb
No need for counsel I appreciate the time
I'm not alone
(why don't you get my lawyer on the phone)
There were days, these child eyes
Would overlook the ugliness and fantasize
I found my heart for the first time
And I awakened in me
I left myself to navigate and oh I felt control
(It seems these sheep have quite an appetite)

Who is the crowd
That peers through the cage
As we perform here, upon the stage

As the boy, became a man
In came a calm sophistication
I can hardly understand
So lost in ego
Didn't notice when the time had slipped away
(yeah, everybody's got a sob story)
Jesus christ, was born to die
Leave it to man to levitate his own to idolize
We're simply sociopaths with no communication baby
I see your angle but we differ
From our points of view
(so tell me, what's your cross to bear)

Who is the crowd that peers through the cage
As we perform here upon the stage
Tell me a lie in a beautiful way
I believe in answers just not today

Hope my wheels don't abandon me now
Seein' that I'm out here alone
I'm runnin' out of fight
And the wind speaks a comforting voice
Guiding me to her arms
Mother, I'm alright
It took the birth of sin
To snake-rattle the mind
Before a blow to the head
By the gavel of time to wake up
Won't you wake up?
When did the walking apes
Decide that nuclear war
Was the only solution
For them keeping the score
Just wake up
Can't you wake up?

(Do you know this is just a simulation don't you?)

Who is the crowd that peers through the cage
As we perform here upon the stage
Tell me a lie in a beautiful way
I believe in answers just not today