CHAPTER I: I WANT GLORY, BUT I GOT GORE (REPRISE) Lyrics

I'm a dog on a leash and the leash is life

Got me by the throat at my neck is a knife

Time to walk the line, our vengeful crimes

Painting my hands, this wasn't part of my plan

I try my best to breathe

The air keeps leaving me

My body's done, it's on the floor

I want glory, but I got gore

I try my best to see

The shapes in front of me

My mind is done, can't take no more

I need glory and I want more

And I want more

And I want more (more)

I'm too much, but not enough

I think I need a healing touch

Cause we are dust, looking to lust

I think we all need a healing love

I try my best to breathe

The air keeps leaving me

And I try my best to see

The shapes in front of me

Sacrifice for the sake of the world

Breathe from my lungs to polish all the pearls

They say "this is heaven"

No, this is hell

Purgatory whilst I'm lost in a shell

Sacrifice for the sake of the world

Breathe from my lungs to polish all the pearls

They say "this is heaven"

No, this is hell

Purgatory whilst I'm lost in a shell

(Welcome to the Aether)

Call upon adversaries, alliances are temporary

Waiting in shadows, hiding until the time is necessary

Yes, maybe I'm a heathen

Someone check if I'm still breathing

There's a noose in my mind, I'm begging for it to unwind

I entertain for the sake of saying "I'm alive"

It's better to be hated, than simply swallow my pride

I wanted glory, but I got gore

Is that all that I'm good for?

I'll see you on the other side, knocking on heavens door

I try my best to breathe

The air keeps leaving me

My body's done, it's on the floor

I want glory, but I got gore

I try my best to see

The shapes in front of me

My mind is done, can't take no more

I need glory and I want more