The Phantom

This is my legacy of pain
An empty darkness for a thousand years
And though I've learned I can disguise my tears
Inside the memory lingers on
Out on the cliffs I watch the waves
Incessant pounding like my funeral drum
Now every semblance of my heart is gone
To show how empty I've become

I wasn't ready
My lifetime on concert had only begun
I was a victim of death's catastrophic mistake

No man sees the hands of the clock
When his moment has come
It's not death that he fears

No man ever knows what he's got
'Til he can't see the light for the tears
Tears

She was the one I lost that day
She was the love I left behind that day
There were so many things I didn't say
I'll never have the chance again

I feel the rain upon my face
It just can't wash away a thousand years
And though I've tried so hard to hide my tears
The tragic memory lingers on
I wasn't ready
I thought that my life here on earth had begun
There was too much in my life just to take it away

No man sees the hands of the clock
When his moment has come
It's not death that he fears

No man ever knows what he's got
'Til he can't see the light for the tears
Tears

No man sees the hands of the clock
When his moment has come
It's not death that he fears
No man ever knows what he's got
'Til he can't see the light for the tears
Tears

I feel the rain upon my face
It just can't wash away a thousand years
And though I've tried so hard to hide my tears
Inside your memory lingers on