Within The Realm Of A Dying

Dead Can Dance Within The Realm Of A Dying Lyrics
1.Anywhere Out Of The World

We scaled
the face of reason
to find
at least one sign
that would reveal
the true dimensions
of life...
lest we forget.

And maybe it's easier to withdraw from life,
with all of its misery and wretched lies,
away from harm.

We lay
by cool, still waters
and gazed
into the sun.
And like the moth's
great imperfection,
succumbed
to her fatal charm.

And maybe it's me who dreams unrequited love,
the victim of fools who watch
and stand in line away from harm!

In our vain pursuit
of life for one's own end
will this crooked path
ever cease to end?


2.In The Wake Of Adversity

Bud:[ It does fit the song's meaning, if not the precise sound
though. Pious priests, with their 'narrow ways,' wouldn't
care at all to argue with you or I because they know they
are right. And of course, the angels they pretend to
know so much about, in reality, favour 'us'. But, these
priests cannot see the inner man.

But the song begins with the sound, 'ey' or 'hey'. Comical.
What do you think?

Sacred priests don't cry....(?)
they've no reason to argue
at all
they don't realise
that the angels surround you with light
they don't understand
their narrow ways defeat them where they stand
they don't realise
you hide the sadness beneath a painted smile.

Ignorance,
that line of fools steers a wayward path
and set the course upon which we sing into the night of
uncertainty.
Following the stars
that make their way across the sky
valuing the love
that land brings to our eyes
We sail...


3.Xavier

Fair Roseanna,
your vagrancy's a familiar tale
fraught with danger,
the lives you led were judged for fame
hatred enfolds us,
inculpates the minds with it's heresy
laymen enfold us,
clemency arrives to set you free!

Fate...
Although Xavier has prayed
that life-giving waters may rain
down on the souls of men
to cure them of their pain.

These were the sins of Xavier's past
hung like jewels in the forest of veils.

Deep in the heart where the mysteries emerge
Eve bears the stigma of original sin
freedom so high when we all are bound by laws
etched in the scheme of nature's own hand
unseen by those who fail in their pursuit of fate.

Although Xavier has prayed
that life-giving waters may rain
down on the souls of men
to cure them of their ways

And as the night turns into day
oh the sun, the moon, wish away
although your nightmares come home to stay
Xavier's love lies in chains

These were the sins of Xavier's past
hung like jewels in the forest of veils