Where the Sky is Empty - The Wise Man's Fear

Closed off windows, slamming doors

I can’t take this anymore

But time will show

Darker truths not known

And the reason why

I guard them with my life

You cannot know how I’ve searched for the words to express

A mere semblance of this emptiness

I’ll find a way back home

Gather 'round as you share in your final testament

I never got a chance to say goodbye

I never got a chance to see you off through the door as you cross to the other

side

(Each word weighing down

As if you knew that it was our last parting

Every pause profound

A fragmented haunting)

As I search the room

I feel you here

And I try to forget

That this time I’m all alone

This doesn’t feel like home

Being here without you

I’m so lost without you right now

This doesn’t feel like home

But time is quickly slipping

And I can hear you whispering «go on!»

Eyes up

Look closely

Take courage

That’s the key

Press on

Don’t falter

Look inward

That’s the key

I know if you could

You’d smile and tell me no tears

I know if you could

You’d take me far away from here

(Growing gold as sunlight

In our memory

Write a different story

A different melody)

As I search the room

I feel you here

And I try to forget

That this time I’m all alone

This doesn’t feel like home

Being here without you

I’m so lost without you right now

This doesn’t feel like home

But time is quickly slipping

And I can hear you whispering «go on!»

Closed off windows, slamming doors

I can’t take this anymore

Go conquer the world

Chase the sun, the golden dawn, to the pyramid palace

Go cut out the heart

A secret coded by the god of justice through the ages

Go conquer the world

Listen closely for my voice because the world is quiet there

Go cut out the heart

I’ll meet you out where the sky is empty