Abraxas (UK) - Paradise Now lyrics

As you walk through the ruins Of the city you knew and loved that never stood Now surrounded by these walls that are imposed on you Like beasts in a cage Families ripped and torn apart By a machine that creates destruction in its path Pride takes control, revenge it is well overdue But soon you'll be in paradise Paradise now A farewell to a suppressed existence This is for you my brothers in war A farewell to a life too hard to comprehend When a sentence to d**h stands for a glorious end The end of An unfulfilled destiny And a hatred that fuels the pain and agony As you say goodbye, no remorse from a world that watches you die A better life on the other side The other side they live in peace On the other side, not surrounded by war torn streets A world away but the paradise of d**h it awaits And soon you'll be in paradise Paradise now A farewell to a suppressed existence This is for you my brothers in war A farewell to a life too hard to comprehend When a sentence to d**h stands for a glorious end Desperate for the relief Longing for a sense of worth and of peace Years in the shadows Hiding from the torment that rains down on you And you feel like a pawn in this game Pushed and moved out the way Every road, now exhausted and worn A voice will never be heard Suicide To sell your soul to their cause To give your life in their name To live in constant decay The soul and only way Now you see it The light that leads you away And you know, to survive Means falling deeper and deeper Into this black hole As you look into the camera eye For the last time They all, they pray for you The martyr Oblivious to the intentions that you keep And the salvation that you seek Your own mother she waits for you Never to return War Genocide Suicide Or paradise Paradise now A farewell to a suppressed existence This is for you my brothers in war A farewell to a life too hard to comprehend When a sentence to d**h stands for a glorious end The end of