My Silent Wake - Heretic lyrics

As I feel the warming sun upon the earth I stand outside the gates of my birth Wise men know the answers, see them raise their stones I stand here alone Inside of the city gates, they gather round Too enthralled by their designs to hear the sound Voices of the dispossessed; they cry for hope But they cry alone Where is the voice inside to comfort me? I plead. I cry for you I'm lost within the fields of emptiness So blind, paralyzed Don't leave me here to die We're lost within the fields of emptiness So blind, paralyzed Have we been left to die? I have seen the morning sun As I have lived under the glow of life Am I lost? A darker path I walk alone Too weary to return; too weak to carry on There must be a way to see you I shy away as the hypocrites' whips crack Their words, their wisdom, mean nothing to me anymore My hope torn like rags on this beggar's back They lead you up the hill as one accused of blasphemy Observe you coldly, as they tie your body to the cross And as you bleed they search their souls and find no guilt within Self righteous k**ers- never knowing what they've lost Still I want to stand before you Still I'm locked within this cage I want to see beyond their cities To the place where only you remain Still I falter when I run from you I see an image of your pain I want to see beyond their cities To the place where only you remain I see Your pain Look beyond their cities To this place I bleed I cry, I plead for you