The Lost Years - Let Babylon Burn

Every soul carry scars of the years we lost…
Some we can’t forget
Some we shouldn’t remember.
Still, life call us now
We all bear marks from the years we lost,
Our own, or the ones of another’s cost
Years that slipped into sorrow and pain,
Empty shadows, nothing to gain
Some
I can’t recall, they fade away,
A blurry film best left that way
Other times, the memories burn so clear
Every word, every wound still near.
Etched in the skin, nailed in the soul
Echoes inside me, taking control.
Silent screams no one could hear
The lost years whisper, always here
The lost years, gone but close,
Like winter’s wind, like a ghost that froze
Like rain that drowns, like a fading flame,
They call my name, they call my name
But gone is gone, they won’t return,
Only now is the fire that burns
I feel them strike in the cold night air,
I feel them fall like tears everywhere
A light that dims, about to die,
Leave me standing in endless night
But no prayer, no rage, no cry can bring
Those broken years back again
The lost years, gone but close,
Like winter’s wind, like a ghost that froze
Like rain that drowns, like a fading flame,
They call my name, they call my name
But gone is gone, they won’t return,
Only now is the fire that burns
You can feed the sorrow, water the pain…
But all it steal is the life you have now sometimes
I visit, I feel them there, then
I walk on, breathe the air
Joy don’t come if you never try,
Life don’t grow if you just stand by
The lost years teach, they mark, they scar,
But they remind me who we are
The lost years, gone but close,
Like shadows fade when the morning glows
Gone is gone, let it be,
The years ahead are calling me
The lost years say, "don’t waste today,"
Live for now, let the light stay
The lost years are gone forever…
But the years ahead are yours to live