Tilting The Hourglass Lyrics - On Frail Wings Of Vanity And Wax - Alesana

You take my breathe away 

But I'll never taste your lips 

As fate keeps me locked away 

I must close my eyes to see your face 

Emptiness has darkened my eyes 

As I hopelessly beg for my life to end 

Tell me why 

My iron eyes tell the tale 

Heroes always pay in their blood 

I can be only this 

I see the fear growing in their lost eyes 

My purpose is so clear, I am the ax 

I am the ax and this is why I must not fear the end 

And when I'm gone, will you forget me? 

Pen wears its steady course across the page 

Resigned to it's designs to take the hive 

Emptiness has darkened my eyes 

As I hopelessly beg for my life to end 

Tell me why 

I wish I could make you see 

I wish I could make you see 

Through the pain, through the end 

I wish I could make you see 

The greater purpose that I have to serve 

No one else will fight 

No one else will fight, so I must 

My iron eyes tell the tale 

Heroes always pay in their blood 

I can be only this 

I am the ax, fear has been lost to faith 

The darkened night has come before the end 

Of which we must prevail 

Amidst the pitch of steel we shall arise 

I will destroy all those who oppose me 

My iron eyes tell the tale 

Heroes always pay in their blood 

I can be only this 

I see the fear growing in there