The Long Road Home-Ajalon

[ti:The Long Road Home] [ar:Ajalon] [al:Light At The End Of The Tunnel] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Long Road Home - Ajalon [04:32.33]Beneath the face of an august moon [04:36.92] [04:39.39]Encircled by a gang of angry clouds [04:44.59] [04:47.90]Down the corridor of a silver beam motes of dust wander aimlessly [04:59.21] [05:01.91]I startle them away with a wave of my hand [05:06.89] [05:09.18]They scatter along my unfinished thoughts [05:14.11] [05:15.67]So it's come to this [05:17.31] [05:30.15]I gave all I had to attain this world [05:35.96] [05:38.93]I have gained nothing but sorrow [05:41.67] [05:45.65]Here I wait as the storm clouds gather [05:48.81] [05:51.49]For my road to end for what more can there be [05:57.63] [05:58.61]Surely there is no way for me to turn around and start again [06:06.24] [06:09.04]Or is there [06:09.81] [06:44.43]Can it be there is another way [06:47.61] [06:50.22]A guide to take me to another chance [06:54.89] [06:56.88]If I called his name would he rescue me [07:02.12] [07:04.01]From this fairy tale minus happy ending [07:09.71] [07:13.48]Could it be that this savior would draw close to even me take my hand and take me home [07:27.09] [07:42.21]I used believe that I was meant for greatness [07:45.07] [07:48.32]Now I understand that greatness was not for me [07:52.09] [07:56.14]I don't think there's a man alive who even knows my name [08:00.48] [08:03.00]Lets face it I'm destined for mediocrity [08:05.25] [08:10.88]Sometimes I think about the way things might have been [08:14.95] [08:17.11]And the words of a young man to naive to see [08:21.06] [08:24.56]It's all right I can handle it I'm in control [08:31.99] [08:46.38]Now I lie awake in bed afraid of tomorrow [08:50.56] [08:53.42]And I'm amazed they haven't carted me away [08:57.25] [09:01.55]My friends never believed that I would get this far [09:05.80] [09:07.70]But me I'm more surprised that I had the nerve to stay [09:12.21] [09:14.46]And now I'm hanging on to a broken limb [09:18.71]And it's a long way down [09:20.57] [09:22.68]And a betting man wouldn't give me one more day [09:26.65] [09:29.69]But it's all right I can handle it I'm in control [09:39.04] [10:00.41]Meaningless all is meaningless [10:03.06] [10:46.67]Thunder bellows for attention like an angry father [10:48.87] [10:52.65]Lightning pops staccato flashbulbs blinding sleepless eyes [10:56.79] [10:58.89]The wind howls a requiem for the unseen [11:00.89] [11:02.27]Unceremonious passage of innocence [11:04.72] [11:05.54]Gone forever in deep unechoed sighs [11:09.18] [11:11.37]I stand before the son of man I cannot hide my tears of shame [11:15.82] [11:17.88]I wait for him to turn away but to my surprise he calls my name [11:22.44] [11:24.26]Do you think you've been alone I have walked your every step [11:27.60] [11:30.15]I understand the pain you feel I carried it down angry streets [11:33.90] [11:37.20]Child look upon my hands and my feet [11:41.35] [11:42.79]The wound in my side and the stripes on my back [11:46.20] [11:49.12]All of these that you see I gladly bore [11:52.26] [11:54.80]That through my suffering you may live [11:57.29] [12:00.54]He strokes my cheek with nail scared hands [12:02.51] [12:03.58]And the truth in his eyes cuts to my bone [12:05.80] [12:07.26]I did this all for you my chat that you may never walk alone [12:11.93] [12:13.48]With voice now firm he calls to me [12:15.51] [12:16.54]Follow me and leave your past [12:18.47] [12:19.71]The time has come for you to choose to live redeemed of die enslaved [12:24.51] [12:26.16]I look into the eyes of god and slain in spirit fall to my knees [12:30.59] [12:31.32]I cry to my lord forgive my sin I cannot bare to live this way [12:37.01] [12:38.28]I lift my eyes to meet a gaze that heals me to this very day [12:42.16] [12:44.59]Lord I choose to follow you [12:46.24] [13:02.97]Free from this madness my old life is sent to the dust [13:06.38] [13:09.77]Gone is the ruin I dwelt in for all of these years [13:13.51] [13:16.62]Free from this prison I start on a voyage of trust [13:20.03] [13:23.52]No more the victim of hollow deception and fear [13:27.18] [13:30.23]I fly among loved ones in ten thousand years of romance [13:34.43] [13:37.08]We wait as a bride to be wed to the lord of the dance [13:41.02] [13:44.32]Now comes our champion in royal array [13:46.87] [13:47.45]In promised return he is come here to take us away [13:51.43] [15:24.36]I have stood at the edge of destruction looked into the chasm [15:29.27] [15:31.17]I saw my face among those who would not believe [15:34.34] [15:37.44]Somehow and I don't know why but my eyes were opened [15:41.98] [15:44.88]I was shown the truth and given a heart to receive [15:49.11] [15:52.02]The one who has called all the stars to assemble and set them in place [15:57.42] [15:59.27]Has come to me and I'm sure I was awake when I saw his face [16:04.35] [16:06.49]He has taken my hand and set my feet upon the long road home