There Was a Life-Trans-Siberian Orchestra

[ti:There Was A Life] [ar:Trans-Siberian Orchestra] [al:Night Castle] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]There Was a Life - Trans-Siberian Orchestra [00:16.74]There was a life [00:18.91] [00:20.40]Was there before [00:22.48] [00:23.77]But somehow here upon this night [00:27.50]It now means more [00:29.70] [00:30.87]And all those words [00:33.23] [00:34.32]She tried to say [00:36.57] [00:37.77]I've now forgotten [00:39.99]Or they've somehow slipped away [00:43.40] [00:44.13]And in this darkness [00:47.04] [00:47.86]Is there salvation [00:50.49] [00:51.30]Is there forgiveness [00:53.94] [00:54.81]For hesitation [00:57.67] [00:58.24]Can someone tell me [01:01.04] [01:01.74]Can someone say when [01:04.73] [01:05.84]The writer of this story [01:08.98]Will just tell us how it all will end [01:16.96] [01:20.50]And somewhere on this night [01:26.77]There's a wave on the ocean [01:30.30]That crashes on shores [01:33.30]Where no one can see [01:35.60] [01:36.40]The tides and the currents [01:39.40]Decide every motion [01:41.65] [01:42.26]From where they are now [01:44.60] [01:45.26]To where they will be [01:47.41] [01:48.38]It cradles them all [01:50.46]For they all are it's children [01:53.90]If one drop disappears [01:56.95]It is instantly missed [01:59.51] [02:00.13]And after each wave [02:02.41]Has joined up with the shoreline [02:06.15]It returns to the sea [02:08.76] [02:10.39]For that is it's one wish [02:14.75] [02:23.06]There was a light [02:25.19] [02:26.79]Was there before [02:29.23] [02:30.38]But in the darkness of this night [02:34.33]It now means more [02:36.61] [02:37.30]To be so close [02:39.54] [02:40.61]To be so near [02:43.02] [02:44.08]To see the water there within [02:47.77]A young child's tear [02:50.34] [02:50.91]And in our blindness [02:53.64] [02:54.50]Do we move onward [02:57.30] [02:58.01]And cling to the lies [03:00.76] [03:01.46]That we have harbored [03:04.94]We could not admit [03:07.71] [03:08.36]We were mistaken [03:11.12] [03:12.06]But if we don't do it now [03:15.22]Dear God could you please come [03:17.81]Down here [03:18.81]And tell me when [03:24.39] [03:26.21]And somewhere on this night [03:31.97]There's a wave on the ocean [03:35.13] [03:35.65]That crashes on shores [03:38.18] [03:38.73]Where no one can see [03:40.89] [03:41.68]The tides and the currents [03:44.58]Decide every motion [03:47.54]From where they are now [03:50.16] [03:50.70]To where they will be [03:53.51]It cradles them all [03:55.88]For they all are it's children [03:59.52]If one drop disappears [04:02.33]It is instantly missed [04:04.94] [04:05.64]And after each wave [04:07.67]Has joined up with the shoreline [04:11.33]It returns to the sea [04:14.28] [04:16.01]For that is it's one wish [04:22.44] [04:42.20]In the dead of the night [04:44.79]Tell me what do you see [04:47.37]Will you close your eyes child [04:50.62]And just listen to me [04:53.07]And remember this now [04:55.96]Hear these words that I say [04:58.66]As your story appears [05:01.61]At the end of the day [05:04.28]For my meeting with death [05:07.03]Though it has been delayed [05:09.83]I have run my hands over [05:13.08]The end of his blade [05:15.62]Though the cut wasn't fatal [05:18.64]Even though it was deep [05:21.17]Well that wound's never healed [05:24.12] [05:25.66]And the blood it still seeps [05:29.64] [05:49.33]Are you scared of your life [05:51.98]Are you scared of your death [05:54.71]Though that day will arrive [05:57.48]Well it hasn't come yet [06:00.34]For the days turn to months [06:03.08]And the months turn to years [06:05.94]As I see them all now [06:08.32] [06:08.89]Through a prism of tears [06:11.75]But don't fear tomorrow [06:14.63]And don't fear the night [06:17.10]It's where God repairs sorrows [06:20.34]That enter your life [06:22.98]The remains of your life [06:25.58]The remains of the day [06:28.27]Well protect every hour [06:30.98] [06:31.50]Don't give them away [06:33.79]For each evening we sleep [06:36.72]And each morning we arise [06:39.40]But you're not the same man [06:42.31]That's the way it's devised [06:45.16]For there're parts of yourself [06:47.80]The soul decides to keep [06:50.49]And there're parts of yourself [06:53.36]That the soul does release [06:56.23]With some changes so small [06:59.09]That they cannot be seen [07:01.49] [07:02.06]But death is like sleep [07:04.80] [07:06.66]With a longer dream [07:11.30] [07:30.16]Are you scared of your life [07:32.61]Are you scared of your death [07:35.48]Though that day will arrive [07:38.24]Well it hasn't come yet [07:41.00]As for all those mistakes [07:43.87]That you've made in your life [07:46.56]Must they stay as they are [07:49.43]Or can we make them right [07:52.14]On this night take my hand [07:54.98]Keep me near keep me close [07:57.78]And if I should die first [08:00.62]Could I not be your ghost [08:03.35]But if later in life [08:06.16]We should happen to meet [08:08.99]Would you keep me so near [08:12.00]You could hear my heartbeat [08:14.58]There are reasons to live [08:17.40]There are reasons to die [08:19.72] [08:20.23]But the end's not the end [08:23.90] [08:25.00]While you're still alive [08:29.44] [08:31.97]Alive [08:36.48] [08:37.52]Alive [08:46.01] [08:59.06]While you're still a [09:03.31] [09:09.85]There was a life [09:12.45] [09:14.21]Was there before