Shadows Fall › Lyrics › The First Noble Truth

As reality washes away
The faded memories of daylight
This is my escape, realization of my mind's own deceit

Perception slips away lulled into a fools paradise
Words mislead again the agony of imaginary
Sins and fears, truth of suffering

Buried dreams that shadow me
I feel it's all been wasted
(Dreams that shatter me)

Break my dreams to free my soul
Because I won't even notice
(Dreams to free my soul)

Disintegration of the ego with this mind creates
False idea of self the cessation of continuity
And becoming true enlightenment

Buried dreams that shadow me
I feel it's all been wasted
(Dreams that shatter me)

Break my dreams to free my soul
Because I won't even notice
(Dreams to free my soul)

Someone free me from heaven torn asunder
Full of empty promises to be there if I wonder
(Alone and wandering)

Will not remain enslaved
This world's transparency, I see right through
I walk alone

As reality washes away
The faded memories of daylight
This is my escape realization of my mind's own deceit
Perception slips away

Buried dreams that shadow me
I feel it's all been wasted
(Dreams that shatter me)

Break my dreams to free my soul
Because I won't even notice
(Dreams to free my soul)

Someone free me from heaven torn asunder
Full of empty promises to be there if I wonder
(Alone and wandering)

Extinction of thirst, extinction of desire
Extinction of hatred, extinction of illusion
This is absolute