Ashes and promises share a bond 
Through the winds of change 
Words are blown away 
When visions that should be 
Are tattooed in your mind 
The power to let go 
Is sometimes hard to find 
 
The answer cannot be found 
In the writing of others 
Or the words of a trained mind 
In a precious world of memories 
We find ourselves confined 
 
Claws so razor sharp 
Ripping at the spirit 
 
[Chorus:] 
Promises a potential to hurt 
Is anything real? 
When forever is to be until 
Deep inside, in the world of empty words... 
No escaping from those haunting 
empty words... 
 
[Solo: Schuldiner] 
 
Do you ever feel it? 
A craving that is so strong 
To by thought rewind in order to find 
 
Expectations that shined through the doubt 
That soon would turn into the price 
Of what a word will be worth 
When tomorrow comes 
To be and we are left 
Standing on our own- 
And seeing what is real... 
 
The answer cannot be found 
In the writing of others 
Or the words of a trained mind 
In a precious world of memories 
We find ourselves confined 
 
Claws so razor sharp 
Ripping at the spirit 
 
[Repeat chorus]