Crying in the Moonlight (Revised(

20 Jun 2011

TheNightShift
It was a moment of enlightenment
A moment when everything was clear
A moment when I knew the answers 
A moment I knew the end was near
And my eyes were weeping in the darkness
And my heart was bleeding for mankind
I saw the grim spectres of our future
I saw harbingers of doom in my mind
And I saw that the devil was laughing 
And I saw the angels start to pray
A lone figure crying in the moonlight
I heard a requiem begin to play 
It was a vision of disenchantment
A vision full of fantasies and fears
A vision of destruction and despair
A vision thro a veil of streaming tears
And my eyes were weeping in the darkness
And my heart was bleeding in dismay
I saw the burnt out theatres of war
I saw tragic desolation and decay
And I saw a bleak deserted wasteland
And I saw poison from the devil’s breath
A lone figure crying in the moonlight
A lonely blue planet soaked in death
It was a question of compassion
A question I was asking for us all
A question that didn’t have an answer
A question that was written on the wall
And my eyes were weeping in the darkness
And my heart was bleeding from the pain
I had asked for divine intervention
I had asked for a chance to try again
But I saw we were beyond redemption
I saw no one would listen to my plea
And the figure crying in the moonlight
Saw a poisonous cloud across the sea
It was time to face consequences
It was time for the setting of the sun
Time to shed a tear for our children
It was time to beat the funeral drum
And my eyes were weeping in the darkness
And my heart was bleeding for our fate
The sacrificial lamb of innocence
Lay bleating on an altar of hate
I saw a dark star falling from the sky 
Vapour rising from the boiling sea 
A lone figure crying in the moonlight
I wondered who on earth it could be
It was a prayer of desperation
A prayer as I knelt amongst the throng
A prayer that would never be answered
A prayer far too late to right the wrong
And my eyes were weeping in the darkness
And my heart was bleeding for our plight
I learned of the apocalypse dawning
And I learned of the never ending night
I saw that all hope was lost forever
And what was waiting on the other side
A lone figure crying in the moonlight
I knew now who it was and why he cried
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It was a night filled with revelations 
And a dance from the whore of babylon
A night on a dying nuclear planet 
A night on which the devil knew he’d won
And my eyes were bleeding tears of darkness
My shattered heart was beating in my chest
It was time to make the final journey
Down the dark road to eternal rest
I took a last look over my shoulder
The writing was no longer on the wall
There was no one crying in the moonlight
There was nothing whatsoever at all

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