I was born amidst the purple waterfalls   I was weak, yet not unblessed   Dead to the world, alive for the journey      One night I dreamt a white rose withering   A newborn drowning, a lifetime loneliness   I dreamt all of my future, relived my past   And witnessed the beauty of the beast      Where have all the feelings gone?   Why has all the laughter ceased?      Why am I loved only when I'm gone?   Gone back in time to bless the child      How can I ever feel again?   Given the chance would I return?      Why am I loved only when I'm gone?   Gone back in time to bless the child   Think of me long enough to make a memory   Come bless the child one more time      I've never felt so alone in my life   As I drank from a cup which was counting my time   There's a poison drop in this cup of man   To drink it is to follow the left hand path      Why am I loved only when I'm gone?   Gone back in time to bless the child   Think of me long enough to make a memory   Come bless the child one more time   Think of me long enough to make a memory   Come bless the child one more time      Where have all the feelings gone?   Why is it the deadliest sin to love as I loved you?   Now unblessed, homesick in time   Soon to be freed from care, from human pain      My tale is the most bitter truth   Time pays us but with earth and dust and a dark, silent grave   Remember my child, without innocence the cross is only iron   Hope is only an illusion, and Ocean Soul's nothing but a name   The Child bless thee and keep thee forever