The Fullness of Time: III. Release

Lying here surrounded
 By the pieces of my life
 Would it all be easier
 If I lay me down to die
 Dreams piled high
 On the back of this broken man
 Is this all? Born to fall?
 Or to rise again?
 So much pain and disillusionment
 Everything I once felt sure about
 We're all lost if we don't know
 It's a game that we are all playing
 The motions of all our counterparts
 A piece of sinister scheme
 The puppet that's broken has reason to smile
 They can no longer force him to dance on their strings
 Why shrug off the chains? If you wrap them about
 You'll be sunk to the bottom and drowning
 The clockwork behind their smiles
 Wound by hands that were made to harm
 Just release yourself
 Cause they can't rape the willing
 Or take what you have if there's nothing else
 Tired of life and filled with despair
 And covered with blood from the crosses I bear
 But I'm still standing
 Should I make myself crawl?
 Seems so counter to our nature
 Accepting with grace the things we can't change
 But when all's said and done and you're wronged and decieved
 Then it matters the most what you choose to believe
 Should I fight against fate
 Or should I just lay down and die?
 Solos: Bernie, Nick
 The puppet that's broken has reason to smile
 But the strings can't contrl you if you walk away
 No more tears of disillusionment
 I'll be a puppet no longer
 The hands that I thought had held me
 The clockwork behind their smiles
 They'll not have control over me
 I'll stand up and leave them behind
 Just release yourself
 Cause they can't rape the willing
 Or take what you have if there's nothing else
 Tired of life and filled with despair
 And covered with blood from the crosses that I bear
 But I'm still standing
 Should I make myself crawl?
 Just release yourself
 From the scars you inflict on yourself
 When you're wounded by no one else
 Rise above pain, move past my despair
 And put down the cross that I've made myself bear
 Now I'm still standing
 And I'm not gonna crawl