Reverend, reverend
Is this some conspiracy?
Crucified for no sins
An image beneath me
Lost within our plans for life
It all seems so unreal
I'm a man cut in half in this world
Left in my misery

Reverend, he turned to me
Without a tear in his eyes
Nothing new for him to see
I didn't ask him why

I will remember
The love our souls had sworn to make
Now I watch the falling rain
All my mind can see now is your

Well, I guess you took my youth
And gave it all away
Like the birth of a new-found joy
This love would end in rage

And when she died I couldn't cry
The pride was in my soul
You left me incomplete
All alone as the memories now unfold

Believe the word
I will unlock my door
And pass the cemetery gates

Sometimes when I'm alone I wonder aloud
If you're watching over me
Some place far abound

I must reverse my life
I can't live in the past
Then set my soul free
Belong to me at last

Through all those complex years
I thought I was alone
I didn't care to look around
And make this world my own

And when she died I should've cried
And spared myself some pain
You left me incomplete
All alone as the memories still remain

The way we were
The chance to save my soul
And my concern is now in vain
Believe the word
I will unlock my door
And pass the cemetery gates

The way we were
The chance to save my soul
And my concern is now in vain
Believe the word
I will unlock my door
And pass the cemetery gates
Gates
Gates


Lyrics submitted by -L3tH4L-, edited by Mr_Pieces

Cemetery Gates Lyrics as written by Rex Brown Philip Anselmo

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    Actually... this song's about suicided. Everything points to it, it's so obvious. Firstly, the author is extremely upset with the untimely death of his love. It implies/actually says that she's dead many times: "An image beneath me", "when she died I couldn't cry", "I wonder aloud If you're watching over me", and the shear fact that there's a reverend there who doesn't cry because "it's nothing new for him to see" practically screams that someone is actually... literally... undenyably dead! Secondly, the man is overburdened with grief... he never even let himself cry when she died, which he regrets and considers a part of the healing process: "I couldn't cry The pride within my soul You left me incomplete" He also thinks about her a lot: "Sometimes when I'm alone I wonder aloud If you're watching over me" and "Memories now unfold"... Thirdly, since I proved above that someone close to him literally died and that he is sincerely upset that she died, I think that I can say he took his own life to end it all. He says, "I will unlock my door And pass the Cemetery Gates"... He will "unlock" HIS "door"... in other words, he's going to end his life to be with her... re-read the song with this is mind, every word makes perfect sense with this theory. Thanks.

    kjoelmon March 29, 2005   Link

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