Close your eyes, hear the thundering rain
Here inside of the torture and pain
For the cries of the world and the last lives remain

Hear your heart's way to die for the game
Deep inside slowly fading away
And the last breath's in vain and the fear turns to rage

Locked in the world by the fallen evil souls
Torn right apart from the roughly seam
Breaking my mind now to bring my life to war
Reach out and die with the flames
See through the lives of the red hot stabbing eyes
Now is the time to defend your crown
Destiny will call to remind us all
We fly free so far from here there's one thing we'll relay
And dreams of everlasting pain the fallen now rise again

Through the fire, through the flames like the sun we'll rise again
Lost in time, lost in space to the end of other days

See their endless ways: insanity
The quest will rage, not meant to be
In flames of hell forevermore eternally

[Chorus:]
So free your heart leave your life far behind
In the cold dark winter skies escape the pain inside
Now feel your soul lost in scenes of all eternity
Every day of this life, defending
And the flames of youth not ending
In a lifetime, searching, we must fight through the eternal pain

So alone in the world far away, memories of the dream will remain
As the world's falling cold and your life's all in vain

Fire in your soul will forever rise again
Nothing in your mind to remember now
Held here by the fear of the dark land calling
Fly free on endless seas, the final curtain falls
On the ground from down below, the time to lock and to load

Through the fire, through the rain, far across the distant plains
Feel the wind beneath the steel as your mind becomes insane
Save the hate of all humanity, their eyes belong to destiny
For freedom now we rise alone again

[Chorus:]

So free your heart leave your life far behind
In the cold dark winter skies escape the pain inside
And when the memories are all left behind
And the days are gone forever, lost within my mind
Now feel your soul burn in scenes of all eternity
Every day of this life, defending
And the flames of youth not ending
In a lifetime, searching, we must fight through the eternal pain

We fight through the eternal pain


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The Flame of Youth Lyrics as written by Sam Totman Herman Li

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    It's a bit odd, but this song always reminds me of Mother 3. If you've ever played it, give the one a good listen, maybe you'll hear the same.

    Plutopiteron May 28, 2011   Link

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