The Lotus Eaters

Nevermore

"Why is this happening to me? Why have
I been forsaken? Nothing numbs the pain
any longer......please....I'm slipping away"

We fall into the spaces blind, the puzzle so unkind
The lotus eaters fly
we watch the random pattern form, insidious and cold
And bloom into the unknown

Please God why can't you hear us?
Please God why aren't you listening?

We take the hand of fate in vain, and wonder why your will
Seems cruel controlled and illogical
Do words fall on deaf ears, are we just too small?
Please make us understand

Please God why can't you hear us?
Please God why aren't you listening?
Please God why must we fear you?
Please God why did you take her away?

Please God why can't you hear us?
Please God why aren't you listening?
Please God why must we fear you?
Please God why did you take her away?

Are we your children?
Are we lost?


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The Lotus Eaters Lyrics as written by Olga Tanon Jose Luis Morin

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    Ummm sorry bout the copy....but antyway The Lotus eaters are a tribe in Africa who feed on the white lotus (a plant). The plant causes the people to lose their memory, thus all the lotus eaters are totally mindlless without a purpose. Well can anyone fit that into the song?

    Metallican41on April 16, 2002   Link

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