"Symbol Of Life" as written by Nicholas John Holmes and Gregory John Mackintosh....
All alone beside myself
All alone beside myself
And I've troubles on my mind
And I've reached the depths of life
And I hear that death's alright
Still I'll wait for you to try
When the dreams have been and gone
And the torment has begun
My emotions run
Can't get by with what I've got
Always dwell on what I've lost
Just a loaded gun
A symbol of my life, a symbol of my life
On the floor I crawl and writhe
As the day turns into night
I remove myself from sight
And I reached the depths alright
And I hear death's part of life
Still I wish that you would try
When a dream has been and gone
And the torment has begun
The rejection's done
Can't get by with what I've got
Always dwell on what I've lost
Just a loaded gun
A symbol of my life, a symbol of my life
A symbol of my life
Nothing more
Nothing more to say to me
Nothing more to say...
All alone beside myself
And I've troubles on my mind
And I've reached the depths of life
And I hear that death's alright
Still I'll wait for you to try
When the dreams have been and gone
And the torment has begun
My emotions run
Can't get by with what I've got
Always dwell on what I've lost
Just a loaded gun
A symbol of my life, a symbol of my life
On the floor I crawl and writhe
As the day turns into night
I remove myself from sight
And I reached the depths alright
And I hear death's part of life
Still I wish that you would try
When a dream has been and gone
And the torment has begun
The rejection's done
Can't get by with what I've got
Always dwell on what I've lost
Just a loaded gun
A symbol of my life, a symbol of my life
A symbol of my life
Nothing more
Nothing more to say to me
Nothing more to say...
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Paradise Lost basically created the current 'dark/keyboard metal' genre that's so popular right now, and it's frustrating to see bands who aren't half as good as they are become more and more successful with woefully derivative sounds.
That said, these lyrics are wrong. Corrections follow.
"And I hear it's part of life"
"I get by with what I've got
Always aware of what I've lost" SHOULD BE
"Can't get by with what I've got
Always dwell on what I've lost"
I think there might be one more mistake in there, but I've forgotten what it is. Oops. Maybe not.