In the cold misty morning
Gleaming rays awake the dawn
Here I stand, a stranger in this land
Does your conscience betray you?
Falling from grace
Feel the sun on my face
Does desire still hold true?

Mystified by her beauty
Does the hunter pity his pray
Under starless skies
All love must die and fade away

Take my hand, divine or damned
Make a stand, seize the day
Oh, yours or mine, damned of divine
Draw the line, come what may

Looking down from ethereal skies
Silent crystalline tears I cry
For all must say their last goodbye
To paradise

My yearning is silenced by angelic skin of white
Love conquers all though heaven's fall
This fateful night

Oh, yours or mine, damned of divine
Draw the line, serpentine

Love is a tragedy
All that I have, all that I'll ever need
Is right here inside
Let the winds of freedom be my guide

Looking down from ethereal skies
Silent crystalline tears I cry
For all must say their last goodbye
To paradise

Looking down from ethereal skies
Silent crystalline tears I cry
For all must say their last goodbye
To paradise
Say goodbye, goodbye, horror.

So I've cheated and I've lied
Been the victim of foolish pride
And I've begged and I've crawled
And I've battled it and bled for it all
Now I'll savor the downfall
Of paradise

Looking down from ethereal skies
Silent crystalline tears I cry
For all will say their last goodbye
To paradise

Looking down from ethereal skies
Silent crystalline tears I cry
For all will say their last goodbye
To paradise

Looking down from ethereal skies
Silent crystalline tears I cry
For all will say their last goodbye
To paradise


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    This song is talking about one very specific part of Paradise Lost. This is when Satan first reaches the Garden of Eden, also referred to as Paradise in this song. The chorus is talking about when Satan flies to the stairway between Heaven and Earth, and is looking down at everything on Earth. The song in general is talking about Satan's inner conflict that emerges once he sees Adam and Eve in Paradise. In the poem itself, Satan explains that he could have loved Adam and Eve if he was still an angel, but he must continue with what he is doing to pretty much "get back at God". This is what the lines "Mystified by her beauty Does the hunter pity his prey" mean. If anyone is interested in more, read Book IV of Paradise Lost, it will explain the whole song. Oh, and by the way, the lyrics posted here are really inaccurate. Go to this link, I'm pretty sure these are the correct ones: darklyrics.com/lyrics/symphonyx/paradiselost.html

    gwdanon June 16, 2008   Link

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