If All I Thought Were True

If priests are princes' hallowed shadowed souls If devils are angels cast to know I live forever with a sharp regret it might be a surprise To know I never wished for death A hint of misery made its way along To those who've never harmed or never wronged If honesty changed the hearts of men Who could contend? If all I thought were true In this great divide that is my life I fear to think of all I'd undo If all I thought were true... Even my own ears would never care to know What deep inside ourselves our hearts behold a sky in shards Our world's unraveled parts Impossible to piece as one in our unending dark