The Nature of Progress (Remastered)

You promised another way to see A life only lived to try and breathe again Denial and forfeit everything It's the way you give up It's the way you get into silence and forced serenity Reasons why The promises were empty but you always need the truth to help you lie Reconnect the lines That hold you to reality and draw you with the theft you try to hide Reaching forward now Reaching forward now Buried trees with carvings haunt you As they will Roses spy Failure to realize your cost Surprised that you wouldn't be the first to run Desire to see the light of day Is the way you get up It's the way you give into silence and risk it all the same Reasons why The sorrow is enough to bring you to another fault until you writhe Reassess the sign The palace in your mind is fading faster than the sands can count the time Reaching forward now Reaching forward now Staring into nothing, can you see Redefine why Tomorrow, when the ashes fall, it wasn't due to your compelling plan Each and every time The punishment is justified so long as there is someone left to blame Sail away Sail away Drift home