Dawn of Solace

Call me when the smoke from the bridges burning,
Gets in your eyes,
And you need someone to take the blame,
Once more, like you've done before.

So when you need a scape goat,
Just place the blame on me.
I never asked be anyone's hero,
I never asked to carry the torch.

I'm here for you to crucify,
Waiting for your lies,
To stain me once more.

So let me take that cross from you,
I'll bear it like I always do.

Out of the night and into the light.
Where I swear my allegience.
I'll stand by your side,
And I will ease your sorrow and grief.

Your burden, I bear,
Your pain, I share.
To you I surrender.

But in the end,
I know I'll have the last laugh,
I'll smile at the dawn of solace,
And laugh on the reckoning day.

Once more, the fools will return,
To parade you and love you until they hate you,
For what you've become.
And you call me.

But I am overburdened,
And I can take no more.
I am more tired than ever before,
And all that I want is to settle to score.

Deep in the night, I'll hide from the light.
Where I swore my allegience.
Won't stand by your side,
And I won't ease your sorrow or pain.

No burden to bear,
I've suffered my share,
Now darkness feels so tender.

And in the end,
I know I'll have the last laugh,
I'll smile at the dawn of solace,
And laugh on the reckoning day.

And dream, if only for a moment.
For we are of a dying kind.

You used to break me, rape me, hate me.
'Till there was nothing left worth saving.
My heart is cold and growing colder.
Now be a man, just wake me when it's over.

[Solo]

Deep in the night, I'll hide from the light.
Where I swore my allegience.
Won't stand by your side,
And I won't ease your sorrow or pain.

No burden to bear,
I've suffered my share,
Now darkness feels so tender.

And in the end,
I know I'll have the last laugh,
I'll smile at the dawn of solace,
And laugh on the reckoning day.

And dream, if only for a moment.
For we are of a dying kind.